We are a team of entrepreneurs, investors, engineers, data scientists, operators and risk managers focused on stewarding capital and helping to responsibly build a globally-connected market and industry. We facilitate differentiated investment vehicles by seeking novel, scalable and defensible technologies that positively impact their respective ecosystems. We apply operating experience, relationships, and market intelligence in select high-growth sectors to cultivate the next generation of leading founders.
SMV Fund I invests in founders who transform how media is created, distributed, and monetized. We invest during early growth, between Seed and Series A. We are drawn to companies that leverage novel technologies to drive scale and where we can add strategic value to influence performance outcomes.
As companies re-focus on public needs in a post-pandemic world, new technologies are vital, and entrepreneurs are inspired to drive growth using new technologies and innovative business models. Media innovations are transforming our lives. Consumers are increasingly adopting digital habits, driving the innovation of emerging media companies worldwide, pushing media into new realms, and enabling boundless new opportunities. This promotes accelerated engagement, globalization of audiences, social eclipsing broadcast, the rise of streaming giants, the privatization of finance, the economic paradigm shift blockchain technologies enable for creators and contractors, and more. SMV Fund I pursues such opportunities with vigor, providing both funding and strategic support.
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We leverage our diverse professional network, relationships with incubators and accelerators, and syndication partners to source strong investment opportunities in our market segments. Our reputation and experience help us gain access to exciting new projects. We roll up our sleeves and partner with founders to add tangible value and influence outcomes. We invest where we find passionate and hard-working founders that are building meaningful enterprises with the potential to make a significant and lasting impact.
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Shachar Oren
Founder & CEO
Bill Campbell
Director, SMV Fund I
Randall Foster
Director, SMV Fund I
Todd Harris
Director, SMV Fund I
Jon Gosier
Director, SMV Fund I
Vickie Nauman
Director, SMV Fund I
Thomas Satterwaite
Director, SMV Fund I
Richard D. Titus
Director, SMV Fund I
Shachar Oren
Founder & CEO
Bill Campbell
Director, SMV Fund I
Randall Foster
Director, SMV Fund I
Todd Harris
Director, SMV Fund I
Jon Gosier
Director, SMV Fund I
Vickie Nauman
Director, SMV Fund I
Thomas Satterwaite
Director, SMV Fund I
Richard D. Titus
Director, SMV Fund I
"Nothing is more satisfying than meeting a prospective investor who is also a successful entrepreneur that understands firsthand your journey and the growth category of your business, makes time to inspect your thinking, data, and technology, then enthusiastically commits to helping realize the vision."
Dot Bustelo, CEO of Loupe
“Sound Media Ventures has been incredibly value-add. Their guidance and music industry insights and network have moved the needle for us in ways that go way beyond dollars invested.”
Rich Sloan, CEO of Dance Fight
"Sound Media Ventures has been willing to help out in any way possible since the first time we met with them. Shachar and the team have an incredible amount of experience that will go a long way for any early-stage company."
Conrad Cornell, CEO of Press Sports
