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Sound Ventures launches AI Inference venture fund in Santa Monica

New fund · Venture capital · Pre-first close · SANTA MONICA, CA · Form D filed 2026-10-20 · sponsor: Sound Ventures · all Sound Ventures AI vehicles

Sound Ventures AI Inference Fund, L.P., a Delaware venture capital fund, filed for an indefinite offering on October 20, 2026, with no capital raised yet. The fund is in pre-first-close stage and has engaged four placement agents including J.P. Morgan Securities and Finalis Securities.

Pre-first closeFirst filing by this entityPlacement agent engagedVenture capital

How this compares

  • Across 443 venture capital sponsors with more than one launch on EDGAR, the median gap between consecutive funds is 3 months.
  • This is the sponsor's 2nd fund launch on EDGAR; the previous one, Sound Ventures AI Follow-On Fund, L.P., was filed 9 months earlier.

Computed from every Form D fund launch on EDGAR since late 2024, not sampled. Amounts are the stated offering size; indefinite offerings are excluded.

Sound Ventures on EDGAR

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People on the filing

N/A Sound Ventures AI Inference Fund GP, LLCDirector
Effie EpsteinExecutive Officer
Guy OsearyExecutive Officer

Signed by Effie Epstein, Managing Director of the General Partner of the Issuer.

Placement agents / sales compensation: Finalis Securities; Innovation Partners, LLC; J.P. Morgan Securities LLC; Constellar Capital Partners Hong Kong Limited

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