VC firm
Sonostar Ventures
Also known as Sonostar Ventures LLC
- Investor type
- VC
- Investing status
- Activeas of 2026-09-21Source (opens in a new tab)
- Headquarters
- Chappaqua, NY, United States
- Founded
- 1997
- Check size
- $1M to $4MSource (opens in a new tab)
- Legal name
- Sonostar Ventures LLC
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Record updated 21 September 2026
About
Sonostar Ventures LLC was founded in 1997 to invest in private companies and start up ventures across a variety of industries and in certain special situations in the public equity markets.
Investment approach
- Thesis
- Sonostar Ventures backs entrepreneurs who have the vision, perseverance and integrity to succeed and who have a passion that matches our own desire to excel.Source (opens in a new tab)
- Takes board seats
- Sometimes
- Board policy
- Since the capital we invest is our own, we insist on being active investors and frequently take positions on the Board of Directors of the companies in which we invest.
- Ownership target
- We try to take meaningful stakes in the companies in which we invest so that the capital we provide makes a difference to the entrepreneurs we are backing and the returns we realize make a difference to us.
- Eligibility
- We focus on companies that have reasonable prospects of generating $100 million or more in revenues or that have the potential to return five to ten times our invested capital by the end of the fourth or fifth year following our investment.
- Traction requirement
- We focus on companies that have reasonable prospects of generating $100 million or more in revenues or that have the potential to return five to ten times our invested capital by the end of the fourth or fifth year following our investment.
- Investing status notes
- After nearly 30 years of operations, the entity continues to invest in compelling investment opportunities, either directly or through investments by its principals and their affiliates.
Locations
- Headquarters
- Chappaqua, NY, United States
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