# Sofar Sounds funding: rounds and investors > Sofar Sounds has raised $78M across 3 rounds since 2014. Investors include Battery Ventures, Union Square Ventures and Octopus Ventures. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/sofar-sounds (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United Kingdom · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Sofar Sounds* 3 rounds we have observed, with the 5 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it. Consumer Services Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$78M** raised across 3 rounds since 2014, from 3 sources **$25M** Round **$53M** Round - **Latest round:** Round, $53M Jun 2022 - **Step-up i:** 2.1× - **Investors:** 5 (2 led) See who backed them ## The funding story Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total. 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 **?** Seed **$25M** Round **$53M** Round - **First round:** Seed - **Biggest round:** $53M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 5.3 years ## The rounds - **Jun 2022** Round **$53M** No investor was named in the report. Shares issued, filed with Companies House (SH01); no report of this raise yet - **May 2019** Round **$25M** *4 new* [Battery Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/battery-ventures) Lead [Union Square Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/union-square-ventures) Lead [Octopus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/octopus-ventures) [Virgin Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/virgin) Reported by TechCrunch - **Mar 2014** Seed **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [Octopus Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/octopus-investments) From a historical funding record ## Funding filed with regulators Sofar Sounds filed one raise, $53M in all. Filings say how much was sold and to how many investors; they never name the investors. - Jun 2022 **$53M** UK share allotment ## Who was in which round The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led. **Seed** 2014 **Round** 2019 **Round** 2022 [Battery Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/battery-ventures) L [Union Square Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/union-square-ventures) L [Octopus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/octopus-ventures) [Octopus Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/octopus-investments) [Virgin Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/virgin) ## Everyone who backed them [Battery Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/battery-ventures) VC firm **1** round, led 1 [Union Square Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/union-square-ventures) VC firm **1** round, led 1 [Octopus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/octopus-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Octopus Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/octopus-investments) VC firm **1** round [Virgin Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/virgin) Private equity **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=sofar-sounds). ## Also claim to have backed them This firm lists Sofar Sounds as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above. [TCG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tcg) Private equity Per its own site ## Quick answers about Sofar Sounds ### Who invested in Sofar Sounds? Sofar Sounds's investors include Battery Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Octopus Ventures, Octopus Investments and Virgin Group. ### How much has Sofar Sounds raised? Sofar Sounds has raised $78M across 3 rounds since 2014. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did Sofar Sounds last raise? Sofar Sounds's most recent round, $53M, was in Jun 2022. ### What was Sofar Sounds's biggest round? Its most recent round, $53M in Jun 2022, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Sofar Sounds first? Sofar Sounds's first round on record, in Mar 2014, was backed by Octopus Investments. ### What stage is Sofar Sounds at? Sofar Sounds's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in May 2019. ### Where is Sofar Sounds based? Sofar Sounds is based in the United Kingdom. ### Who led Sofar Sounds's rounds? Battery Ventures led the Undisclosed round in 2019. ## Companies like Sofar Sounds In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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