# Sonar funding: rounds and investors

> Sonar has raised $3.4M across 2 rounds since 2015. Investors include 500 Global, GSR and Nina Capital. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/sonar (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

United States · [Pre-seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Sonar*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 3 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.

Healthcare

Y Combinator: S20

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$3.4M** raised across 2 rounds since 2015, from 2 sources

**$960K** Seed **$2.4M** Pre-seed

- **Latest round:** Pre-seed, $2.4M Feb 2025
- **Step-up i:** 2.5×
- **Investors:** 3

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.

2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025

**$960K** Seed

**$2.4M** Pre-seed

- **First round:** Seed, $960K
- **Biggest round:** $2.4M
- **Between rounds:** 9.5 years

## The rounds

- **Feb 2025** Pre-seed **$2.4M** *3 new* [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) [GSR](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gsr) [Nina Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nina-capital) Source recorded
- **Aug 2015** Seed **$960K** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record

## Founders and team

From Sonar's own website: 2 founders, 3 on the team.

**Brian Olearczyk** Co-Founder & CEO

**Jack McGlinchey** Co-Founder & CEO

- **Emmett Torney** VP of Marketing
- **Andy Hopkins** Director of Sales & Marketing Operations
- **Cody Nutt** Director of Sales & Marketing Operations

## 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** 2015 **Pre-seed** 2025 [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) [GSR](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gsr) [Nina Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nina-capital)

## Everyone who backed them

[500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) Angel **1** round

[GSR](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gsr) VC firm **1** round

[Nina Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nina-capital) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 3 firms list Sonar as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[MBA Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mba-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[The MBA Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-mba-fund) VC firm Per its own site

[J4 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/j4-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Sonar

### Who invested in Sonar?

Sonar's investors include 500 Global, GSR and Nina Capital.

### How much has Sonar raised?

Sonar has raised $3.4M across 2 rounds since 2015.

### When did Sonar last raise?

Sonar's most recent round was a Pre-seed of $2.4M in Feb 2025.

### What was Sonar's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $2.4M in Feb 2025, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Sonar first?

Sonar's first round on record, in Feb 2025, was backed by 500 Global, GSR and Nina Capital.

### What stage is Sonar at?

Sonar's latest named round is a Pre-seed, in Feb 2025.

### Where is Sonar based?

Sonar is based in the United States.

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