Last Updated: August 29, 2025

SITE PRIVACY POLICY

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This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) explains how Sound Development, LLC (“Sound Ventures”, “we”, “us” or “our”) collects, stores, uses, and discloses personal data about you, how we use it, how and when it may be shared, the rights and choices you have with respect to your personal data, how we communicate with you and how you can make requests or submit inquiries to us about your personal data. 
Whether you are an investor, founder, fellow, or member of the public, your personal data is entitled to protection. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard that information.

CONTENTS

1. About Us

2. What Does This Policy Cover

3. How Is This Policy Updated

4. Information We Collect

5. How We Use Your Personal Data

6. Disclosure of Personal Data

7. How We Protect Your Personal Data

8. Cookies and Other Information Collection Tools

9. Social Media and Other Third-Party Links and Services

10. Retention of Personal Data

11. Your Privacy Rights and Choices

12. Children’s Privacy

13. International Data Transfers

14. Contact Us

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1. ABOUT US
Sound Ventures is an investment firm that invests in technology companies dedicated to inspirational founders whose companies change the way we work and live. By being at the forefront of technological and platform shifts, our mission is and always has been to align star founders and their companies with the resources they need not only to grow their brands, but to become category-defining businesses.

 

2. WHAT DOES THIS POLICY COVER
This Policy applies to personal data we collect both online and offline, including personal data we collect through our website, currently located at soundventures.com (collectively the “Sites”), in connection with other products and services we provide you that reference this Policy (together with the Sites, the “Services”), and any other interactions you may have with us including at or through conferences, events, visits to our offices, electronic newsletters or communications. 
In this Policy, “personal data” means any information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with or reasonably can be used to identify an individual or household and other data that is linked to personal data or is otherwise defined as “personal data,” “personal information,” or “personally identifiable information” by applicable laws. 

This Policy does not apply to any products, services, websites, or content that are offered by third parties or have their own privacy policy. 

 

3. HOW IS THIS POLICY UPDATED
We may modify this Policy from time to time. If we make changes, we will revise the “Last Updated” date at the top of the Policy on our Sites and use reasonable efforts to provide you additional notification by sending you an email notification. We encourage you to review this Policy each time you visit our Sites to stay informed of our privacy practices and the choices available to you. 

 

4. INFORMATION WE COLLECT
The personal data we collect about you depends on how you interact with us or use our Services. We describe below the categories of personal data we may collect and the sources of this information.

Information You Provide to Us
We collect personal data from you when you use our Services, send us an email, fill out a form, subscribe to our newsletter, respond to a survey, interact with us on social media, or otherwise communicate with us. 

Types of personal data we may collect include:

• Contact information such as your first and last name, company name, and email address;

• Communications with us including through meetings with our representatives, visits to our offices, presentations by us, and website forms;

• Social and community content such as posts, photos, videos, or audio files that you may provide through our social media pages and our community pages; and

• Any additional Information that you choose to provide.

 

In some cases, we may also collect information you provide about others, such as when you are the administrator for your company and you provide information about other personnel at your company. We will use this information to fulfill your requests and will not send communications to your contacts unrelated to your requests unless they separately engage with us or consent to receive communications from us.

Information Collected Automatically When You Interact With Us

We and our service providers may automatically log personal data about you, your computer or mobile device, and your interaction over time with the Services, such as:

• Device information. We may collect information about your device(s) such as Internet Protocol ("IP”) addresses, browser type and version, domain names, access times, log information, error messages, device type, unique device identifiers, operating system, information about your use of the Site, data regarding network connected hardware and other technical information such as protocol status and substatus, bytes sent and received and server information. 

• Pseudonymous Identifiers. We may collect pseudonymous identifiers such as unique cookie and device identifiers (as described further below), mobile device identifiers, session identifiers, other identifiers derived from email address, or phone numbers, or your device information.  

• Usage information. We may collect information about your use of the Services, such as the pages you viewed, the Services you used or interacted with, traffic sources, referring website addresses and details about any links or communications with which you interacted.

• Information Collected by Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies.  Please see our cookie policy in the section “Cookies and Other Information Collection Tools” for more details on the information we and our service providers may collect about you. 

 

Information We Collect From Other Sources
We may also collect personal data about you from other sources, including publicly available databases, and combine that with information we collect through the Services.  

Information We Infer or Derive
We may derive information or draw inferences about you based on the personal data we collect or have otherwise received about you. 

 

5. HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA
Depending on how you interact with us and the Services you or your organization utilize, we use your personal data to:

• Provide and Improve Products and Services. Provide, activate, operate, maintain, develop, improve, support, troubleshoot, and manage our Services, monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities, and to perform services requested by you; 

• Respond to You. Provide support and respond to your requests, inquiries, comments and concerns;

• Service Communications. Notify you about changes, updates and other announcements related to our Services and send you newsletters, updates, security alerts, safety and support messages, and other transactional or relationship messages;

• Safety and Security. For safety and security, including to detect and protect against fraud or illegal activities, security incidents, and harm to rights, property or safety of Sound Ventures, users of our Services or others;

• Advertising and Marketing. To provide you with advertising, promotional messages and other information about products, events and services of ours, our affiliates and third parties, such as event sponsors; 

• Corporate Transactions. We process personal data in the context of a merger, consolidation, reorganization, sale of our assets, financing or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company, or other corporate transactions;

• Comply with Legal and Financial Obligations. To comply with our legal and financial obligations (including complying with court orders, discovery requests, subpoenas and other appropriate legal obligations), resolve disputes, enforce our agreements, and exercise our legal rights; 

• Your Consent. We may process your personal data in accordance with your consent or when you intentionally direct or instruct us to do so; and

• Other Notified Purposes. Carry out any other purpose conveyed to you at the time the information was collected.

6. DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL DATA
We may disclose your personal data as follows or as otherwise described in this Policy:

• Affiliates and Subsidiaries. We disclose your personal data to our affiliates and other organizations under common control for the purposes described in this Policy;

• Third Parties You Intentionally Interact With.  We disclose your personal data to third parties when you use our Services to intentionally interact with those third parties or direct us to interact with those third parties;

• Vendors and Service Providers. We disclose your personal data to our vendors and service providers to perform the functions for which we engage them;

• Corporate Transactions. We disclose your personal data as part of, in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of our assets, financing or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company, or other corporate transactions;

• Analytics Providers. We disclose personal data to our website analytics partners, such as Google Analytics (you can read more about our use of Google Analytics in the Cookies and Other Information Collection Tools section below);

• Professional Advisors. We disclose your personal data to our professional advisors like our lawyers, accountants, financial, insurance and other advisors in connection with the management of all or a part of our business or operations;

• Third-Party Partners. We disclose your personal data to unaffiliated third-party companies we partner with that provide certain services, or experiences to you; 

• Aggregated, Anonymized, or De-Identified. We disclose aggregated, anonymized, or de-identified information, which cannot reasonably be used to identify you;

• Law Enforcement and Individuals Involved in Legal Proceedings. We disclose your personal data when we believe doing so is reasonably necessary to comply with applicable law or legal process or other legal reasons, including: 

  • When we reasonably believe disclosure is required to comply with a subpoena, court order, or other applicable law, regulation or legal process;

  • To enforce, remedy, or apply our agreements and contractual rights; 

  • To protect our property (including intellectual property) or protect the rights, property or safety of others; 

  • To support external auditing, compliance and corporate governance functions; and

  • To prevent, detect, and remedy fraud, cybersecurity attacks or illegal activity.

• With your Consent or Direction. We disclose personal data with your consent or at your direction, including if we notify you that your personal data will be shared in a particular manner and you provide such personal data.

 

7. HOW WE PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL DATA
We implement commercially reasonable physical, technical and procedural measures to help protect personal data from unauthorized access or use; however, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure or private. If you have questions about the security of personal data we collect, please contact us using the information provided below.

 

8. COOKIES AND OTHER INFORMATION COLLECTION TOOLS
We may use cookies, tracking pixels or similar technologies to conduct analytics of our Sites, and we, our service providers and third-party services may automatically collect information about your usage of the Sites, including the areas or pages you visit, the amount of time spent on the Sites, the number of times you return to the Sites, and other related usage data.  

 

What are cookies? A cookie is a small file containing a string of characters that is sent to your computer when you visit a website or use an online service. When you visit the website or use the online service again, the cookie allows that website or online service to recognize your browser or device. Cookies may store unique identifiers, user preferences and other information.
The type of cookies we may use include:

Necessary Cookies. These cookies are strictly necessary to make our Services function properly. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the Sites.
Functional Cookies. Functional cookies help to perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the Sites on social media platforms, collect feedback, and other third-party features. 
Performance Cookies. Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the Sites which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors. 
Analytics Cookies. Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the Sites. These cookies help provide information on metrics, the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. 

Duration of Cookies. We may use “session cookies” or “persistent cookies.” Session cookies are temporary and expire once you close your browser or once your session ends. Persistent cookies remain on your device for much longer or until you or your browser erases them. Persistent cookies have varying durations that are dependent on their expiration date. 

 

Why do we use them? We and our business partners use cookies to collect information about you so we can provide the experiences you request, recognize your visit, track your interactions, improve your experience and detect and prevent fraud. We may use cookies provided by third-party partners such as analytics providers, customer relationship management platforms, or payment processors.

 

How do I control cookies? You can limit online tracking by:

• Blocking cookies in your browser. Most browsers let you remove or reject cookies, including cookies used for interest-based advertising. To do this, follow the instructions in your browser settings. Many browsers accept cookies by default until you change your settings. For more information about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set on your device and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

• Browser-specific controls. Use the following links to learn more about how to control cookies and online tracking through your browser:

  • Firefox

  • Chrome

  • Microsoft Edge

  • Safari (Mac)

  • Safari (Mobile/iOS)

• Blocking advertising ID use in your mobile settings. Your mobile device settings can provide functionality to limit use of the advertising ID associated with your mobile device for interest-based advertising purposes.

• Using privacy plug-ins or browsers. You can block our websites from setting cookies used for interest-based ads by using a browser with privacy features, like Brave, or installing browser plugins like Privacy Badger, Ghostery, or uBlock Origin, and configuring them to block third party cookies/trackers.

• Advertising industry opt out tools. You can also use these opt out options to limit use of your information for interest-based advertising by participating companies:

  • Digital Advertising Alliance for Websites: optout.aboutads.info

  • Network Advertising Initiative: optout.networkadvertising.org

• Platform opt-outs. Some of our advertising partners offer opt-out features that let you opt out of use of your information for interest-based advertising, including:

  • Google

  • Facebook

 

Note that because these opt out mechanisms are specific to the device or browser on which they are exercised, you will need to opt out on every browser and device that you use.

Do Not Track. Some Internet browsers can be configured to send “Do Not Track” signals to the online services that you visit. We currently do not respond to “Do Not Track” or similar signals. To find out more about “Do Not Track,” please visit allaboutdnt.com.

 

Where required by applicable law, we obtain your consent prior to placing or using optional cookies that are not (i) strictly necessary to provide the Site or the Services e.g., Necessary Cookies; or (ii) for the purpose of facilitating a communication.

 

Analytics Cookies. We may use analytics cookies like Google Analytics to help us operate our Services and provide marketing and advertising to you. You can find out more about how Google uses your personal data by visiting www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/, and opt-out of them by downloading the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on, available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout (opens in a new tab).    

9. SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHER THIRD-PARTY LINKS AND SERVICES
Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third-party products or services on our Sites or links to other websites. The privacy practices of these third parties will be governed by the parties’ own privacy notices. We are not responsible for the security or privacy of any information collected by these third parties. You should review the privacy notices or policies applicable to these third-party products and/or services. We have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked websites or the services they provide. 

 

Some aspects of the Sites may allow you to interface with social media services such as LinkedIn and X (formerly known as Twitter®). By using these interfaces, you will allow us to access information about you from those social media services, including information and other content that you submit to those social media services. For a description on how such social media services and other third-party platforms, plug-ins, integrations, and applications handle your information, please refer to their respective privacy policies and terms of use, which may permit you to modify your privacy settings with that service or platform.

10. RETENTION OF PERSONAL DATA
We will retain your personal data for as long as is necessary to fulfil the purpose for which this data was collected and for the business purposes explained in this Policy. 

 

Even after we stop providing Services directly to you, we may retain your personal data to the extent permitted by applicable law: 

• to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations.

• to protect against fraudulent or abusive activity on our Service.

• to exercise, establish or defend legal claims.

 

In cases where we keep personal data, we do so in accordance with any limitation periods and records retention obligations that are imposed by applicable law. Our retention periods will vary depending on the type of data involved, but generally, to determine the appropriate retention period for personal information, we consider:

 

• the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal information;

• the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal information;

• whether such information is needed to provide services;

• whether there is a contractual or legal need to retain the data;

• the purposes for which we process your personal information and whether we can achieve such purposes through other means; and

• applicable legal requirements.

 

11. YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS AND CHOICES
Consistent with applicable law, you may exercise the rights described in this section. Please note that the rights may vary depending on your country or state of residence. To exercise your data protection rights please contact us as listed below.

 

While it is our policy to respect the rights of individuals, please be aware that your exercise of these rights is subject to certain exemptions and exceptions, and some of these rights might be limited (for example, the right to withdraw consent) where we are required or permitted by law to continue processing your personal data to deliver services to you, defend our rights or meet our legal and regulatory obligations.

 

If you contact us to exercise any of these rights, please note that we may only implement requests with respect to the personal data associated with you as an individual. We may need to verify your identity before implementing your request and will try to comply with your request as soon as reasonably practicable and in accordance with the timelines required under applicable law. If we cannot verify your identity or your ownership rights to the data, we may not be able to service your request until you provide proper documentation.

 

Opt Out of Direct Marketing
You may opt out of receiving direct marketing communications from us by following the unsubscribe instructions in those communications, visiting our unsubscribe page, or by contacting us as set forth below. 
Please note that there are certain communications we are required to send you that relate to the Services we are providing to you or the organization you represent that you may not be able to opt out of (e.g., support and important legal notices). 

 

Withdraw Consent
Where you have provided your consent for us to use your personal data and subject to applicable law, you have the right to withdraw your consent and we will apply that preference going forward. 

 

12. CHILDREN’S PRIVACY 
Our Services are not aimed at children under the age of 18 or the age defined under applicable law.  We do not intentionally collect information from children under the age of 18 or the age defined under applicable law. 

 

13. INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS
We may process and store your personal data in the United States and other countries which may have less-protective data protection laws than the region in which you are situated. Please note that this processing, including storage, may involve cross-border transfers of your personal data. In certain situations, we may be required to disclose personal data in response to lawful requests from officials (such as law enforcement or security authorities). 

 

Where applicable law requires a data transfer mechanism, we use one or more of the following: 

• Transfers to certain countries or recipients that are recognized as having an adequate level of protection for personal data under applicable law; 

• EU Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission and the UK International Data Transfer Addendum issued by the Information Commissioner’s Office; 

• or other legal methods available to us under applicable law. 

14. CONTACT US
You may contact us using the information below.    

 

Sound Development, LLC
Attn: Robert Yue
PO Box 492417, 200 S Barrington Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90049
e-mail: legal@sound-ventures.com
Toll-free Number: (323) 906-7624