Jill Puente

Jill Puente leads brand marketing, communications, and platform strategy at Sound Ventures, bringing nearly two decades of experience building marketing organizations across Fortune 500 companies and early-stage startups.

Prior to Sound, Jill served as CMO and Operating Partner at Unusual Ventures, where she led the firm's brand, communications, and platform strategy while supporting portfolio companies in their own marketing efforts. Before that, she was the Founding CMO at Pear VC, where she built the firm's brand from the ground up and supported portfolio companies on marketing strategy and LP relations.

Jill spent over a decade at Google leading marketing across high-growth technology teams, including Wildfire by Google, Family Link, Google One, and Sustainability — where she oversaw Google's marketing efforts across climate, energy, and supply chain.

Jill holds a BA in International Affairs and a Master of Public Administration from the University of Georgia.