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  1. FUNDINGAshton Kutcher Leaves Sound Ventures to Launch New Early-Stage Firm With Morgan Beller→
  2. FUNDINGAshton Kutcher Leaves Sound Ventures to Launch New Deep-Tech VC Firm With Morgan Beller→

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FUNDINGNew fund launch

Ashton Kutcher Leaves Sound Ventures to Launch New Early-Stage Firm With Morgan Beller

Ashton Kutcher is departing Sound Ventures, the firm he co-founded roughly eleven years ago, to launch a new early-stage vehicle with Morgan Beller — who co-led Meta's Libra/Diem cryptocurrency project and was most recently a general partner at NFX after a stint at Andreessen Horowitz. The new firm will focus on very early-stage AI infrastructure, energy and deep-tech companies built around hard science rather than software alone, a deliberate departure from Sound Ventures' later-stage, concentrated bets.

Jul 1, 2026
FUNDINGNew fund launch

Ashton Kutcher Leaves Sound Ventures to Launch New Deep-Tech VC Firm With Morgan Beller

Ashton Kutcher announced on July 1 that he is stepping away from Sound Ventures, the firm he co-founded with Guy Oseary 11 years ago, to launch a new early-stage fund with Morgan Beller, formerly a general partner at NFX and co-lead of Meta's Libra cryptocurrency project. The new firm will focus on early-stage bets in AI infrastructure, energy and deep tech — hard-science startups rather than pure software.

Jul 1, 2026