Sounding Board - About the company
Sounding Board is an acquired company based in San Francisco (United States), founded in 2016 by Lori Mazan. It operates as an Employee leadership training platform. Sounding Board has raised $47.2M in funding from Canaan and JAZZ Venture Partners. The company has 2290 active competitors, including 196 funded and 168 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Cornerstone, Go1 and D2L.
Company Details
Soundingboard is an employee leadership training platform. The product is a leadership coaching platform that analyzes employee skills, feedback, goals, and the algorithms that match employees to virtual coaches and tools to develop leadership skills. It also allows employers to customize programs and share it with the employees. Notable clients include Code for America, Skywalker, Rakuten, Glu, Pivotal, Liftoff, Airtable, etc.
- Website
- www.soundingboardinc.com/
- Social
- Email ID
- *****@soundingboardinc.com
- Registered Address
- 27068 La Paz Rd, #318, Aliso Viejo, United States, 92656-3041, CA
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2016
Location
San Francisco, United States
Stage
Acquired
Total Funding
$47.2M in 6 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Ranked
46th among 2290 active competitors
Employee Count
79 as on Sep 30, 2026
Exit Details
Acquired by BTS (Mar 03, 2025)
Legal entities associated with Sounding Board
Sounding Board is associated with 1 legal entity given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Reports |
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Sounding Board Labs, Inc. CIN: 001t000000x2fDxAAI , United States, Active | Dec 07, 2022 | - | - | - |
Sounding Board's acquisition details
Sounding Board got acquired by BTS on Mar 03, 2025.
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Sounding Board's funding and investors
Sounding Board has raised a total funding of $47.2M over 6 rounds. Its first funding round was on Sep 11, 2017. Its latest funding round was a Series B round on Dec 01, 2021 for $*****. 11 investors participated in its latest round. Sounding Board has 10 institutional investors and 8 angel investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Sounding Board:
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Filter this listDate of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Dec 01, 2021 | 8633992 | Series B | 4286966 | 5332323 | 6051993 | 4001941 |
Dec 30, 2020 | 6164257 | Series A | 8319139 | 8119427 | 4237736 | |
Mar 30, 2020 | 7350849 | Series A | 4792146 | 5624209 | 9164336 | 3186677 |
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Sounding Board's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Sounding Board is Lori Mazan.
Here are the details of Sounding Board's key team members:
- Lori Mazan: Co-Founder, President & Chief Coaching Officer of Sounding Board and founder of 1 other company. They serve on the board of 1 company.Contact Info: 2 email addresses
Sounding Board's Board of Directors
Sounding Board's board has 3 active members. Lori Mazan, Maha Ibrahim and Christine Tao are independent board members.Here is the list of Sounding Board's board of directors:
Name | Type | Representing | Status | Duration |
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Independent board member | - | Current | 9y 0m | |
gvrcthv | Independent board member | - | Current | 7y 3m |
hbdjuoc | Independent board member | - | Current | 3y 5m |
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Sounding Board's employee count trend
Sounding Board has 79 employees as of Sep 26. Here is Sounding Board's employee count trend over the years:
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Sounding Board's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Sounding Board include Cornerstone, Go1 and D2L. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Sounding Board, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st |  Cornerstone 1999, Santa Monica (United States), Acquired | Provider of a platform for talent experience and workforce agility | $64.4M | 85/100 | |
2nd | Cloud-based LMS platform for multi-industry | $430M | 80/100 | ||
3rd | Provider of LMS systems for multiple sectors | $244M | 75/100 | ||
4th | 360Learning 2010, Paris (France), Series C | Provider of software for employee training and collaborative learning management | $243M | 72/100 | |
5th | Docebo 2005, Athens (United States), Public | Provider of an AI-first learning management system for enterprise skills | $6.32M | 71/100 | |
6th | Provider of a platform for frontline employee training and task management | $28.1M | 70/100 | ||
7th | Schoox 2010, Austin (United States), Series A | Provider of a learning management system with AI-engineered learning features | $8.46M | 68/100 | |
8th | BetterUp 2013, Austin (United States), Series E | Provider of an AI-powered platform delivering personalized coaching and development | $628M | 67/100 | |
9th |  Degreed 2012, Pleasanton (United States), Series D | Provider of a learning experience platform for workforce skill development | $367M | 67/100 | |
10th |  Disprz 2015, West Orange (United States), Series C | Provider of AI-powered learning experience management, and enablement platform | $52.1M | 65/100 | |
46th |  Sounding Board 2016, San Francisco (United States), Acquired | Employee leadership training platform | $47.2M | 49/100 |
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Sounding Board's Investments and acquisitions
Sounding Board has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
Reports related to Sounding Board
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News related to Sounding Board
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Bts Acquires Sounding Board And Strengthens Its Global Coaching Offering, From Top Management To All Current Management LevelsGlobeNewswire•Mar 03, 2025•BTS Group, Sounding Board, BTS
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Sounding Board Inc. Appoints Michelle Knight as Senior Vice President of Strategy and OperationsNewswire•Dec 14, 2023•Sounding Board, ServiceNow, SAP, Workday and 1 other
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Sounding Board Welcomes Kevin Rockmael as Vice President of MarketingRad AI•Aug 04, 2022•Guild, Sounding Board
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Sounding Board Appoints Leadership Development Expert Iyad Uakoub to Head Behavioral Science ResearchRad AI•Jan 27, 2022•Sounding Board
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Sounding Board, Inc. Named Bronze Winner in the 2021 Brandon Hall Group Excellence in Technology AwardsPRWeb•Dec 23, 2021•Sounding Board
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Sounding Board lands Series B to move coaching beyond services and into SaaSTechCrunch+•Dec 02, 2021•Sounding Board, JAZZ Venture Partners, Canaan, Bloomberg Beta and 3 others
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Sounding Board raises cash as startups wake up to executive coachingTechCrunch+•Jan 22, 2021•Sounding Board, Canaan, Correlation Ventures, Bloomberg Beta and 2 others
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