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Expertise in Global Technology
Idiosyncratic Portfolios

About Us

Sora Investors LLC is an investment firm specializing in public equities in the technology sector. We invest globally with a fundamental research process and we value constructive and long-term relationships with companies in our portfolios. Founded in 2021, Sora is owned by a partnership of our senior investment team.

Strategy

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Technology Focus

Innovation, network effects, scale efficiencies, competition and obsolescence drive rapid change and opportunity in technology markets. We seek to differentiate between firms with stronger and weaker outlooks.

Investment Team

Karl Richter

Managing Partner

Chief Investment Officer

Karl has over 20 years of experience investing in the technology sector. Prior to founding Sora Investors, he was portfolio manager and analyst for Citadel Global Equities in Chicago and San Francisco. He has also been a portfolio manager and analyst at Susquehanna International Group, SAC Capital Advisors and start-up funds after starting his investment career in equity research at Lehman Brothers and Robertson Stephens.

SB, Mechanical Engineering, MIT
SEP, Stanford Graduate School of Business
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Larry Ge, CFA

Partner

Portfolio Manager

Larry has 15 years of investing experience. Prior to co-founding Sora Investors, he was an analyst specializing in Japan equities at Woodline Partners and Citadel Global Equities in San Francisco. He has also been an analyst at D. E. Shaw & Co. in Hong Kong and New York after starting his career in investment banking at Lehman Brothers.

BS, Finance & Accounting, NYU Stern School of Business
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Samir Shah, CFA

Partner

Portfolio Manager

Samir has over 15 years of experience investing in public and private markets. Prior to joining Sora Investors, he was a senior analyst at Citadel with experience investing in fintech, internet, media and telecom at Citadel Global Equities and Surveyor Capital in Chicago. He started at Citadel in 2010 as an analyst on the Global Credit team. Prior to Citadel, he was a private equity investor in the TMT group at GTCR in Chicago after starting his career in investment banking at Credit Suisse in San Francisco.

BS, Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
MS, Management Science, Stanford University
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Solomon Jeong, CFA

Analyst

Solomon has over five years of investing experience. Prior to joining Sora Investors in 2023, he was an equity analyst at SFG Asset Advisors, a single-family investment office in San Francisco. Previously, he was an associate focusing on semiconductor stocks at Citadel LLC (Surveyor Capital) and ran finance and operations for a family business. He started his professional career as an investment banking analyst at Deutsche Bank in New York.

BA, Economics & East Asian Studies, Cornell University
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James Merkin

Analyst

James has 10 years of experience. Prior to joining Sora Investors in 2023, he was an analyst at Emerson Point Capital. Previously, he was associate director for strategy at Sidewalk Labs (an Alphabet Company) and a senior associate consultant at Bain & Company in New York.

AB, History, Harvard University
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Akash Salam

Analyst

Akash has over six years of finance experience. Prior to joining Sora Investors in 2023, he was a senior associate at Citadel LLC (Surveyor Capital) where he invested in enterprise software technology firms. He has also been a private equity investor in technology and telecommunications with Siris Capital Group in San Francisco. He started his career in mergers & acquisitions investment banking at Centerview Partners in New York.

BA, Economics, Yale University
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Armintas Sinkevicius, CFA

Analyst

Armintas has 13 years of investment industry experience. Prior to joining Sora Investors in 2024, he was a senior analyst at Balyasny Asset Management since 2020. He also has experience in equity research at Morgan Stanley covering both telecommunications services and autos and as an analyst at Point72 Asset Management focusing on cable, media, satellite and telecom. He started his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers in New York.

BS, Accounting & Finance, Marquette University
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Charles Li

Analyst

Charles has over 10 years of investment experience. Prior to joining Sora Investors in 2024, he was an analyst at Meridiem Capital Partners and a senior associate at Citadel LLC (Surveyor Capital). He also has experience in venture and growth investing at Norwest Venture Partners. He started his career in the technology investment banking groups at Morgan Stanley and Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

BA, Applied Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley
BA, Economics, University of California, Berkeley
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Operations Team

Peter Vasiliadis

Chief Operating Officer

Peter has 25 years of alternative investment industry experience. Prior to joining Sora Investors in 2024, he was with Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners for over 19 years with responsibilities for operations, infrastructure, risk and manager due diligence for hedge fund, private and consumer lending strategies. Most recently, he was the COO and a member of the management committee of the Riverview Omni Fund, Morgan Stanley Investment Management’s multi-manager hedge fund. He started his career in alternatives with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC.

BS, Accounting, University of Delaware
Certified Public Accountant (inactive)
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Jenell Wunsch

Head of Operations

Chief Compliance Officer

Jenell has over 20 years of experience in alternative investments, fund administration, accounting and team leadership. Prior to joining Sora Investors at inception in 2021, she was a Director and Manager at SEI for 8 years. She has also worked in middle office, trading operations and accounting roles for State Street, Morgan Stanley Investment Management and Susquehanna International Group.

BS, Susquehanna University
MBA, Villanova University
Certified Public Accountant (inactive)
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CONTACT

Philadelphia

1 Town Place
Suite 110
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010

+1 610-801-2000

Chicago

233 S. Wacker Drive
Suite 4400
Chicago, IL 60606

+1 312-313-6985

San Francisco

530 Lytton Avenue
Suite 213
Palo Alto, CA 94301

+1 415-738-4410

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