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Drew Barvir

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Founder at Sonar

Denver, Colorado, United States

FoundedSonar

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About

Drew Barvir is the Co-Founder and CEO of Sonar, a mental health and coaching platform that provides 24/7 chat-based wellbeing support to youth through trained Wellbeing Coaches and AI tools, working in partnership with providers and health systems. Prior to Sonar, he invested in behavioral health companies including Grow Therapy and Ellipsis Health, consulted at Creyos Health and Moth, and worked with mental health nonprofits such as Peer Health Exchange and ACCESS. He attended Stanford Graduate School of Business and is a Stanford SIF Fellow.

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Sonar's investors · 7

500 GlobalSan Francisco · $150K checks · since 2023GSR VenturesBeijing · $2.3M – $74M checks · since 2025Informed Ventures Advisors, LlcMenlo ParkJ4 VenturesNew York · since 2025Maccabee VenturesNew York · $200K – $400K checksNina CapitalBarcelona · $215K – $1.6M checks · since 2025The MBA Fund

Co-founders at Sonar

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Experience

  1. SonarCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2022 — present
  2. Health EvolutionFellowcurrent2026 — present
  3. Creyos (formerly Cambridge Brain Sciences)Advisorcurrent2023 — present
  4. Creyos (formerly Cambridge Brain Sciences)Director, Strategic Initiatives2021 — 2023
  5. Various StartupsInvestorcurrent2020 — present
  6. SportradarInterim Head of Investor Relations2021London, United Kingdom
  7. CPP InvestmentsSenior Associate, Direct Private Equity2020 — 2021London, United Kingdom
  8. CPP InvestmentsAssociate, Direct Private Equity2018 — 2020London, UK (2019) / Toronto, Canada
  9. CPP InvestmentsAnalyst2015 — 2018Greater Toronto Area, Canada

Skills & more

Mental HealthLeadership29Fundraising16Golf14Event Planning18Sports14Financial Modeling15Teaching10Communication11Public Speaking11Organization8

Languages English · French

  • Mental Health Intervention Certified — Moth
  • Mental Health First Aider — MHFA England®
  • Certificate in Data Science — BrainStation

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Who is Drew Barvir?
Drew Barvir is the Co-Founder and CEO of Sonar, a mental health and coaching platform that provides 24/7 chat-based wellbeing support to youth through trained Wellbeing Coaches and AI tools, working in partnership with providers and health systems. Prior to Sonar, he invested in behavioral health companies including Grow Therapy and Ellipsis Health, consulted at Creyos Health and Moth, and worked with mental health nonprofits such as Peer Health Exchange and ACCESS. He attended Stanford Graduate School of Business and is a Stanford SIF Fellow.
Where does Drew Barvir work?
Drew Barvir is Founder of Sonar.
What companies did Drew Barvir found?
Drew Barvir founded Sonar.
Where did Drew Barvir go to school?
Drew Barvir studied at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Master of Business Administration - MBA); Queen's University (Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.), First Class Honours); SKEMA Business School (International Exchange Semester, Grande Ecole).

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