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What does Dolby Family Ventures invest in?
Dolby Family Ventures invests most often at Series A and Series B (65% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Media, Art and Audio.
Dolby Family Ventures highlights
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37 rounds on record
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Mostly Series A and Series B: 65% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 2 rounds, median $4.9M
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4 exits from the portfolio
What they do
Investing in early-stage companies solving the biggest science and engineering challenges since 2014.From their own website
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- $300K – $3.0M as they say
- Stages
- SeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
- Sectors
- MediaArtAudio
- Based in
- San Francisco, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not accepted
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first37 appearances
- 2025
1 round
- May
- 2023
1 round
- May
- 2019
2 rounds
- Jul
- Feb
- 2018
4 rounds
- Dec
- Nov
- May
- Mar
- 2017
3 rounds
- May
- Mar
- Jan
- 2016
1 round
- Dec
- 2015
9 rounds
- Nov
- Oct
- Sept
- Jul
- Jul
- Jun
- Jun
- Feb
- Jan
- 2014
8 rounds
- Dec
- Oct
- Oct
- Sept
- Jun
- Jun
- Jun
- Apr
- 2013
3 rounds
- Nov
- Oct
- Sept
- 2011
3 rounds
- Dec
- Jun
- Mar
- 2010
1 round
- Aug
- 2008
1 round
- Aug
An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
The team
Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration3 named
ALAndrew Lawrence KrowneManager; MemberiForm ADV
DEDavid E DolbyManageriForm ADV
SKSourav KoleMemberiForm ADV
We also hold 6 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
What the register says
From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law
$236Mgross assets of its funds, 2 advisers combinedOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- Dolby Family Ventures LLC
- SEC number
- CRD 313994
What they claim to have backed
From their own portfolio page (on their website)
55 of 60 we have independently watched raise
8iAetherbioAnthologyAtmosicAtomosspaceAugustBionautlabsCalahealthCalicatCerevanceCognitivespaceCortexymeCytovaleDelixtherapeuticsDigilensEargoEncleartherapiesEnvisagenicsExciva Gmbh ExcivaGenemodGeneralsenseHerophilusHyperfineIconaircraftLeolabsLibratherapeuticsLightformMagnefyMedcryptMojoMoltensaltsolutionsMooveNeurobionicsNeurotherapiaNewmatterNianticlabsNumerionlabsOkapiorbitsParadromicsPhasefourQuralisRegentcraftSalviabioelectronicsSea-machinesSepiontechnologiesSoilactionSourceTetradiscoveryTherinibioTripleblindTwelveUboticaUltraleapVandriaWickrAcrigenAllAlzecaAthiraAuthenticvisionand 39 more
Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed4 in all
AltspaceVRBought by MicrosoftUndisclosedOct 2017
EyefluenceBought by GoogleUndisclosedOct 2016
Basis ScienceBought by Intel$100MMar 2014
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.