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Firms / Dolby Family Ventures LLC
Dolby Family Ventures LLC
Institutional venture firmSan Francisco, CAdolbyventures.comSEC venture capital fund adviserone firm, 2 filing advisers
This firm files as 2 advisers on dolbyventures.com: Dolby Family Capital Management LLC. Each keeps its own CRD, funds and filings; the grouping is the website each swore to on Form ADV and is recomputed every pass.
Investing in early-stage companies solving the biggest science and engineering challenges since 2014.
venture manager, reported GAV $136M across 2 vehicles
Importance
24
moderate
Active deployment
30
moderate
Emerging
0
low
Completeness
69
high
Freshness
100
high
Research priority
11
low
Identity and regulatory footprint
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, CAadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- 999 BRANNAN STREET, PENTHOUSE SUITE, San Francisco, CA, 94103adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- 415-449-1005adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- HTTP://DOLBYVENTURES.COM
- SEC adviser type
- exempt reporting adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC exemption claimed
- venture capital fund adviseradviserinfo.sec.govItem 2.B(1): advises solely venture capital funds
- Latest Form ADV
- Mar 20, 2026
- Private funds reported
- 2 (2 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets
- $104Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- Owners on Schedule A
- Dolby Holdings II, LLC (Member), E; Dagmar Dolby, Trustee of the Dolby 2012 Gc Trust a (Member), D; Dagmar Dolby, Trustee of the Dolby 2012 Gc Trust B (Member), D
- business phone
- 415-449-1005adviserinfo.sec.govpublished by the subject
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
8 observed deals
Stated (the firm’s website)
- Sectors
- biotech, medtech, climate, energy, deep tech, space, logistics, industrial
- Stages
- pre seed, seed, series a, series b, early
- Geography
- not stated
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
Observed (from deals on record)
Stage at participation
seed 100%
Stage at first entry
seed 100%
Sectors
unknown 71%Other Technology 29%
lead rate 50%follow-on rate 0%new logos, 12 months 8
Funds and vehicles
2 reported
| Vehicle | Type | Vintage | Lifecycle | Reported GAV | Owners | Form D sold | Latest Form D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dolby Family Ventures II L.P. | Fund | unknown | Unknown | $104M Mar 19, 2024 | 4 | unknown | unknown |
| Dolby Family Ventures L.P. | Fund | unknown | Unknown | $32.2M Mar 19, 2024 | 6 | unknown | unknown |
GAV is the gross asset value the adviser reported on Form ADV for the vehicle, never the fund’s committed size and never dry powder. Form D sold is the amount sold as of the latest filing, never a final close.
Investment team
9 current, 0 departed
David Dolby
Founder or executiveCEO
Pascal Levensohn
Founder or executiveExecutive Chairman
Andrew Krowne
Managing partnerManaging Partner
David E Dolby
PartnerManager · since Apr 1, 2014
Alona Cochran
Platform and operationsOffice Manager & Executive Assistant
Mei Liang
Platform and operationsVice President, Finance
Reetika Bhardwaj
PrincipalPrincipal
Lin Ning
Vice presidentSenior Associate
Usua Amanam
Vice presidentSenior Associate
Investments on record
8 edges, 7 companies, 0 partner-attributed
“This investor” is the amount disclosed for this investor alone; it is unknown unless a source said it. The round size is the whole round.
Co-investors
12 relationships from shared deals, counted for the whole firm
Future Ventures 1 shared · one timeCasa Verde 1 shared · one timeAlumni Ventures 1 shared · one time · we led 1Vanedge Capital Partners 1 shared · one time · we led 1True Ventures 1 shared · one time · we led 1Gaingels 1 shared · one time · we led 1Astor Management AG 1 shared · one timeUnderstorey Ventures 1 shared · one timeNew Climate Ventures 1 shared · one timeTransition Ventures 1 shared · one time · they led 1Essential Capital 1 shared · one timeJuniper VC 1 shared · one time
Limited partners
0 disclosed
No LP commitment on record. An LP edge needs a public disclosure with a quote: a pension report (see Limited partners for the plans read), a fund announcement naming the LP, or a Form ADV owner. The fund page carries the LP’s reported performance.
Timeline
3 dated events
- Jul 12, 2021Dolby Family Ventures LLC first filed Form ADV (ERA, venture capital fund adviser exemption)First SEC adviser filingOrganizationFactSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Jul 12, 2021Dolby Family Ventures L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Dolby Family Ventures LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $74,199,084Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactDolby Family Ventures L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Jul 12, 2021Dolby Family Ventures II L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Dolby Family Ventures LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $73,197,237Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactDolby Family Ventures II L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
Classification history
- Sep 12, 2026Institutional venture firm (confirmed, 95%, cls-1)venture manager, reported GAV $136M across 2 vehicles
Evidence
45 observations from 3 sources