Firms

Dolby Family Ventures

Dolby Family Ventures

San Francisco, California, United States

dolbyventures.comadviserinfo.sec.gov

Dolby Family Ventures is a San Francisco-based, family-backed venture investment platform founded in2014 to support frontier science and engineering. Its current strategy spans precision neuroscience, life-sciences platforms, aerospace, digital deep technology and climate. It invests at pre-seed, seed and SeriesA and selectively follows companies into later stages. Neuroscience work spans neurodegeneration, psychiatry, neurotechnology, devices and diagnostics, while life-sciences platforms include computational biology and technologies for discovering, developing and delivering medicines. The official roster publishes nine investment and operations professionals plus seven external scientific advisory board members; these advisers provide scientific evaluation rather than acting as operating employees or personal investment counterparties. March20,2026 regulator filings distinguish Dolby Family Ventures LLC, CRD313994/SEC802-122066, from affiliated Dolby Family Capital Management LLC, CRD313971/SEC802-122061. Eight disclosed legal fund vehicles across the two advisers are individually qualified; regulatory assets, gross fund assets and the Dolby family philanthropy or wealth are not fund-closing capital. The platform expressly states it is unaffiliated with Dolby Laboratories and that company’s capital. Its public portfolio identifies investments with active, IPO and acquired statuses, which are source-qualified snapshots rather than evidence of an undisclosed new round, an individual buyer ticket or unchanged current ownership. Existing imported affiliations absent from its current directory are retained with current appointment unverified rather than treated as newly confirmed staff.

Founded
2014
Type
Venture capital

Funds8

  • DOLBY FAMILY VENTURES II LP—

    Exact March20,2026 regulator legal vehicle; legal manager Dolby Family Ventures LLC kept distinct from other family adviser. Cash close/date undisclosed; no GAV/AUM or family endowment values as fundraising.

  • DOLBY FAMILY VENTURES III L.P.—

    Exact March20,2026 regulator legal vehicle; legal manager Dolby Family Capital Management LLC kept distinct from other family adviser. Cash close/date undisclosed; no GAV/AUM or family endowment values as fundraising.

  • DOLBY FAMILY VENTURES LIFE SCIENCES L.P.—

    Exact March20,2026 regulator legal vehicle; legal manager Dolby Family Capital Management LLC kept distinct from other family adviser. Cash close/date undisclosed; no GAV/AUM or family endowment values as fundraising.

  • DOLBY FAMILY VENTURES LP—

    Exact March20,2026 regulator legal vehicle; legal manager Dolby Family Ventures LLC kept distinct from other family adviser. Cash close/date undisclosed; no GAV/AUM or family endowment values as fundraising.

  • DOLBY FAMILY VENTURES OPPORTUNITIES L.P.—

    Exact March20,2026 regulator legal vehicle; legal manager Dolby Family Capital Management LLC kept distinct from other family adviser. Cash close/date undisclosed; no GAV/AUM or family endowment values as fundraising.

  • DOLBY TRUST LIFE SCIENCES L.P.—

    Exact March20,2026 regulator legal vehicle; legal manager Dolby Family Capital Management LLC kept distinct from other family adviser. Cash close/date undisclosed; no GAV/AUM or family endowment values as fundraising.

  • DOLBY TRUST OPPORTUNITIES L.P.—

    Exact March20,2026 regulator legal vehicle; legal manager Dolby Family Capital Management LLC kept distinct from other family adviser. Cash close/date undisclosed; no GAV/AUM or family endowment values as fundraising.

  • DOLBY TRUST VENTURES L.P.—

    Exact March20,2026 regulator legal vehicle; legal manager Dolby Family Capital Management LLC kept distinct from other family adviser. Cash close/date undisclosed; no GAV/AUM or family endowment values as fundraising.

Team

Reetika Bhardwaj
$25M$50K – $150MChicago, Illinois
David Dolby
$1M$300K – $3MSan Francisco Bay Area
Doug Talbert
Doug Talbert

Dolby Family Ventures, Associate (legacy imported affiliation; current appointment unverified)

$1M$100K – $5MSan Francisco Bay Area
Francesca Cignarella
Francesca Cignarella

Dolby Family Ventures, Associate (legacy imported affiliation; current appointment unverified)

$1M$300K – $3MSan Francisco Bay Area
Andrew Krowne
$1M$300K – $3MSan Francisco, California
Tracy Saxton
Tracy Saxton

Dolby Family Ventures, Managing Director (legacy imported affiliation; current appointment unverified)

$1M$300K – $3MSan Francisco, California
Michael McIntyre
Michael McIntyre

Dolby Family Ventures, Investor (Signal team listing) (legacy imported affiliation; current appointment unverified)

$25K$25K – $50KNew York, New York

Operations and support

Alona CochranAlona CochranOffice Manager & Executive Assistant
Edward ChangEdward ChangScientific Advisory Board Member
Howard FillitHoward FillitScientific Advisory Board Member
Husseini ManjiHusseini ManjiScientific Advisory Board Member
Lennart MuckeLennart MuckeScientific Advisory Board Member
Lin NingLin NingSenior Associate
Maurizio FavaMaurizio FavaScientific Advisory Board Member
Mei LiangMei LiangVice President, Finance
Michael WeinerMichael WeinerScientific Advisory Board Member
Michál de BeerMichál de BeerAnalyst
Pascal LevensohnPascal LevensohnExecutive Chairman
Rudolph TanziRudolph TanziScientific Advisory Board Member
Usua AmanamUsua AmanamSenior Associate

Co-investing

Khosla Ventures
Dementia Discovery Fund
KdT Ventures
AVG Basecamp
Breakout Ventures

Investments

$18M2024-01-24Motif NeurotechArboretum Ventures, Dolby Family Ventures, KdT Ventures, Satori Neuro, re.Mind Capital, Max Hodak, Divergent Capital, TMC Innovation, PsyMed Ventures, Empath Ventures, Capital Factory
$33M2023-05-18ParadromicsPrime Movers Lab, Dolby Family Ventures, Green Sands Equity, Westcott Investment Group
$20M2021-07-22ParadromicsPrime Movers Lab, Westcott Investment Group, Dolby Family Ventures, Synergy Ventures, Pureland Global Venture, IT-Farm Corporation, Alpha Edison
$—Unknown dateNext SenseDolby Family Ventures
$—Unknown dateSensorium TherapeuticsHatteras Venture Partners, Dolby Family Ventures
$7M2026-08-31Molten Salt SolutionsDolby Family Ventures, Future Ventures
€53M2026-01-20ExcivaGimv, EQT Life Sciences, Modi Ventures, CARMA FUND, Andera Partners, LBBW Venture Capital, Dolby Family Ventures, Fountain Healthcare Partners, LifeArc Ventures
$60M2025-05-27Salvia BioElectronicsInnovation Industries, Panakès Partners, Invest-NL, INKEF Capital, Dolby Family Ventures, EIC Fund, Thuja Capital, SHS Capital
$20M2025-03-13Montara TherapeuticsDementia Discovery Fund, Two Bear Capital, Dolby Family Ventures, KdT Ventures, Troy Wilson, BEVC
$8M2024-07-30Montara TherapeuticsDementia Discovery Fund, Two Bear Capital, Dolby Family Ventures, KdT Ventures