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Dolby Family Ventures
Venture capital · San Francisco, CA, United States · North America
Dolby Family Ventures is a venture firm founded in 2014 that makes early stage investments and follow-on investments across a portfolio company's lifecycle. It invests only alongside strong syndicate partners and typically takes a fiduciary or observer position initially rather than formal board participation over time.
Invests inHealthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsprecision neurosciencelife sciencesaerospaceclimate techdeep techdigital health
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Or find every investor that fitsDolby Family Ventures lists 91 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 8 funding rounds, 3 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 63% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Healthcare & Biotech (35%), AI & Machine Learning (26%) and Industrial & Manufacturing (11%). 88% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside DCVC, Global Brain and StartX.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Dolby Family Ventures, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Dolby Family Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 8 companies; its own site lists 91. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 63% |
| Series A | 13% |
| Series B | 13% |
| Growth | 13% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 4 | 2 |
| '26 | 4 | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 94th | 91 companies |
| Recent activity | 86th | 5 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 76th | 63% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 65th | 5% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 65th | 35% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 78th | 5 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 35% | 15% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 26% | 18% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 11% | 7% |
| Space & Defense | 5% | 3% |
| Enterprise Software | 5% | 8% |
| Cybersecurity | 4% | 4% |
| Robotics & Hardware | 3% | 1% |
| Consumer | 3% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| DCVC | 5 |
| Global Brain | 5 |
| StartX | 5 |
| Techstars | 5 |
| Creative Destruction Lab | 4 |
| Western Technology Investment | 4 |
| Y Combinator | 4 |
| Alsop Louie Partners | 3 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers8593%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company67%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Dolby Family Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Dolby Family Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Nov 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 15 Oct 2026 | Seed | |
| 31 Aug 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 15 Jan 2026 | Seed | |
| 24 Nov 2025 | Series A Led | |
| 4 Sept 2025 | Series B | |
| 25 Aug 2025 | Seed | |
| 4 Aug 2025 | Seed Led |
Round details for Dolby Family Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Dolby Family Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
91 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8i captures, transforms, and streams volumetric video holograms | Enterprise SoftwareEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| AccuKnox provides AI-powered zero trust cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP) solutions for cloud security and compliance. | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Acta Pharmaceuticals is developing new therapies for early intervention and Alzheimer's prevention. | Healthcare & Biotech | Oct 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Aether Bio discovers proteins with high-impact applications, including building super materials and processing critical minerals, using artificial intelligence and robotic high-throughput screening labs. | AI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a platform that connects patients to their care teams and enables continuous healthcare through data collection and analysis. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a virtual space for community and social interaction. | Enterprise SoftwareGaming | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Anthology generates diverse genomes to advance biomanufacturing | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Astro Mechanica designs and builds engines, airframes, and flight systems for the aerospace industry. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops new therapies, including small molecule therapies, to address devastating diseases with limited treatment options. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Atmosic enables wireless connectivity for battery and battery-less applications at the Edge. | ConsumerEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| August makes smart locks for keyless entry | Consumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Authentic Vision provides anti-counterfeiting and digital product passport solutions | Healthcare & BiotechCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Cajal Therapeutics is developing novel medicines for serious diseases, including anemias of inflammation, neurodegenerative diseases, and other iron-related disorders. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Cala Health develops and provides a device with TAPS therapy to aid in the temporary relief of hand tremors in adults with essential tremor. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Calicat develops advanced materials and stack components for the electrolyzer industry. | Industrial & ManufacturingClimate & Energy | Portfolio page | ||
| Cato Digital provides low-cost, low-carbon bare metal infrastructure for computing and storage workloads | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- dolbyventures.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 4 Aug 2025
- Companies checked
- 91
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