Dolby Family Ventures

Type

Venture Capital

Status

Active

Location

San Francisco, United States

Total investments

120

Average round size

20M

Portfolio companies

79

Rounds per year

12.00

Lead investments

6

Follow on index

0.34

Exits

15

Stages of investment
SeedEarly Stage Venture
Areas of investment
BiotechnologySoftwareInformation TechnologyArtificial IntelligenceHealth CareMedicalLife SciencePharmaceuticalTherapeuticsWearables

Summary

Dolby Family Ventures is the famous VC, which was founded in 2014. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States. The main department of described VC is located in the San Francisco.

The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2017. The important activity for fund was in 2015. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 12 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. This Dolby Family Ventures works on 14 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. The typical startup value when the investment from Dolby Family Ventures is 100-500 millions dollars. Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 5-6 participants. Despite the Dolby Family Ventures, startups are often financed by Lux Capital, IP Group Plc, Data Collective DCVC. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Lux Capital, Data Collective DCVC, Breakout Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Breakout Ventures, Lux Capital, Data Collective DCVC.

For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Life Science, Therapeutics. The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Atomwise, Vium, Tempo Automation.

We also calculated 2 valuable employees in our database.

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Investor highlights

Industry generalist
Yes
Industry focus
GeneralistMedia/ContentCybersecurityCloud/InfrastructureHealthcare
Stage focus
Series ASeed
Geo focus
Generalist
Check size
From 500K

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
120
Lead investments
6
Exits
15
Rounds per year
12.00
Follow on index
0.34
Investments by industry
  • Biotechnology (38)
  • Health Care (29)
  • Software (24)
  • Medical (21)
  • Therapeutics (16)
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Investments by region
  • United States (103)
  • United Kingdom (2)
  • Israel (2)
  • Netherlands (1)
  • Austria (7)
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Peak activity year
2021

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
8
Avg. valuation at time of investment
15M
Group Appearance index
0.93
Avg. company exit year
6
Avg. multiplicator
0.23

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Progentos Therapeutics 20 May 2024 Early Stage Venture 65M United States, Massachusetts, Watertown
Switch Therapeutics 14 Mar 2023 Biotechnology, Medical, Therapeutics Early Stage Venture 52M United States, California, San Francisco

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