Pascal Levensohn
Managing Director at Dolby Family Ventures
Cologny, Geneva
Overview
Work Experience
Board Member
2025 - Current
Board Observer
2024 - 2025
Senior Managing Director
2012
Dolby Family Ventures is an early stage venture capital investing organization that formalizes the Dolby family’s ongoing, multi-generational commitment to Ray Dolby’s legacy of discovering and supporting visionary entrepreneurs. Dolby Family Ventures invests globally, targeting Seed and Series A investments in the following sectors: Aerospace, Augmented Reality, Advanced Digital Signal Processing, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Bio Informatics, Quantum Computing, and Neuro Degeneration. The fund is not affiliated with Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
Dolby Family Ventures is an early stage venture firm focused on building great technology companies.
Managing Partner
1996
Levensohn Venture Partners invests in startups both internationally and in the U.S.
Board Observer
2022
Chairman of the Board
2007
Public company board chairman. Independent director.
SoundThinking combines transformative solutions and strategic advisory services for law enforcement and civic leadership.
Raised $67,933,006.00 from Levensohn Venture Partners, The Westly Group, Claremont Creek Ventures, Levensohn Venture Partners, Motorola Solutions Venture Capital, City Light Capital, Lauder Partners, Claremont Creek Ventures, Labrador Ventures and Lauder Partners.
Chairman
2019
Board Observer
2015 - 2024
Strateos is a SaaS-based biotechnology company that provides robotic solutions for biology labs.
Raised $105,769,999.00 from Alumni Ventures, Black Diamond Ventures, StreShi, Ally Bridge Group, Mack-Cali Realty Corporation, Dolby Family Ventures, AME, Castor Ventures, Harmonix Fund and Lux Capital.
Board Observer
2018 - 2023
Element Solutions Inc. has acquired Kuprion, Inc., a developer of next-generation nano-copper technology to the semiconductor, circuit board and electronics assembly markets. The company’s ActiveCopper™ technology addresses the effects of thermal expansion and offers superior performance and reliability in a host of growth applications, including electric vehicles, high frequency 5G networks, IC substrate manufacturing, advanced packaging, mission critical aerospace and defense systems, and datacenters. This transaction has been structured with an upfront payment and potential earn-out payments based on milestones associated with product qualification and revenue over several years.
Kuprion is a developer of Engineered Copper Material that is revolutionising the electronics industry.
Raised $5,000,000.00 from Alsop Louie Partners, Startup Capital Ventures, LiteCap, Dolby Family Ventures and Levensohn Venture Partners.
Faculty Member
2006 - 2021
I teach board governance best practices to the next generation of venture capitalists.
Co-investment VC firm supporting the mission of the Kauffman Fellows
Education
AB
1977 - 1981
high school
1973 - 1977