Pascal Levensohn

Senior Managing Director

2012 - Current

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.

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.

Chairman

2019

Board Observer

2015 - 2024

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.

Faculty Member

2006 - 2021

I teach board governance best practices to the next generation of venture capitalists.

Owner

2000 - 2020

Cult Appellation Saint Helena cabernet sauvignon wine produced between 2004 - 2019. Sold in U.S. and internationally. Earned extraordinary reviews for vintages 2013 - 2016 from world famous critics including Robert Parker, James Suckling, Lisa Perroti Brown, Jeb Dunnuck. 2018-2019 Levensohn vintages to be released by Realm Cellars.

Trustee

2016 - 2019

The American Academy in Berlin was founded in 1994 at the initiative of Richard Holbrooke, then the American ambassador to Germany. Rooted in Berlin, the independent and mainly privately funded institution is committed to maintaining the long-term intellectual, cultural and political ties between the United States and Germany. Each year, the Academy awards two dozen Berlin prize fellowships for a semester each to outstanding scholars, writers, and artists from the United States. Fellows who come from the humanities, social sciences, and arts pursue independent projects in a residential community at the lakeside Villa Arnhold, in Wannsee. The Academy's fellows share their work with German colleagues and with Berlin audiences at the Academy's public lectures, film screenings, concerts, and other events. The Academy fosters greater understanding and dialogue on current issues by bringing distinguished visitors to Germany – leading Americans who engage with the German public and German counterparts during short visits. In a similar vein, the Richard C. Holbrooke Forum was conceived by the American Academy in Berlin as a special remembrance of its founder and his lifelong commitment to applying the tools of diplomacy and statecraft for solving protracted challenges to the well-being of humanity. The Academy conducts the forum as an ongoing series of international workshops with varying experts who address the most intractable and pressing global issues. Since the Academy opened its doors, in 1998, it has built up an extensive and enduring network in the academic, cultural, political, and corporate communities of the United States and Germany. The German newsweekly Der Spiegel described the American Academy in Berlin as "the world's most important center for American intellectual life outside the United States."