Website dblpartners.vc | Founded 2015 | |
Type Impact Investor, Venture Capital Founders Nancy Pfund, Ira Ehrenpreis Headquarters San Francisco, California, United States | ||
Nancy pfund founder and managing partner of dbl partners
DBL Partners is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that focuses on impact investing. Its name is an abbreviation of Double Bottom Line. DBL Partners was founded in 2015 when DBL Investors combined with the clean tech practice of Technology Partners.
Contents
- Nancy pfund founder and managing partner of dbl partners
- Stanford seminar nancy pfund of dbl partners
- History
- People
- Investments
- References
Stanford seminar nancy pfund of dbl partners
History
In 2004, J.P. Morgan & Co created a venture fund (the $75M Bay Area Equity Fund I) led by Nancy Pfund which made a number of impact investments including in Tesla Motors in 2006. The fund spun out of JP Morgan in 2008. In 2008, Pfund and Cynthia Ringo partnered and raised Fund II (the $150.8M DBL Equity Fund – BAEF II). In 2015 DBL partnered with Ira Ehrenpreis who led the clean tech practice of Technology Partners to found DBL Partners and successfully raise a $400m impact fund.
People
DBL’s Managing Parters are Nancy Pfund, Ira Ehrenpreis and Cynthia Ringo.
Investments
DBL has invested in a range of companies primarily with a focus on four sectors:
DBL has invested in all three companies in which Elon Musk is substantially involved: Tesla Motors, SpaceX and SolarCity something Pfund has said is "not for the faint of heart”.