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    DBL Partners

    San Francisco, California, United StatesFounded 2004
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    DBL Partners is a venture capital firm that employs a "Double Bottom Line" investment strategy, focusing on generating top-tier financial returns alongside positive social, environmental, and economic impact. They believe these two objectives are inherently connected and mutually reinforcing, investing in high-growth companies across sectors such as clean energy, information technology, sustainable products and services, and healthcare.

    Average disclosed round size is $59.5M (across 16 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    16

    Fund Size

    $2.3B

    Top Stage

    Series B

    Last 12 Mo

    1

    Team

    IE

    Ira Ehrenpreis

    Founder and Managing Partner

    NP

    Nancy Pfund

    Founder and Managing Partner

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    16 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Agtonomy logoAgtonomySeries B$18MOct 2025
    CChestnut CarbonSeries D$160MFeb 2025
    Airspace logoAirspaceSeries C$70MMay 2022
    MMenlo MicrosystemsSeries C$150MMar 2022
    DroneSeed logoDroneSeedSeries A$36MSep 2021
    WWheelsGrowth$50MOct 2019
    Bellwether Coffee logoBellwether CoffeeSeries B$40MSep 2019
    Andela logoAndelaSeries C$40MOct 2017
    Mapbox logoMapboxSeries C$164MOct 2017
    The Muse logoThe MuseSeries B$16MJun 2016
    Juicero logoJuiceroSeries B$70MMar 2016
    Mapbox logoMapboxSeries B$52.5MJun 2015
    Farmers Business Network logoFarmers Business NetworkSeries A$15MMay 2015
    The Muse logoThe MuseSeries A$10MMay 2015
    Trove logoTroveUnknown$45M—
    RR-ZeroUnknown$15M—

    Top Co-Investors

    GV (Google Ventures)3 shared
    Thrive Capital3 shared
    Kleiner Perkins2 shared
    DFJ Growth2 shared
    Foundry Group2 shared
    Canada Pension Plan Investment Board1 shared
    Prelude Ventures1 shared
    CRE Venture Capital1 shared
    Amplo1 shared
    Salesforce1 shared
    TLcom Capital1 shared
    Chan Zuckerberg Initiative1 shared
    Spark Capital1 shared
    The Vertical Group1 shared
    Future Shape1 shared
    Fidelity Management & Research Company1 shared
    Adage Capital Management1 shared
    Standard Investments1 shared
    Paladin Capital Group1 shared
    Piva1 shared

    Last updated: 16 April 2026