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    DBL Partners

    San Francisco, California, United StatesFounded 2004

    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 $62.9M (across 16 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    18

    Fund Size

    $2.3B

    Top Stage

    Series B

    Last 12 Mo

    1

    Team

    IE

    Ira Ehrenpreis

    Founder and Managing Partner

    Nancy Pfund

    Nancy Pfund

    Founder and Managing Partner

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    18 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Agtonomy logoAgtonomySeries B$18MOct 2025
    CChestnut CarbonSeries D$160MFeb 2025
    Airspace logoAirspaceGrowth$70MMay 2022
    MMenlo MicrosystemsSeries C$150MMar 2022
    DroneSeed logoDroneSeedSeries A$36MSep 2021
    WWheelsSeries C$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 logoTroveSeries B$45M
    DroneSeed logoDroneSeedUnknown
    RR-ZeroUnknown
    Airspace logoAirspaceSeries C$70M

    Top Co-Investors

    DFJ Growth2 shared
    Telstra Ventures2 shared
    HarbourVest Partners2 shared
    Defy2 shared
    Prologis2 shared
    Techstars1 shared
    CRE Venture Capital1 shared
    Amplo1 shared
    Salesforce1 shared
    TLcom Capital1 shared

    Last updated: 13 March 2026