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DBL was recognized as a 2025 ImpactAssets 50 Emerging Manager. The Emeritus Manager category recognizes impact investment fund managers who have achieved IA50 recognition for five or more years for their commitment to generating positive…

One company plans to use machinery to burn the ground on purpose. Another aims to put fires out using autonomous helicopters. Entrepreneurs are aiming to use robots to fight wildfires—by both lighting fires deliberately and…

Nature-based carbon removal startup Chestnut Carbon has raised $160 million in Series B financing, the company told TechCrunch. The startup buys marginal and degraded farmland, plants them with native trees, and harvests the resulting carbon…

While studying for her MBA at NYU Stern School of Business, Maya Johnston learnt how to build an impact investment portfolio — from sourcing early-stage companies to conducting investment diligence and pitching companies to an…

Maxwell Brodie vividly recalls the destructive wildfire he experienced as a kid growing up in the interior of British Columbia. One night in 2003, lightning struck a tree at around 4 a.m., sparking a massive…

The climate-driven wildfire crisis calls for a comprehensive, cross-sector approach to funding, research, and action. One glimpse at the August 2024 wildfire incident map of Western North America and one might have thought half the continent was…

This year, more than 50 national elections worldwide are expected to have ripple effects on businesses, investors, entrepreneurs, and the global impact community. To help inform the future work of impact investors and others, the…

Analogue, explicitly crafted for Apple Vision Pro, enables design teams to collaborate in real-time immersive settings. It effectively tackles issues like workflow bottlenecks and compatibility problems, allowing teams to work together from any location and…

In 2006, while managing an impact venture capital fund at JPMorgan Chase, Nancy Pfund decided to invest in a clean energy start-up that was developing electric vehicles. Colleagues were sceptical. Would electric cars, they asked,…

PASCO COUNTY, Fla. — A new shelter is opening up in Pasco County. It’s specifically for people who were displaced by Hurricanes Helene and Milton, but this shelter is a little different from others. It…

“My guest today is Nancy Pfund, the visionary founder and managing partner of DBL Partners. She invested in Tesla when others ridiculed the idea of electric cars transforming the auto industry. DBL was among the…

How do you store electricity in a way that is large and powerful enough to support the electric grid, as well as reliable, safe, environmentally sustainable, and inexpensive? One way may be to make a…