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By Dawn Lippert | Energy Excelerator Aloha, Dawn here. As 2015 comes to a close, the Energy Excelerator team would like to recognize our fellow innovators paving the way for the next generation of cleantech…

Hub Culture interviews Nancy Pfund in the Duffy Energy room at the Museum of Modern Art, Paris during the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties (COP21) on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions….

By Clare Saxon Ghauri PARIS: Today Energy Unlocked was launched by The Climate Group with UK start-up Tempus Energy on the sideline of UN climate talks. The new not for profit organization will accelerate energy system transformation around…

CNN Innovators profiles Revolution Foods and the company’s approach to impact and innovation. Watch the video.

By Isaac Silk When Nancy Pfund‘s DBL Partners recently closed its $400 million third fund, ImpactAlpha wrote, “Want to spot the next Tesla? Watch DBL Partners.” In her podcast interview with ImpactAlpha, Pfund discusses new…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: SACRAMENTO—California Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. and NextGen Climate Founder and President Tom Steyer today announced a delegation of California business leaders who will travel to the United Nations COP 21 climate negotiations in…

By Andy Colthorpe Renewables with energy storage can help build low carbon energy networks in the developing world – but the twin technologies still face competition from natural gas while they gradually mature, according to…

Meanwhile, more established VC firms like San Francisco-based DBL Partners – which raised $400 million in June – have sought to prove that investing for social impact can generate “top tier returns,” says Nancy Pfund,…

By Rick Moss | Better Ventures:  Each month, Better Ventures convenes top leaders in impact investing and entrepreneurship for a fireside chat, networking, and workshops geared towards early-stage companies.  We held a PreSeed fireside chat with powerhouse social…

by Stephen Clark Fresh off a major design review, SpaceX’s human-rated Dragon spaceship has received the first of up to six firm mission orders from NASA under the company’s $2.6 billion commercial crew contract. The…

What happens when you put 150 altruistic billionaires, legendary entertainers and Noble Prize-worthy gamechangers in one room for a day to talk about ways to give smart and better? Some disruptive ideas regarding philanthropy. …….

Burlingame, Calif.-based Ruby Ribbon Inc has raised $7.5 million in a Series C round of funding. The financing was co-led by DBL Partners and Direct Selling Capital. Previous investors Trinity Ventures and Mohr Davidow Ventures also participated in the round….