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We have a free, abundant fuel source in the sun that, with improvements in energy storage, can become a substantial source of power. Passage of AB 327 last month is an important step forward as…

DBL’s Managing Partner, Nancy E. Pfund,  speaks on climate change and a consumer’s choice to positively impact the environment through rooftop solar. See video presentation here.    

Five Prime Therapeutics Inc.’s $62 million stock debut Wednesday is getting good reviews on Wall Street so far, continuing the biotech industry’s rise to investment favor. Five Prime is the fourth Bay Area biotech initial…

If you have a child in school, chances are fairly good he or she has come in contact with Revolution Foods. The company, headquartered in Oakland, has served some 75 million meals in school cafeterias…

“Federal dollars per new megawatt-hour for distributed solar are infinitely lower.” California’s nuclear energy industry has received four times more federal support than the state’s distributed solar builders over a period six times as long,…

California’s nuclear energy industry has received $8.21 billion in federal subsidies over the last 50 years, while solar continues to struggle, receiving less support than nuclear did in its earliest years, according to a report released Monday by DBL…

Until now, there have been Lunchables and, well, Lunchables. The Kraft Food Group’s Oscar Mayer brand created the concept of prepackaged lunch meals for children in 1988 and has effectively owned that business ever since,…

Lately, it seems, just about everybody is becoming an impact investor. “All good,” one might say, for who wouldn’t want to rally behind those who strive to make a difference in the world while implementing…

SolarCity, a San Mateo, Calif.-based solar company, opened its doors for business Wednesday at Town Square, near Interstate 15 and the Las Vegas Beltway. SolarCity offers business and residential customers a full range of solar-panel services,…

#2. Nancy Pfund Managing Partner, DBL Partners @NancyPfundDBL Link to the article in Women in Cleantech & Sustainability here. “As a woman in venture capital, I am part of a small club, and it’s part…

DBL Partners’ Managing Partner Nancy Pfund takes to The Huffington Post to make the point that cleantech stocks are some of the best investments in the market – for so many reasons. Link to the…

DBL portfolio company Ecologic Brands makes the Chronicle of Philanthropy! Ecologic is a phenomenal example of impact investing: the company creates bio-degradable packaging out of recycled materials in a California town that had a high…