News Archive.

  • Top 20 Women Cleantech Investors

    June 19, 2013 | By Women in Cleantech & Sustainability

    #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…

  • Cleantech Investing: We Are Just Getting Started

    May 24, 2013 | The Huffington Post | By Nancy Pfund and co-authored by Noah Walker, Joint MBA/MEM Candidate at Yale University

    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…

  • A Foundation Risks All of Its Endowment on Creating Jobs

    May 23, 2013 | CHRONICLE OF PHILANTHROPY | By Nicole Wallace

    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…

  • Tesla : Consumer Reports’ best car ever tested

    May 10, 2013 | CNN Money

    By Peter Valdes-Dapena @PeterDrives The score would have been higher but for the fact that the all-electric car does need to stop and recharge during extremely long-distance drives. “If it could recharge in any gas…

  • Investing in East Bay Innovation

    April 29, 2013 | East Bay Economic Development Alliance

    DBL Partners’ Managing Partner, Nancy Pfund shares with us her passion for investing in Impact businesses and why the East Bay area has become such an innovation hotbed.

  • Earth Day and EcoScraps

    April 24, 2013

    DBL Partners’ portfolio company EcoScraps is profiled on this Local Utah station on Earth Day, 2013. This company is definitely one to watch. Go buy their products at a local Target or at Amazon.com. A…

  • Meet DBL Partners, a VC Firm Seeking Better World, Returns

    April 19, 2013 | GreenBiz.com

    A tremendous profile of our firm, as told by Michael Potts, president and CEO of Rocky Mountain Institute.  He does a fantastic job of capturing the spirit of DBL and his conversation with managing partner…

  • 13 Hot Sustainable Products To Follow in 2013

    April 11, 2013

    DBL Partners’ portfolio company Ecologic Brands is executing on a brilliantly innovative idea: reduce the amount of plastic headed for our landfills by using strong, molded fiber bottles made from old newspapers and cardboard boxes….

  • The Luxurious Goodness of Maiyet

    April 10, 2013

    The real test will be whether the company can scale its unique business model in the years to come. See the full story in the influential fashion trade The Business of Fashion here. NEW YORK,…

  • Tesla’s media strategy: build a brand without spending on advertising

    April 9, 2013

    It has been quite a week for Tesla Motors (TSLA). The Palo Alto-based electric car company reported that it reached profitability for the first time, saw its stock close at an all-time high, unveiled a…

  • Interested in Social Entrepreneurship or Impact Investing?

    April 2, 2013

    If the answer is yes, then we encourage you to join us for the inaugural NVCA Social Entrepreneurship Summit on May 14th from 10 am – 1 pm in San Francisco, CA (in conjunction with…

  • Tesla Moving Forward in Global Market

    March 29, 2013

    From today’s Clean Technica.  See the full post here. Tesla is busy as ever, as it continues to gain further share of the global EV market while moving past the New York Times controversy from…