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Nancy Pfund

Investor

Founder at DBL Partners

San Francisco, California, United States

About

Nancy Pfund founded DBL Partners and works in impact investing, focusing on social and environmental outcomes alongside financial returns. Before starting DBL, she was a Managing Director in Venture Capital at JPMorgan and began her investment career at Hambrecht & Quist in 1984, with earlier roles at Intel, the State of California, Stanford University, and the Sierra Club. She holds a BA and MA in anthropology from Stanford University and an MBA from the Yale School of Management.

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Invests in

CleantechClimate TechEnergyImpact & Social Good

Experience

  1. DBL PartnersFounder, Managing Partnercurrent2008 — presentSan Francisco, Palo Alto
  2. Farmers Business NetworkMember Board Of Directorscurrent2014 — present
  3. The MuseMember, Board of Directorscurrent2015 — presentNew York
  4. ZOLA ElectricMember, Board of Directorscurrent2015 — presentSan Francisco, Tanzania
  5. ZincFive, Inc.Past Member, Board of Directorscurrent2011 — present
  6. SolarCityPast Member, Board of Directors2007 — 2016
  7. PandoraPast Member, Board of Directors2006 — 2011
  8. Tesla MotorsBoard Observer2006 — 2010
  9. J.P. MorganManaging Director, Venture Capital2002 — 2008

Education

  1. Yale School of Management
  2. Stanford UniversityMaster's Degree, Anthropology
  3. Stanford UniversityBachelor's Degree, Anthropology

Same school

Also attended Yale School of Management112

Sanjot MalhiPartner at NorthzoneTrip HoferVenture Partner at .406 VenturesAustin KwounAnalyst at .406 VenturesNate WangVP of Investments at Plum Alley InvestmentsGabby CazeauInvestor at Harlem Capital PartnersRob BettigoleManaging Partner at Elm Street Ventures

+ 106 more

Also attended Stanford University1,578

Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital

+ 1,572 more

Shared employers

Also worked at ZOLA Electric8

Jacob EffronManaging Director at Redpoint VenturesBrian MullerPrincipal at Black Jays VenturesMichael EmmersonDirector, Labs at Factor[e] VenturesMonica VarmanPartner at G2 Venture PartnersSofia A. Illsley RangelInvestor at Fluent VenturesAlex LazarowManaging Partner at Fluent Ventures

+ 2 more

Also worked at ZincFive, Inc.2

Julie BlundenObvious Champion at Obvious VenturesDaniel DoimoPartner at Helios Climate Ventures

Also worked at SolarCity11

Navin ChaddhaManaging Partner at MayfieldSandy YuanAdvisor, AV & Robotics at Verissimo VenturesJason SchoettlerCo-Founder and Managing Partner at Calibrate VenturesKareem DabbaghManaging Partner at VoLo Earth VenturesZheng XuVenture Partner at TSVCRachel WilliamsAdvisor at Burst Capital

+ 5 more

Also worked at Pandora8

David SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockMike HerringInvestor at EPIC VENTURESAllan ClaghornPrincipal Engineer at AtomicJeff MikitkaFormer Head of Partnerships, Spotify at Tribes VenturesJon KraftVenture Partner at Black Diamond VenturesJim FeuilleVenture Partner at Crosslink Capital

+ 2 more

Investments

Board seats

Bellwether CoffeeChestnut CarbonPandoraRainSolarCitySpatialTesla MotorsZola Electric

Per the firm's website.

Colleagues at DBL Partners

Becky Cooper
Chief Financial Officer at DBL Partners
Carol Wong
Chief Administrative Officer at DBL Partners
Glenn Poppe
Investor at DBL Partners
Ira Ehrenpreis
Founder and Managing Partner at DBL Partners
Jake Harris
Principal at DBL Partners
Mark Perutz
Partner at DBL Partners
Mikaela Bradbury
Associate at DBL Partners
Paula Uniacke
Director of Impact at DBL Partners