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DBL Partners

Last cheque observed Feb 2025. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

QuietNew fund $600M, Mar 2021VC firm

BuyoutDebtGrowthClimate Impact (Broad)Climate TechHealth Care

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 18 on record
Since the last cheque626days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$37MRounds led2 of 18Sole investor2 roundsMostly inUnited States, 94%
Pitch DBL Partners

DBL Partners highlights

  1. 01

    18 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Series C and Series B: 69% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 2 rounds, median $38M

What they do

Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
Not stated
Stages
BuyoutDebtGrowthSeedSeries A
Sectors
Climate Impact (Broad)Climate TechHealth Care
Based in
Palo Alto, United States
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first18 appearances

  1. 2025

    1 round

  2. Feb
    Chestnut CarbonSeries B · US · AlleyWatch$160MWith 3 others
  3. 2022

    1 round

  4. Mar
    Menlo MicroSeries C · US · Firms' own news pages$150MWith 7 others
  5. 2019

    3 rounds

  6. Oct
    WheelsUS · TechCrunch$50MLed
  7. Sept
    Bellwether CoffeeSeries B · US · FinSMEs$40MWith 10 others
  8. Jun
  9. 2017

    6 rounds

  10. Nov
    Farmer's Business NetworkSeries D · US · FinSMEs$110MWith 3 others
  11. Oct
    MapboxSeries C · US · FinSMEs$164MWith 3 others
  12. Oct
    UrbanSitterSeries C · US · FinSMEs$17MWith 4 others
  13. Aug
    BrainScopeUS · FinSMEs$16MWith 3 others
  14. Jul
    Advanced MicrogridSeries B · FinSMEs$34MWith 5 others
  15. Mar
    Primus PowerUS · FinSMEs$32MWith 5 others
  16. 2016

    1 round

  17. Aug
    Farmer's Business NetworkUS · FinSMEs$20MWith 6 others
  18. 2015

    6 rounds

  19. Nov
    Ruby RibbonSeries C · US$7.5MWith 3 others
  20. Oct
    Off Grid ElectricSeries C · TZ$25MSole investor
  21. Sept
    Primus PowerSeries D · US$25MWith 4 others
  22. Jul
    Advanced Microgrid SolutionsSeries A · US$18MWith 1 other
  23. Jun
    MapboxSeries B · US$53MWith 6 others
  24. May
    The MuseSeries A · US$10MWith 3 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration4 named

CKCarol Katigbak WongFund Manager and Regulatory Contact PersoniForm ADV
CJCynthia Jeanne RingoManaging PartneriForm ADV
IMIra M EhrenpreisManaging MemberiFiling they signed
NENancy Ellen PfundManaging PartneriForm ADV

We also hold 8 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

$9.9Bgross assets of its funds, 2 advisers combinedOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
Legal name
DBL Investors, LLC
SEC number
CRD 144878

What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

1 of 10 we have independently watched raise

WyndAgtonomy-bgGIINIA 50ICMIENIIGCCPRISmack Happy Designus-impact-investing-alliance

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as DBL Partners. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

Recently backed

The latest companies DBL Partners put money into.

On podcasts

1 episode naming DBL Partners in the title.

Quick answers about DBL Partners

What does DBL Partners invest in?

DBL Partners invests most often at Series C and Series B (69% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Climate Impact (Broad), Climate Tech and Health Care.

How active is DBL Partners?

18 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 2. The most recent was in Feb 2025.

What has DBL Partners invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Chestnut Carbon (Series B, Feb 2025), Menlo Micro (Series C, Mar 2022) and Wheels (Undisclosed round, Oct 2019).

How big are DBL Partners's cheques?

The median round it joins is $37M.

Does DBL Partners lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 2 of its 18 investments on record (11%).

Where does DBL Partners invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (94%) and Tanzania (6%).

Is DBL Partners investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Feb 2025.

Who does DBL Partners invest alongside?

Most often Aspect Ventures (2 rounds together), DFJ (2 rounds together) and Google Ventures (2 rounds together).

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