DBL Partners LLC
DBL Partners LLC is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in impact investments in startups, early venture, mid to late stage, growth capital, as well as later stage investments. The firm invests across all industries with a focus on clean technology, water purification, energy, outsourced business services, media, renewable energy, smart grid technology, healthcare, sustainable products and services, specialty consumer products and services, and information technology. It targets companies that prioritize local hiring, employee development and, hire local women and minority suppliers and contractors and also address issues such as pollution and waste reduction. It invests in companies in Western United States that have operations in or within five miles of one of the many low and moderate income areas of the ten-county San Francisco Bay Area. It typically invests between $1 million and $10 million. It seeks to invest in companies that can enable social, environmental, and economic improvement in the regions in which they operate. The firm invests as a lead or a co-investor. DBL Partners LLC was founded in 2003 and is based in San Francisco, California with an additional office in Palo Alto, California.