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DBL Partners
Venture capital · Palo Alto, CA, United States · North America
DBL Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in companies intended to deliver venture capital returns alongside social, environmental, and economic benefits. It describes itself as impact venture capital investors with offices in Palo Alto and San Francisco.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsimpact investingsustainabilityclimate techcarbon removalagricultureenergy efficiency
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Or find every investor that fitsDBL Partners lists 36 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 3 funding rounds, 2 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 33% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (29%), Industrial & Manufacturing (9%) and Space & Defense (9%). 91% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Vanedge Capital, Aspect Ventures and DFJ Growth.
Counts come from funding rounds that name DBL Partners, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not DBL Partners' whole history. Rounds on record name 3 companies; its own site lists 36. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundDBL Partners does not state its stages on its site, so only what it does is shown.
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 33% |
| Series A | 33% |
| Series B | 33% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 2 | 1 |
| '26 | 1 | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 74th | 36 companies |
| Recent activity | 59th | 1 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 64th | 33% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 56th | 3% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 48th | 29% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 58th | 3 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 29% | 18% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 9% | 7% |
| Space & Defense | 9% | 3% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 7% | 3% |
| Food & Agriculture | 7% | 3% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 7% | 15% |
| Climate & Energy | 5% | 1% |
| Enterprise Software | 5% | 8% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Vanedge Capital | 4 |
| Aspect Ventures | 3 |
| DFJ Growth | 3 |
| Future Ventures | 3 |
| Human Capital | 3 |
| Integra Groupe | 3 |
| K5 Global | 3 |
| Legendary Ventures | 3 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers3597%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company13%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare DBL Partners head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with DBL Partners| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 4 Nov 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 28 Oct 2025 | Series B Led | |
| 25 Jun 2025 | Series A |
Round details for DBL Partners
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in DBL Partners' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
36 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agtonomy provides automation software for equipment manufacturers to help growers automate repetitive tasks and manage their operations more efficiently. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Oct 2025Series B | Page + round | |
| Airspace provides time-critical shipping solutions using AI-powered routing and real-time insights | Legal & ComplianceIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Andela connects global technologists with opportunities in the AI era and helps companies build and deploy AI systems. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Apeel Sciences uses ingredients found in plants to protect fresh fruits and vegetables, helping retain their taste, juiciness, and nutrients for longer. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Atmospheric AI computes and provides data on supply chains to help companies make informed sourcing decisions | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Nov 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Bellwether designs and sells commercial coffee roasters and machines | Food & AgricultureMobility & Logistics | Portfolio page | ||
| The Boring Company designs and manufactures tunnel boring machines and builds transportation systems | Industrial & ManufacturingMobility & Logistics | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides AI-powered optimization software for renewable energy and storage portfolios | EducationHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| BurnBot delivers scalable, precision fuels management to protect homes, infrastructure, and landscapes from wildfires. | AI & Machine LearningClimate & Energy | Portfolio page | ||
| Chestnut Carbon develops and manages nature-based carbon removal projects, including afforestation and improved forest management, in the United States. | Climate & EnergyAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Eloan provides personal loans to customers. | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Fiber Global creates building materials, such as Forged Fiber Board, from waste without cutting down trees. | Space & DefenseReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Kateeva is involved in the technology of digital screens | Consumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Mapbox provides maps, navigation, search, and data services for various industries and applications. | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Menlo Micro designs and fabricates high-power RF MEMs switches | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Pallet helped end unsheltered homelessness while creating meaningful, living-wage opportunities for people often excluded from traditional employment. | Real Estate & ConstructionHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Pandora provides music and podcasts on-demand | Enterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides satellite imagery and earth data analytics services. | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Rain adapts military and civil autonomous aircraft with the intelligence to perceive, understand, and suppress wildfires. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- dbl.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 25 Jun 2025
- Companies checked
- 36
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