Nancy Pfund, Founder, Managing Partner, DBL Partners

Summary: This week, we are speaking with Nancy Pfund, Founder and Man­ag­ing Part­ner of DBL Part­ners, a ven­ture cap­i­tal firm whose goal is to com­bine top-​​tier finan­cial returns with mean­ing­ful social, envi­ron­men­tal and eco­nomic returns in the regions and sec­tors in which it invests. As a lead­ing player in the grow­ing field of impact invest­ing, helping to reveal the power of ven­ture cap­i­tal to pro­mote social change and envi­ron­men­tal improve­ment. Nancy cur­rently spon­sors or sits on the board of direc­tors of sev­eral clean tech com­pa­nies, includ­ing; Advanced Micro­grid Solu­tions, Off-​​Grid Elec­tric, Primus Power, and prior to their pub­lic offer­ing, Tesla Motors. Previously, Nancy was a Man­ag­ing Direc­tor in Ven­ture Cap­i­tal at JPMor­gan, hav­ing started her invest­ment career at Ham­brecht & Quist in 1984. Nancy has garnered many accolades for her forward looking approach to investing, including being named to Fortune’s Inau­gural World’s Top 25 Eco-​​Innovators and appearing in Fast Company’s 2016 List of Most Cre­ative Peo­ple in Busi­ness. I hope you enjoy today’s conversation. Experts Only is made possible by CleanCapital. Learn more: http://www.cleancapital.com Follow on Twitter: @CleanCapital_