Nancy Pfund — founder and managing partner of DBL Partners, an early investor in Tesla and SpaceX — was named the 2022 Financial Woman of the Year, an annual recognition program conducted by the Financial Women of San Francisco to raise scholarship funds.
“Nancy Pfund was a leader in the impact investing space long before this type of investing gained the widespread recognition it has today,” said Melissa Maquilan Radic, president of the FWSF and managing director of investor relations and capital markets at Impact Community Capital LLC. “She is a champion of social and environmental change, both personally and professionally, and is an inspiring role model for women.
DBL’s double-bottom line focus spurred them to invest early in Tesla, SpaceX, SolarCity and Pandora, among others. She served on the board of Tesla, SolarCity and Pandora prior to the companies going public.