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Ira Ehrenpreis

Founder and Managing Partner atDBL PartnersCalifornia
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Ira Ehrenpreis is the Founder and Managing Partner of DBL Partners. He has held leadership roles in several venture capital organizations and serves on the board of Tesla Motors.

What Ira can write

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Career

  1. VCNetwork · Chairman
  2. Silicon Valley Technology Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum (SVIEF) · Chairman
    2014-2017
  3. World Energy Innovation Forum (WEIF) · Founder and Chairman
  4. Forum for Women Entrepreneurs (FWE) · Advisory Board member
  5. Stanford Law School · Board of Visitors
  6. Stanford Precourt Institute for Energy (PIE) Advisory Council · Advisory board member
  7. Stanford Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) · Advisory board member
  8. DBL Partners · Founder and Managing Partner
    Now

Companies founded

DBL PartnersWorld Energy Innovation Forum (WEIF)

Investments named in public bios

SpaceXTesla Motors

Focus

venture capitalenergy innovationtechnologycorporate governance

Education

Stanford Graduate School of Business, MBAStanford Law School, JDUniversity of California, Los Angeles, B.A.Stanford Graduate School of Business and Stanford La, JD/MBA

Also at DBL Partners

Nancy PfundFounder and Managing Partner
Jake HarrisPartner
Mark PerutzPartner
Vincent CarusoPrincipal

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Who is Ira Ehrenpreis?

Ira Ehrenpreis is the Founder and Managing Partner of DBL Partners. He has held leadership roles in several venture capital organizations and serves on the board of Tesla Motors.

How much does Ira Ehrenpreis invest?

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What did Ira Ehrenpreis do before DBL Partners?

Chairman at VCNetwork; Chairman at Silicon Valley Technology Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum (SVIEF); Founder and Chairman at World Energy Innovation Forum (WEIF); Advisory Board member at Forum for Women Entrepreneurs (FWE); Board of Visitors at Stanford Law School; Advisory board member at Stanford Precourt Institute for Energy (PIE) Advisory Council; Advisory board member at Stanford Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP).

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