Jeffrey Drebben Overview

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Biography

Mr. Jeffrey Dreben serves as Managing Director at DBL Cleantech Capital. Mr. Drebben has extensive experience as an entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and investment banker. Throughout his career, he has successfully started numerous companies, ranging from retail products, money management, and investment banking to venture capital. Mr. Drebben is a pioneer in the clean technology space, with 25 years of experience in cleantech venture capital as well as the direct operation and management of several environmental companies. His investment banking activities began with Merrill Lynch and Scotia Mcleod, where he founded the concept of operating investment boutiques within these firms. He then established his own investment management company serving clients in the Midwestern and Western United States, where he was also a regular guest on a number of radio and TV shows, providing analysis, coverage, and investment advice. During his time as an investment advisor, he performed consulting work with several US-based venture capital groups, including Venture Founders in Boston, a spin-off of MIT's technology commercialization arm. In association with Venture Founders, he co-founded Venture Founders' Canadian Fund, which yielded a 2.35X total return, to commercialize clean Canadian technology, primarily evolving out of The University of Waterloo. As a cleantech Canadian venture capitalist, Mr. Drebben has been involved in the founding of twelve early-stage companies since 1989, several of which have gone public or were profitably sold. His activities with these companies included deal structuring and negotiation, managing operational and marketing issues, and guiding the entrepreneurs through the IPO process. He has addressed venture capital conference panels in Canada, has appeared on CNN, Bloomberg, and CNBC cable networks in the US, and has been featured in a New York Times article on entrepreneurship. He is currently a director of four private and one public company.

Contact Information

Primary Position
Managing Director, DBL Cleantech Capital
Education
Loyola College, BA (Bachelor of Arts) Honors
Gender
Male
Phone
+1 (416)
Address
  • 401 Bay Street
  • Suite 2702
  • Toronto, Ontario M5H 2Y4
  • Canada
+1 (416)

Jeffrey Drebben Positions (1)

Firm name Firm type Title Location Industry Since
DBL Cleantech Capital Investor Managing Director Toronto, Canada Growth/Expansion

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