# What Is Direct Investor Lifetime Capital (DILC)? Canonical HTML: https://capitalsourcingpartners.com/learn/metrics/direct-investor-lifetime-capital This markdown version is provided so AI search engines, assistants, and crawlers can read and cite this metric without executing JavaScript. ## Definition The cumulative Recognized Capital Acquired directly from an investor relationship across qualifying investments. ## Related index - Metrics index: https://capitalsourcingpartners.com/learn/metrics - Metrics index markdown: https://capitalsourcingpartners.com/learn/metrics.md