Scott Jacobs is the CEO and Co-Founder of Generate Capital. Scott’s long-standing emphasis on innovative approaches to thematic investing focus broadly on the “resource revolution.” Prior to Generate, Scott served as a Managing Director and Co-Founder of EFW Partners, an investment firm focused on the world’s critical resources: energy, food, and water. In 2007, Scott co-founded McKinsey & Company’s global CleanTech practice, advising companies, institutional investors, NGOs and governments around the world. Prior to that, Scott spent over a decade in technology and venture capital, helping start and grow a number of companies, including PolyServe (acquired by HP) and Alliance Data Systems (acquired by FiServ). Scott earned his MBA with high distinction from Harvard Business School, where he was named a George F. Baker Scholar, and his BA cum laude from Dartmouth College. Scott also serves on the Board of Rare, a leading global conservation non-profit.

Jigar Shah is the President and Co-Founder of Generate Capital. Jigar was the founder and CEO of SunEdison (NASDAQ: SUNE), where he pioneered “no money down solar” and unlocked a multi-billion-dollar solar market, creating the largest solar services company worldwide. After SunEdison, Jigar served as the founding CEO of the Carbon War Room, a global non-profit founded by Sir Richard Branson and Virgin Unite to help entrepreneurs address climate change. Jigar sees business model innovation as a leveraged tool for driving the next productivity revolution – resource efficiency. He is committed to helping entrepreneurs and large companies alike implement resource efficiency solutions using “no money down” project finance models. In 2013, Jigar authored Creating Climate Wealth: Unlocking the Impact Economy. He holds an MBA from The University of Maryland and BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. He sits on the boards of sPower and the Rocky Mountain Institute.

Matan Friedman is the Chief Investment Officer and Co-Founder of Generate Capital. Matan has also served as a Managing Director and Co-Founder of Resource Efficiency Finance. Resource Efficiency Finance is an investment company that provides financing for equipment and infrastructure projects which enable the more efficient use of natural resources. Generate Capital and Resource Efficiency Finance reflect Matan’s focus on investing in assets with a resource productivity benefit and long time-horizons. Before focusing on distributed infrastructure project finance, Matan invested in innovation across cleantech sectors with venture capital roles at Bessemer Venture Partners and Israel Cleantech Ventures. Earlier in his career, Matan was a consultant with McKinsey & Company and an officer with the Israel Defense Forces. Matan holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, and a BSc in Industrial Engineering from Tel Aviv University.

Jack Stark is the Chief Financial Officer at Generate Capital. For the past three decades, Jack has held senior management roles in both finance and operations in the energy and financial services space with both private and publicly traded companies.  Previously, Jack served as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for Imergy Energy Systems, an early-stage energy storage company using vanadium-redux technology for commercial and utility-scale energy storage. Prior to Imergy, Jack was CFO of BrightSource Energy, a developer and supplier of utility-scale solar thermal technology.  Prior to BrightSource, Jack was the CFO at Silicon Valley Bank.  Jack also serves as the lead director for TC Pipelines, LP (TCP:NYSE), a publicly-traded MLP.  Jack graduated with his MBA from the University of California, Berkeley.  Jack also earned an M.A. and B.A. in Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Scott Jacobs is the CEO and Co-Founder of Generate Capital. Scott’s long-standing emphasis on innovative approaches to thematic investing focus broadly on the “resource revolution.” Prior to Generate, Scott served as a Managing Director and Co-Founder of EFW Partners, an investment firm focused on the world’s critical resources: energy, food, and water. In 2007, Scott co-founded McKinsey & Company’s global CleanTech practice, advising companies, institutional investors, NGOs and governments around the world. Prior to that, Scott spent over a decade in technology and venture capital, helping start and grow a number of companies, including PolyServe (acquired by HP) and Alliance Data Systems (acquired by FiServ). Scott earned his MBA with high distinction from Harvard Business School, where he was named a George F. Baker Scholar, and his BA cum laude from Dartmouth College. Scott also serves on the Board of Rare, a leading global conservation non-profit.

Jigar Shah is the President and Co-Founder of Generate Capital. Jigar was the founder and CEO of SunEdison (NASDAQ: SUNE), where he pioneered “no money down solar” and unlocked a multi-billion-dollar solar market, creating the largest solar services company worldwide. After SunEdison, Jigar served as the founding CEO of the Carbon War Room, a global non-profit founded by Sir Richard Branson and Virgin Unite to help entrepreneurs address climate change. Jigar sees business model innovation as a leveraged tool for driving the next productivity revolution – resource efficiency. He is committed to helping entrepreneurs and large companies alike implement resource efficiency solutions using “no money down” project finance models. In 2013, Jigar authored Creating Climate Wealth: Unlocking the Impact Economy. He holds an MBA from The University of Maryland and BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. He sits on the boards of sPower and the Rocky Mountain Institute.

Matan Friedman is the Chief Investment Officer and Co-Founder of Generate Capital. Matan has also served as a Managing Director and Co-Founder of Resource Efficiency Finance. Resource Efficiency Finance is an investment company that provides financing for equipment and infrastructure projects which enable the more efficient use of natural resources. Generate Capital and Resource Efficiency Finance reflect Matan’s focus on investing in assets with a resource productivity benefit and long time-horizons. Before focusing on distributed infrastructure project finance, Matan invested in innovation across cleantech sectors with venture capital roles at Bessemer Venture Partners and Israel Cleantech Ventures. Earlier in his career, Matan was a consultant with McKinsey & Company and an officer with the Israel Defense Forces. Matan holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, and a BSc in Industrial Engineering from Tel Aviv University.

Richard is the Independent Chairman of the Board of Generate Capital and Chairman of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). Beginning in January 2013, Richard served in the Executive Chamber of Governor Cuomo as New York State’s first “Energy Czar” and oversaw the State’s energy agencies. He stepped down from that role in January 2019 while continuing as Chairman of NYSERDA and, as such, he remains energy advisor to Governor Cuomo and his Administration. Previously, he was Chief Executive Officer of Good Energies, Inc. a leading investor in renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies.  Richard was managing director and chaired the Global Financing Group at Goldman Sachs. He previously served as vice chairman of Morgan Stanley’s Institutional Securities business and co-head of its Banking Department.  Richard has also served as the chairman of the board of Levi Strauss & Co., and on the boards of several nonprofit organizations, including the Brookings Institution. Richard received a bachelor’s degree from Stanford University, a master’s degree in international relations from Yale University, and a master’s in public and private management from the Yale School of Management.

Raj is a founder and Managing Director of Activate Capital. He has been investing in information technology and the energy and resource sectors since 1996, both domestically and internationally. Prior to Activate, he was a founder and Managing Director of Silver Lake Kraftwerk. From 2000 to 2011, Raj lead the cleantech efforts at Draper Fisher Jurvetson as well as its India operations. DFJ invested in pioneering companies in this sector including EnerNOC, Solar City, Tesla Motors, BrightSource Energy, Sea Micro, and Ping Identity. His primary areas of interest are renewable energy, energy storage, energy efficiency, mobility technologies, and software and security solutions for the industrial and energy markets. Raj has served on numerous private and public boards and co-founded DFJ Element, the largest fund ever raised for the cleantech sector at the time. Raj has both a BS and MS in Environmental Engineering from Stanford University as well as an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Jared Brimberry serves as a Senior Portfolio Manager for the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation, where he helps manage the Private Income and Absolute Return portfolios. As part of this responsibility, Jared identifies and manages accretive, downside-protected opportunities in fund investments, co-investments, and direct investments. Before joining APFC in 2016, Jared spent four years with J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. working on client coverage and leveraged finance originations in Houston, Texas. He graduated from Baylor University with BBA in Finance and Economics and a minor in Math.

Jeff Colin founded Baker Street Advisors, LLC in 2004. He is a member of the firm’s Management Committee and is the Partner in charge of the firm’s Investment Strategy Group. Jeff began his career advising some of the nation’s wealthiest families in 1991. Prior to his current role, Jeff served as the National Head of Wealth Planning for Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown, was the Managing Director in charge of the Private Client Division of Robertson Stephens, co-founded the Investment Advisory Services Group of myCFO and worked as a Vice-President in the Private Client Services Division of Goldman Sachs. Jeff holds a MBA from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Business at Northwestern University and a BS from Northwestern University.

Jason is the Chairman of the Board of Generate Capital. He also serves as Co-Founder, Chairman of the Credit Committee, Chief Investment Officer, and a director of Alliance Partners. He is also a Director of Congressional Bank. He was the Co-Founder, President and Chief Investment Officer of CapitalSource Inc. From 1992 to 2000 he was a partner and managing member of Farallon Capital Management, a leading global private investment firm. Jason had overall responsibility for the firm’s real estate investment activities and also was responsible for both credit and private equity investing for Farallon and its affiliates. Before joining Farallon, Jason was Senior Vice President responsible for financial institution investment banking coverage on the West Coast for Lehman Brothers, Inc. Jason is a graduate of Princeton University and Chairs the Bay Area Board of Teach for America.

Lynn is chief executive officer and co-founder of Sunrun (Nasdaq: RUN), the nation’s largest dedicated provider of residential solar, storage and energy services in the United States. With Sunrun co-founder Ed Fenster, Lynn invented the business model “solar as a service” that unlocked consumer demand for clean, affordable energy direct from residential rooftops. Today with more than $3 billion in installed solar systems across 22 states and the District of Columbia, Sunrun is revolutionizing how consumers get electricity. Before Sunrun, Lynn worked at Summit Partners, whereas one of few female venture capitalists, she completed investments with an aggregate market value of over $900 million in the financial services and technology sectors. Lynn was named one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business in 2013 and Forbes’ Women to Watch in 2015. Lynn earned her BS in Science, Technology and Society and MBA from Stanford University. In her free time, Lynn brings her competitive spirit to the tennis court and nurtures her appreciation of nature with long walks. As a new mom, she also loves spending time with her children and husband.