Matan Friedman
Matan Friedman
Chief-Investment-Officer Chief-Investment-Officer
Overview
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 had been investing 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. Matan lives in Palo Alto, and enjoys spending time outdoors with his wife and four kids.
Generate Capital
Generate Capital, Inc. is a specialty finance company that builds, owns, operates, and finances infrastructure assets involving the world's critical resources: energy, water, agriculture and basic materials. Their team has decades of collective experience financing billions of dollars of sustainable infrastructure.
Chief Investment Officer / Co-Founder