Co-founder & Global CIO
Joined: 2014
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Matan Friedman is the Global Chief Investment Officer & Co-Founder of Generate Capital. He also served as a managing director and cofounder of Resource Efficiency Finance, an investment company that provides financing for equipment and infrastructure projects that enable the more efficient use of natural resources. Generate 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. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BSc in Industrial Engineering from Tel Aviv University.