Anup Jacob
Managing Director @ Element Partners
San Francisco, United States
Anup Jacob is a Series D investor at Element Partners in San Francisco focused on Energy and Renewable Energy. Anup has been investing over 20 years in energy, water and industrial technology businesses. He has served on multiple private and public company boards and chaired audit and compensation committees. Prior to co-founding Activate, Anup was a founder and partner at several private equity firms including Mubadala Capital, an Abu Dhabi sovereigninvestor managing $243B of assets. Prior to Mubadala, Anup was a Managing Partner at Masdar, a subsidiary of Mubadala focused on sustainable investments advancing renewable energy globally. From 2007 to 2013, Anup was a Co-Founder and Partner at Virgin Green Fund, a growth equity firm investing in the renewable energy and resource efficiency sectors. From 1999 to 2007 Anup was a Partner at Aqua-TPG where he focused on investments in the water sector. Throughout his career, Anup has served on several company boards including Stem (STEM), Volta (VLTA) and current investments Boosted, Passport Labs (Observer) and Posigen (Observer).He has served at a national judge for the E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year Awards, the Financial Times/Just Means Social Innovations Awards, Zayed Future Energy Prize, the MIT Clean Energy Prize and has been a keynote speaker at several conferences including the Norwegian Govt Enova Initiative, California’s BlueTech Valley and for MBA students at Yale SOM & MIT. Anup holds a degree in Economics, with honors, from the University of Chicago and is also on the non-profit board of Grid Alternatives, which aims to bring renewable energy to low-income homeowners.
- Total investments:
- 9
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 56%
Last updated:
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Industries Anup Jacob invests in
Stages Anup Jacob invests in
Countries Anup Jacob invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Energy 3 (33%)
- Renewable Energy 2 (22%)
- Solar 1 (11%)
- Software 1 (11%)
- GreenTech 1 (11%)
Stage
- Series D 2 (22%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 2 (22%)
- Series B 1 (11%)
- Series C 1 (11%)
- Funding Round 1 (11%)
Country
- United States 3 (33%)
- Canada 1 (11%)
- The Netherlands 1 (11%)
Investments
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Xnrgy Climate Systems
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Xnrgy Climate Systems is an engineering and manufacturing company that provides air treatment systems for data centers, and industrial institutional buildings. They provide air systems and air handlers incorporating energy recovery technologies, cooling, heating coils, fans, and humidification systems. | Oct 21, 2025 | |
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Xnrgy Climate Systems
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Xnrgy Climate Systems is an engineering and manufacturing company that provides air treatment systems for data centers, and industrial institutional buildings. They provide air systems and air handlers incorporating energy recovery technologies, cooling, heating coils, fans, and humidification systems. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jul 21, 2025 | |
Sympower
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Sympower partners with leading industry players to shape a net-zero future. We unlock revenue streams and stabilise grids by maximising the value of flexibility across energy markets and industries, as it is crucial for the energy transition that all assets are flexible. We utilise our advanced and automated flexibility capabilities to temporarilyadjust the power of systems, machines and processes when the grid is out of balance. By using our non-intrusive software solutions, our customers enhance the value of their energy assets and provide an essential service that enables a fully-renewable grid. | $22.5M / Series B / Nov 13, 2024 | |
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Sympower
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Sympower partners with leading industry players to shape a net-zero future. We unlock revenue streams and stabilise grids by maximising the value of flexibility across energy markets and industries, as it is crucial for the energy transition that all assets are flexible. We utilise our advanced and automated flexibility capabilities to temporarilyadjust the power of systems, machines and processes when the grid is out of balance. By using our non-intrusive software solutions, our customers enhance the value of their energy assets and provide an essential service that enables a fully-renewable grid. | $3.1M / Series B / Nov 21, 2022 | |
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Sympower
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Sympower partners with leading industry players to shape a net-zero future. We unlock revenue streams and stabilise grids by maximising the value of flexibility across energy markets and industries, as it is crucial for the energy transition that all assets are flexible. We utilise our advanced and automated flexibility capabilities to temporarilyadjust the power of systems, machines and processes when the grid is out of balance. By using our non-intrusive software solutions, our customers enhance the value of their energy assets and provide an essential service that enables a fully-renewable grid. | $22.5M / Series B / Jul 19, 2022 | |
PosiGen
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PosiGen is a provider of residential renewable energy and energy efficiency solutions. We are a Third Party Ownership company (TPO), which allows us to offer renewable energy systems and energy efficiency retrofits to the people who need it most: Low- to moderate-income homeowners. Our mission is to help these low- to moderate-income individuals,families, and businesses achieve greater fiscal autonomy and energy independence by lowering their utility bills.At its core, PosiGen is a young social enterprise with an enormous ambition: To increase the financial autonomy of low- to moderate-income homeowners nationwide, by decreasing their dependence on utility-provided energy. | $100M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 05, 2022 | |
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PosiGen
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PosiGen is a provider of residential renewable energy and energy efficiency solutions. We are a Third Party Ownership company (TPO), which allows us to offer renewable energy systems and energy efficiency retrofits to the people who need it most: Low- to moderate-income homeowners. Our mission is to help these low- to moderate-income individuals,families, and businesses achieve greater fiscal autonomy and energy independence by lowering their utility bills.At its core, PosiGen is a young social enterprise with an enormous ambition: To increase the financial autonomy of low- to moderate-income homeowners nationwide, by decreasing their dependence on utility-provided energy. | $27M / Series D / Apr 28, 2021 | |
Volta Charging
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Volta Charging is a marketing and advertising company that designs, installs, and maintains a network of electric vehicle charging stations funded by sponsor brands. The company provides a valuable community amenity in markets across the U.S. helping brands meet consumers at the optimal moment of the purchase decision.It was founded in 2010 andis headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $35M / Series C / Jul 23, 2018 | |
Stem
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Stem brings and optimizes energy consumption to business through its distributed storage technology.Since 2009, Stem has been analyzing how various types of businesses use electricity and how they are charged for it. The company uses this information to design a solution that protects companies from unnecessarily high electricity costs withoutrequiring any changes to the way they run their businesses. Stem combines big data, predictive analytics, and energy storage to reduce electric costs for businesses and in aggregate, deliver services to the grid. | $80M / Series D / Jan 23, 2018 |
Co-Investors
About Element Partners
Element Partners invests exclusively in established high growth companies in the energy and clean technology markets. They specifically focus on companies with innovative solutions to global energy, resource, and environmental problems. Element strives to become a long-term partner with passionate business leaders who have built pioneeringcompanies. They have a long history of providing their companies with the financial resources, industry contacts, and strategic insights necessary to maximize growth and shareholder return.Since 1995, Element’s team has successfully managed over $1.2 billion in capital commitments spanning six investment partnerships. All of these partnerships have been focused on investing in and profitably growing energy, industrial, and environmental related businesses. Over the course of more than fourteen years, the principals of Element have collectively invested in over 100 clean technology companies making Element one of the earliest and most experienced alternative energy and clean technology investors.
Element Partners Contacts
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Sam Gabbita
Principal
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Anup Jacob
Managing Director
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David Lincoln
Founder and Managing Partner
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Ed Rendell
Operating Partner
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Harry Shimp
Operating Partner
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FAQ
What does Anup Jacob invest in?
Anup Jacob invests primarily in Energy, Renewable Energy and Solar startups, most often at Series D and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Anup Jacob last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Anup Jacob closed in Oct 2025. Shizune tracks 9 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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