# Masdar Capital

> Masdar Capital is a VC fund backing Manufacturing and Renewable Energy. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Feb 2023
- Lead investor: 40%
- Fund size: $265M
- Last fund: Feb 2010
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/masdar-abu-dhabi-future-energy-company
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/Masdar
- Website: http://www.masdar.ae/en/#masdar
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MasdarInst?v=wall

Masdar Capital is a VC fund in Abu Dhabi focused on Manufacturing and Renewable Energy. Masdar Capital is developing & deploying commercial-scale renewable energy projects.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Masdar Capital. Shizune tracks 8 team members at Masdar Capital. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/masdar-capital?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 4 | 40% |
| Renewable Energy | 4 | 40% |
| Energy | 3 | 30% |
| Nanotechnology | 2 | 20% |
| Advanced Materials | 2 | 20% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 2 | 20% |
| Series C | 2 | 20% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 20% |
| Private Equity | 2 | 20% |
| Series D | 1 | 10% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 5 | 50% |
| India | 1 | 10% |
| Indonesia | 1 | 10% |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 10% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Erik Mattel | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/erik-martel |
| H.E. Sultan Al Jaber | Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dr-sultan-ahmed-al-jaber |
| Nadim Barakat | Managing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nadim-barakat |
| Ryan Smith | Team Member | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ryan-smith |
| Alex O’ Cinneide | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-o-cinneide |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pertamina Geothermal Energy | Pertamina Geothermal Energy is adding value by improving end-to-end management of geothermal potential and its derivative goods. |  |  | Feb 24, 2023 |  |
| Hero Future Energies | HFE is poised to provide clean power to industries, businesses, educational institutes, non-profits and governmental organizations at competitive rates. HFE will assist its clientele in fulfilling their Renewable Purchase Obligations (RPOs) by reducing their dependence on power generated by fossil fuels like coal, oil and natural gas. | $150M | Private Equity | Nov 11, 2019 |  |
| Renovate America | Renovate America provides financing solutions for homes and communities in the areas of energy and water in the United States. It aims to lead the way in making homes and communities more energy and water efficient. The company offers HERO Program, a financing solution made possible by the Property Assessed Clean Energy legislation. It partnerswith cities and counties to implement low-risk, scalable programs that deliver multiple benefits, including energy savings, lower utility bills, reduced emissions, new jobs, and local economic stimulus. Its in-house development team creates custom tools to support all users of its product, from property owners and contractors to municipal leaders. | $90M | Private Equity | Oct 01, 2015 |  |
| FRX Innovations | FRX Polymers is an industrial company that manufactures Nofia polyphosphonates, a type of fire-resistant plastics. The company is in the growth phase of is commercializing a novel family of non-halogen, transparent, high melt flowing, fire-resistant plastics. It delivers high value-added solutions for fabric/textile, electrical, electronics,mass transit, and building and construction markets. FRX Polymers is headquartered in Chelmsford, MA. | $8M | Series C | May 07, 2014 |  |
| FRX Innovations | FRX Polymers is an industrial company that manufactures Nofia polyphosphonates, a type of fire-resistant plastics. The company is in the growth phase of is commercializing a novel family of non-halogen, transparent, high melt flowing, fire-resistant plastics. It delivers high value-added solutions for fabric/textile, electrical, electronics,mass transit, and building and construction markets. FRX Polymers is headquartered in Chelmsford, MA. | $12M | Series C | Jan 08, 2014 |  |
| FRX Innovations | FRX Polymers is an industrial company that manufactures Nofia polyphosphonates, a type of fire-resistant plastics. The company is in the growth phase of is commercializing a novel family of non-halogen, transparent, high melt flowing, fire-resistant plastics. It delivers high value-added solutions for fabric/textile, electrical, electronics,mass transit, and building and construction markets. FRX Polymers is headquartered in Chelmsford, MA. | $11M | Series B | Mar 30, 2012 |  |
| eCullet | eCullet, Inc., a technology-based glass processing company, produces and markets glass cullet to glass container manufacturers. It develops and maintains technology and processing systems that engage in removing contaminants and color sorting broken mixed post-consumer glass to produce furnace ready glass cullet that is used by glass containermanufacturers to produce new glass containers. The company was founded in 1999 and is based in Palo Alto, California with processing facilities in Oakland, California; and Seattle, Washington. | $38M |  | Jul 12, 2011 |  |
| Enviromena | Enviromena Power Systems designs, finances, installs, and operates solar power plants in the Middle East and North Africa. The company offers turnkey solar power solutions, such as solar system design, supply, solar installation, contracting, and long-term operations and maintenance, as well as consulting services, including LEED, energyefficiency, power purchase agreements, and solar irradiation. Its residential solar solutions include roof mounted or architecturally integrated solar power systems for conscious landlords and homeowners; and utility scale solar solutions consist of financing, design, installation, and operation of utility scale solar projects connected to the local power distribution grid to produce electricity for governments and utilities, and power developers | $15M | Series B | Jan 13, 2010 |  |
| Reactive NanoTechnologies | Reactive NanoTechnologies develops and manufactures products to control the instantaneous release of heat energy for advanced joining applications. The company’s products are used in CPV, HB LED attach, power electronics, thermal management, and component mounting applications.Reactive NanoTechnologies was founded in 2001 and is based in HuntValley, Maryland. | $4.8M | Series D | May 02, 2008 |  |
| NanoGram | NanoGram Corporation develops and manufactures products for the next generation of photovoltaics, electronics and displays.A dynamic and agile nanotechnology company, NanoGram has incubated and spun out two successful companies in NeoPhotonics and NanoGram Devices. The NanoGram KK office in Tokyo, and a strategic development and manufacturingsupply relationship with Nagase & Co., Ltd / Nagase ChemteX Corporation, supports their growing presence in Japan, while the NanoGram Korea office in Seoul serves the expanding markets and opportunities in Korea. | $32M | Series C | Jan 15, 2008 |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [BASF Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/basf-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Evonik Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/evonik-venture-capital-gmbh) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Masdar Capital invest in?

Masdar Capital invests primarily in Manufacturing, Renewable Energy and Energy startups, most often at Series B and Series C stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Masdar Capital?

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### Who are the partners at Masdar Capital?

The team at Masdar Capital includes Erik Mattel (Partner), H.E. Sultan Al Jaber (Partner) and Nadim Barakat (Managing Director), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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