Generate Capital

Generate Capital

Provides capital-backed sustainable infrastructure solutions

Overview

Generate Capital provides sustainable infrastructure by financing, evaluating, deploying, and operating technology-driven projects, turning them into long-term assets. It serves tech companies, developers, city managers, campus operators, energy managers, and CFOs, helping them reach resource and sustainability goals without upfront capital or risk. The company takes on all risk and upfront costs, conducts technical evaluation, deployment, and long-term operations, and monetizes the projects through long-term contracts paid over time. Its goal is to deliver reliable, sustainable energy and resource solutions and to generate steady, long-term revenue through durable contracts.

About Generate Capital

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Why Generate Capital is rated
B-
Rated B on Competitive Edge
Rated B on Growth Potential
Rated C on Differentiation

Industries

Consulting

Energy

Financial Services

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

$5.7B

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2014

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What believers are saying

  • AI data center demand drives BYOP&C partnership with Vertiv across grid-constrained markets.
  • Raised $1.4 billion in 2025; $9 billion AUM supports middle-market infrastructure credit gap.
  • Green steel, RNG, and solar platforms diversify revenue across decarbonization megatrends.

What critics are saying

  • FERC Order 2023 shortens grid queues by 2027, eliminating BYOP&C bypass demand.
  • Vertiv captures hyperscale data center contracts, eroding Generate's niche financing position.
  • RNG oversupply from BlackRock-backed competitors squeezes Upcycle margins within 12 months.

What makes Generate Capital unique

  • Infrastructure-as-a-Service model eliminates client capital investment and operational risk entirely.
  • Integrated platform combines financing, ownership, and operations across six sectors simultaneously.
  • Proven track record: 2,000+ assets managed since 2014 with $9 billion AUM.

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Funding

Total Funding

$5.7B

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Industry Average

Funded Over

7 Rounds

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Company News

Intellectia.AI
Apr 4th, 2026
Soluna Holdings secures $142M to expand renewable energy project pipeline by 54% to 4.3GW

Soluna Holdings has raised over $142 million, including a $100 million credit facility with Generate Capital, to fund future expansion. The financing strengthens the company's position as it grows its renewable energy-focused computing infrastructure. The company expanded its project pipeline by 54% to 4.3 gigawatts whilst maintaining 92% operational uptime across all sites. Soluna is diversifying beyond cryptocurrency mining into AI data centres through a joint venture with Metrobloks to develop a 100-megawatt AI facility. The move aims to reduce reliance on Bitcoin price volatility and create new revenue streams in the AI sector.

Yahoo Finance
Mar 14th, 2026
Vertiv Holdings (VRT), Generate Capital Partner to Launch BYOP&C Ecosystem for Data Centers

Vertiv Holdings (VRT), Generate Capital partner to launch BYOP&C ecosystem for data centers. Maham Fatima In this article: Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE:VRT) is one of the best multibagger stocks to invest in according to billionaires. On March 4, Vertiv and Generate Capital announced a collaboration to launch a 'Bring Your Own Power & Cooling'/BYOP&C ecosystem designed for data centers across the US. This partnership combines Vertiv's converged power and cooling infrastructure with Generate's financing, ownership, and operating model. The initiative specifically targets North American markets where grid access is limited, offering configurations that include fuel cells, battery energy storage, and reciprocating engines to bypass utility delays. The collaboration aims to solve the dual challenges of high upfront capital requirements and grid connection bottlenecks. Vertiv provides modular building blocks to standardize deployment, while Generate offers flexible commercial structures that allow for immediate on-site power with the option to transition to utility service later. This integrated approach is intended to reduce the time required to bring critical AI and high-density compute capacity online, providing operators with a capital-light path to infrastructure expansion. This agreement follows Vertiv Holdings Co.'s (NYSE:VRT) recent expansions of its BYOP&C strategy, further diversifying its ecosystem to help hyperscale and enterprise customers manage the unprecedented power demands of the current AI infrastructure cycle. Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE:VRT) designs, manufactures, and services critical digital infrastructure technologies & life cycle services for data centers, communication networks, and commercial & industrial environments in the Americas, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. While Penneco Pipeline Corp. acknowledge the potential of VRT as an investment, its conviction lies in the belief that some AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and have limited downside risk. If you are looking for an extremely cheap AI stock that is also a major beneficiary of Trump tariffs and onshoring, see its free report on the best short-term AI stock.

Dunsky Energy + Climate Advisors
Mar 4th, 2026
Dunsky Welcomes Jigar Shah as Executive Advisor

Dunsky Welcomes Jigar Shah as Executive Advisor. March 4, 2026 Read time: 3 minutes Dunsky is pleased to welcome clean energy entrepreneur, investor, strategist and podcaster Jigar Shah as an Executive Advisor to its team. Jigar brings decades of leading experience in clean energy market transformation, innovation, and financing. As an Executive Advisor, Jigar will provide strategic advice and executive level insights around emerging and existing clean energy technologies, innovative financing approaches and business strategy. He joins a group of Executive Advisors that includes former utility C-Suite executives who work alongside Dunsky's team of 65+ dedicated clean energy experts. Jigar most recently served as Director of the U.S. Department of Energy Loan Programs Office, the federal clean energy investment platform. He transformed the office, overseeing a tenfold increase in loan authority and deploying $108 billion in debt financing for clean energy and advanced transportation projects across the United States. Prior to his government service, Jigar was co-founder and President of Generate Capital ($10B AUM), which largely invented low-cost, infrastructure-as-a-service financing. Previously, Jigar founded SunEdison, where he pioneered third-party power purchase agreement solar financing. He successfully sold SunEdison for $389 million. He also 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. In 2024, Jigar was featured on the 2024 TIME100 list of the world's most influential people. He is a co-host of the popular podcast "Open Circuit" as well as the video podcast "Energy Empire". Dunsky's Executive Advisors provide seasoned executive perspective on a wide range of clean energy and climate challenges facing utilities, regulators, system operators, governments, developers and other key stakeholders in the energy transition. This experience, combined with Dunsky's rigorous analysis and strategic advice for over 250 clients across North America, enables faster, more robust and de-risked decision-making at this critical period in the sector. Quotes. "We have the technologies needed to build a reliable, affordable and clean energy system. The challenge now is deployment, and aligning policy, capital and execution to move proven solutions at scale. Dunsky's track record of rigorous analysis and strategic depth position it well to help decision-makers navigate this next phase of the energy transition, and I'm excited to contribute to that work." - Jigar Shah, Clean energy entrepreneur, investor and strategist, Executive Advisor, Dunsky Energy + Climate Advisors "Jigar has spent his career turning clean energy ambition into bankable reality. Few leaders understand as deeply how to move from promising technologies to large-scale deployment. At a time when our clients are navigating complex investment, reliability and affordability challenges, Jigar's perspective will bring tremendous value. We are thrilled to welcome him to the team." - Philippe Dunsky, Founder & President, Dunsky Energy + Climate Advisors About Dunsky. Founded in 2004, Dunsky Energy + Climate Advisors works with governments, utilities, corporations and others in their efforts to accelerate and scale the transition to clean, reliable, and affordable energy. Its seasoned team of 65+ professionals has deep expertise across Buildings, Mobility, Industry, and Energy Systems, and supports leading clean energy initiatives across North America. As a unique, hybrid firm - half engineering, half management consulting - Dunsky create value for clients in two distinct ways: by providing rigorous, data-driven analysis (what can be), and ambitious yet practical strategy support (how to make it happen). As a mission-driven B-Corp, Dunsky is deeply committed to getting it right - for consumers, the economy and its shared climate. * Dunsky Welcomes Former Utility Executives Chris O'Riley and Mark Sidebottom Dunsky is pleased to welcome Chris O'Riley and Mark Sidebottom as Executive Advisors, adding decades of first-hand utility leadership experience... Read more about Dunsky Welcomes Former Utility Executives Chris O'Riley and Mark Sidebottom * Dunsky Re-Certified as B-Corp With its Highest Ever Score Dunsky is thrilled to share that Dunsky has been recertified as a B-Corp and this time, with its highest-ever score! Its... Read more about Dunsky Re-Certified as B-Corp With its Highest Ever Score * Dunsky Supporting the Electricity Council After productive in-person meetings in Toronto and Halifax, Dunsky looks forward to the next Canada Electricity Advisory Council meeting in... Read more about Dunsky Supporting the Electricity Council

PR Newswire
Mar 4th, 2026
Vertiv and Generate Capital team up to accelerate data centre capacity with integrated power and cooling solutions

Vertiv and Generate Capital have announced a strategic collaboration to deliver Bring Your Own Power & Cooling (BYOP&C) solutions for data centres across the United States. The partnership combines Vertiv's power and cooling infrastructure with Generate's financing, asset ownership and operational expertise. The collaboration addresses grid connection delays and high upfront capital requirements driven by AI and high-density computing demand. Vertiv will provide integrated power and cooling infrastructure, whilst Generate will handle project financing, asset ownership and operations. The solution enables faster capacity deployment in power-constrained markets whilst maintaining flexibility to transition to utility power when grid capacity becomes available. Initial deployments will target North American markets with constrained grid access. Generate Capital has raised over $16 billion in capital since its founding in 2014.

Greenville Business Magazine
Nov 6th, 2025
Generate Capital Raises $1B for Infrastructure

Generate Capital, a sustainable infrastructure investment platform, announced it has raised over $1 billion in the past year to expand its infrastructure credit solutions. This funding supports North American energy market infrastructure and highlights Generate's ability to deliver resilient performance. The firm has closed two new financings recently and continues to focus on high-impact sectors like green steel and thermal storage. Generate now manages over $9 billion in assets across credit and equity strategies.

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