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Ahmad Atwan

Founder and CEO of CES and VC Fuel

Houston, Texas

Invests in

Stages:

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $10,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,000,000.00

Education

Work Experience

  • Founder and CEO

    2022

    Clean Energy Services (CES) was founded to focus on providing high quality operations and maintenance (O&M) services for the renewable energy industry. Our team has extensive experience building successful energy businesses and operating and investing across the energy sector. Our management team is made up of a diverse group of talented and experienced professionals from every sector of the renewable energy industry. Our initial focus is to partner with clients in providing best-in-class services and technology for wind, solar, and energy storage. We place quality and safety first to provide reliable service for renewable assets.

2020

  • Founder and CEO

    2020

    VC Fuel LLC is the first investment firm focused exclusively on energy transition investing across the capital structure, with the dual mandate of providing venture capital funding for early stage and growth companies, as well as infrastructure financing to aid in bringing the companies to scale. VC Fuel will provide early stage and growth capital to companies across the energy transition space, including but not limited to renewable fuels, carbon capture and storage (CCUS), electric vehicles and electrification, clean agriculture, hydrogen, sustainable manufacturing, and energy efficiency. Its sister fund, VC Infrastructure, will provide the capital necessary to build the infrastructure that is needed to bring companies funded by VC Fuel, as well as others, to scale.

  • Senior Advisor

    2022

    H.I.G. Capital is a leading global alternative investment firm with over $50 billion of equity capital under management, with a focus on the mid cap segment of the market. The H.I.G. family of funds includes private equity, growth equity, real estate, debt/credit, lending and biohealth.

Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners

2013 - 2020

  • Managing Director and Head of Energy Investing

    2013 - 2020

    Leader of Energy Infrastructure investing for Morgan Stanley's Global Infrastructure Fund. Responsible for sourcing and executing deals in the $200 M to $1 B size range and managing the assets post-acquisition. Have personally sourced and led over $2 B in deals and led two very successful exits. Serve on the Boards of four portfolio companies. Member of fund investment committee. Have also helped to launch the fund's telecommunications / digital infrastructure practice.

2010 - 2013

  • Managing Director and Head of Energy Private Equity

    2010 - 2013

    Sourced, executed and led a number of deals across the energy value chain, with a specific focus on energy infrastructure and upstream oil and gas. Led the sourcing and execution of three successful deals. Helped build Renewable Power Infrastructure Fund at BlackRock (helped recruit new investment team, refine investment thesis, etc.).

Millennium Private Equity

2008 - 2010

  • Managing Director and Head of Private Equity

    2008 - 2010

Green Star Energy

2006 - 2008

  • Founder and Chairman

    2006 - 2008

  • Principal (Energy and Telecommunications Specialist)

    2003 - 2006

Altra / Caminus Corporation (now Sungard Energy Systems)

2000 - 2003

  • Senior Vice President

    2000 - 2003