Alternatives

Energy Transition

Capital for renewables, storage and the energy transition.

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Overview

Energy-transition investing funds renewables, storage, grid and clean-tech assets driving decarbonisation. Matchpoint connects investors and developers to energy-transition opportunities across the GCC and beyond.

As part of our Alternatives practice, Matchpoint Partners has originated and led $2+ billion of transactions across four continents, and every alternatives mandate is led by a partner, from first call to close.

How Matchpoint helps

Our role on energy transition mandates

  • Renewables, storage and grid
  • Clean-tech and decarbonisation assets
  • Equity and project debt
  • GCC and global opportunities
Track record

Select transactions

Representative alternatives mandates led by Matchpoint partners.

Renewables · FOAK
$35m

Strategy, financing and grants for the world’s largest reverse electro-dialysis renewable plant.

FOAK Financing · Netherlands
Clean Tech · PE
€100m

PE fund placement alongside the Dutch government.

Fund Placement · Europe
Utility · Clean Energy
$550m+

Digital investment programme supporting national clean-energy targets at an AED 30bn utility.

Strategy + Planning · Abu Dhabi
Battery Tech · UAE
$10m

Growth financing for a battery-technology venture.

Growth Financing · UAE
Questions, answered

Energy Transition — frequently asked questions

Capital for the shift to low-carbon energy — renewables, storage, grid and clean-tech.

Both — we arrange equity and project debt, often blended.

A contracted offtake with a creditworthy buyer, proven technology, a fixed-price construction arrangement with an experienced contractor, and a secured site with grid connection. Projects with these elements attract long-dated capital; merchant projects without contracted revenue carry materially more risk and price accordingly.

Through project equity in solar, storage and water assets, stakes in development platforms, or project debt alongside developers — usually sourced through advisers and sponsors rather than open processes. The region’s buildout spans utility-scale generation, storage and the power demand created by new industrial and digital infrastructure.

Storage earns from several services — shifting energy across time, balancing the grid, providing capacity — so its revenue stack is more complex and often only partly contracted. That brings more upside and more modelling risk than a contracted solar plant, and faster-moving technology economics.

It covers US pre-IPO secondaries, curated deal access for private equity funds and family offices, PE/VC fund placement, and AI data-centre investments — for qualified investors.

Pre-IPO secondaries, GP- and LP-led secondaries, co-investments, PE/VC fund placement and SPVs, plus thematic exposure to AI data centres, digital infrastructure and the energy transition.

Access is for qualified investors — primarily PE funds, family offices and institutions — subject to eligibility, suitability and counterparty terms.

Engagements ordinarily combine a retainer with a success fee. Terms are agreed in writing before work begins and calibrated to the mandate’s size, scope and complexity.

Most mandates reach a first term sheet within 30 days, depending on diligence readiness and structure; closing follows once terms are agreed.

A short, confidential scoping call and NDA; we structure the requirement and prepare materials, then run a competitive process across our 5,000+ investor and lender relationships, and negotiate to close — with a partner leading at every step.

Matchpoint Partners is based in the UAE and runs cross-border mandates across the UAE, KSA, India and the UK, with active deal activity in wider Europe, Singapore and the United States.

Matchpoint undertakes corporate finance, financing, M&A and fund-placement mandates from USD 5m upwards, subject to mandate fit, diligence, applicable regulation, capacity and a written engagement. The partner team has originated and led $2+ billion of transactions.

Use the enquiry form, email contact@matchpoint-partners.com, or call/WhatsApp +971 52 345 1119. Every mandate is led by a partner from the very first conversation.

Yes. Confidential information is handled under the engagement terms and any applicable non-disclosure agreement.

Interested in energy transition?

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Capital markets ecosystem

Investment roles, structures and decision criteria

Explore the participants and transaction options relevant to this practice. Each entry sets out a discussion scope, decision checks, a paid engagement starting point and the specialist responsibilities to confirm.

Real Assets and Secondaries

Renewable-Energy AssetsCME-169 · Real Assets and Secondaries · Asset Class
Ecosystem role
Asset Class
Related asset class
Alternatives
Instrument context
Equity, debt or fund interests

Mandate context: real assets, project assets and secondary investments. The structure and rights are established by the specific transaction documents.

Decision focus: Asset economics and the terms of ownership.

  • Underlying asset, fund or portfolio evidence
  • Cash flows, valuation and capital commitments
  • Transfers, liquidity and specialist diligence

Scope to discuss: Private-markets portfolio strategy, manager selection, diligence and transaction access.

Paid engagement entry point: allocation and market-opportunity study; followed by manager or asset screening and diligence.

Illustrative GCC scenario: An illustrative Qatar real-asset or secondary investment can review valuation support, future capital commitments, transfer permissions and exit assumptions. This is a hypothetical decision example.

What should be agreed before a mandate involving Renewable-Energy Assets?

Define the investment or transaction objective, the authorised decision-maker, the evidence available, the requested deliverables and the next approval. Use the decision checks above to identify gaps; agree the workplan, delivery responsibilities and fee terms in writing.

Delivery and specialist boundary: Confirm decision authority, evidence access, conflicts, scope and applicable jurisdiction-specific permissions before execution. Legal, tax, fund-marketing, securities and Shariah questions require the relevant appointed specialist. Capital availability, investment returns and execution dates remain subject to assessment.

Discuss a paid scope

Further reading on diligence, market frameworks and applicable requirements. These resources do not verify an individual mandate or Matchpoint permission.

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