Anup Jacob has spent over two decades investing specifically in hard resource sectors like energy, water, and industrial technologies across multiple geographies and capital types, and co-founded Activate after holding rare leadership roles at Abu Dhabi's Mubadala Capital, Masdar's green investment arm, Virgin Green Fund, and TPG's water-focused Aqua fund. He consistently emphasizes contrarian opportunities in climate adaptation rather than only mitigation and ties AI's surge directly to power and data center infrastructure needs, presenting on global stages about the New Electro-Industrial Stack that frames the future of industry around electrons, infrastructure, and intelligence.