About Frost Capital
Frost Capital brings together a powerful combination of cross-sector expertise. Our team has managed top performing funds, advised Presidents, won global awards, taught finance and private equity at top universities, run successful companies, and more. This blend of experiences enables us to generate unique insights and deal flow, get involved in the operations of our portfolio companies, and identify global opportunities others miss.
We have managed venture capital, growth equity, and buyout funds, and deploy our knowledge for deal flow analysis, diligence, transaction structuring, operational analysis, value creation, and exit. We have worked with investors ranging from sovereign funds and institutional investors to family offices and HNW individuals.
Frost Capital is based in Palo Alto, with offices in Washington DC, London, and Kuala Lumpur.
Frost & Sullivan is a 50+ year old global growth strategy and research consulting firm with over a thousand analysts in 45 offices across the world and 10,000+ clients (including 80% of Fortune 1000 companies). Frost & Sullivan has been an industry leader in helping companies identify and take advantage of transformational growth opportunities, and together we apply these decades of experience to help investors find and unlock the value of their assets. Annually, we conduct research on 1M+ companies, whittling them down to the very best investment prospects through multiple rounds of research and due diligence.
David Frigstad, Chairman of Frost & Sullivan
The global economy will be shaped by disruptive innovation, a disintermediation of traditional industry players and a compression of the customer value chain. Never before have we seen so many incumbent players experiencing revenue declines. It is imperative for us to identify growth opportunities that will shape the future. The same applies to the investment space, and we’re excited to partner with Frost Capital and serve as a resource for investors.
Meet the team
CEO
Co-founder & Managing Director of Elixir Capital and noted expert on emerging markets private equity. Worked with funds, such as Soros Fund Management, Carlyle Group, and New Enterprise Associates. Teaches private equity and Islamic finance at Berkeley and Vanderbilt University.
Abrar Hussain
Managing Director
Recognized three times as one of the 500 most influential Muslims in the world and as one of the 50 most influential entrepreneurs in the global Islamic economy. Former World Bank and US State Department. Founder of Zabihah, co-founder of Zakatify and Affinis Labs.
Shahed Amanullah
Managing
Director
Worked with large family offices in the Middle East and currently on the board of the International Institute of Islamic Waqf. Co-founder of JNA Holdings, a Saudi Arabian and UK-based holding company with investments in Financial Services, Banking, and Real Estate.
Akram Nahhas
Senior Associate
Vice President, Fellow and Business Unit Head of the Business & Financial Services Group for the Americas region of Frost & Sullivan. Worked in healthcare, energy, ICT, and aerospace from both corporate and client perspectives.
Lori Salazar Strubhart
Managing
Director
Managing Director of Elixir Capital in Kuala Lumpur. Previously served as Senior Vice President of Investments at Malaysian Venture Capital Management Berhad. 20+ years of experience in management, operations, sales, and marketing in the ICT industry.