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How My Own Climate Journey Led Me to Join My Climate Journey
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Cody Simms
Managing Partner at MCJ
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
Overview
Cody Simms is currently the Managing Partner at MCJ, with a background that includes serving as the Chief Product Officer at StumbleUpon and Vice President of Product Management at Yahoo!. He has also held leadership roles at Techstars and has invested in various companies in sectors such as ClimateTech/CleanTech and Media/Content.
Cody Simms has a successful track record in product management, having served as the Chief Product Officer at StumbleUpon and Vice President of Product Management at Yahoo!. He is currently a Managing Partner at MCJ, where he invests in companies in sectors like ClimateTech/CleanTech and Media/Content.
Work Experience
Managing Partner
2024 - Current
MCJ is a venture capital firm with $115M in assets under management. We back founders driving the transition of energy and industry and solving the inevitable impacts of climate change. We discover and invest in startups rewriting industries to be cleaner, more profitable and more secure. MCJ portfolio companies include Crusoe, Base Power, Heirloom, Twelve, The Nuclear Company and dozens of other leading startups driving clean energy abundance, infrastructure resilience, and new industrialism.
Host, Inevitable Podcast
2022
A weekly podcast about the inevitable impacts of climate change, featuring experts and entrepreneurs rewriting industries for the future. https://mcj.vc/media/podcast
Partner
2021 - 2024
Co-Founder and Board Member
2020
Senior Vice President, Climate & Sustainability
2020 - 2021
Partner
2017 - 2021
Executive Director, Americas
2016 - 2017
Managing Director, Disney Accelerator powered by Techstars
2013 - 2015
Techstars is an accelerator that provides pre-seed investment and mentoring for various early stage startups.
Raised $108,919,999.00 from SVB Financial Group and Foundry Group.
Chief Product Officer
2013 - 2013
Vice President of Product
2012 - 2013
Vice President of Product Management
2010 - 2012
Senior Director of Product Management
2008 - 2010
Director of Product Management
2007 - 2008
Senior Product Manager
2006 - 2007
Product Marketing Manager
2005 - 2006
Yahoo is a technology and media company that serves users through its portfolio of digital platforms, products, and services.
Raised $6,800,000.00 from Visa, SoftBank Capital, Sequoia Capital and Reuters Venture Capital.
Lecturer, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
2007 - 2010
Taught CMGT 597, the final thesis course for the graduate-level Annenberg Program on Online Communities, wherein student teams designed, developed and launched new online community projects and businesses.
Product Manager
2003 - 2005
The New York Times is a news and media agency that seek the truth and help people understand the world.
Product Manager
2001 - 2002
Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline communications services to consumers, businesses, and government users.
Product Manager, NBCi
2000 - 2001
Associate Producer, Snap.com
1999 - 2000
NBCUniversal Media, LLC
Education
MA
2002 - 2003
BA
1995 - 1999
Intensive Mandarin Chinese
1997 - 1997