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Cody Simms

Managing Partner at MCJ

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $3,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $120,000.00

Work Experience

2021

  • Managing Partner

    2024

    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.

  • Partner

    2021 - 2024

  • Co-Founder and Board Member

    2020

2013 - 2021

  • Senior Vice President, Climate & Sustainability

    2020 - 2021

  • Partner

    2017 - 2021

  • Executive Director, Americas

    2016 - 2017

  • Managing Director, Disney Accelerator powered by Techstars

    2013 - 2015

2012 - 2013

  • Chief Product Officer

    2013 - 2013

  • Vice President of Product

    2012 - 2013

2005 - 2012

  • 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

  • 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

2001 - 2002

  • Product Manager

    2001 - 2002

1999 - 2001

  • Product Manager, NBCi

    2000 - 2001

  • Associate Producer, Snap.com

    1999 - 2000