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Josh Felser

Climate Tech Investor Focused on the Enterprise

San Francisco, California

Work Experience

2021

  • Co-Founder

    2021

    Climactic, founded by serial founders and longtime VCs, Josh Felser and Raj Kapoor, will seek to fund the startups developing the most impactful climate technologies sought after by the Enterprise in North America and Europe

  • CoFounder

    2008

    Freestyle is a hands-on early stage VC investing in Internet and mobile startups.

  • Cofounder

    2013

    ClimateX sits at the intersection of technology and climate change. Our first product, #climate, is an app that aggregates the best climate change actions from leading nonprofits and matches them with social media Influencers. Our partners include the NBA, Guns N Roses, Mark Ruffalo, Al Gore, Evan Williams and many others. Our goal is to create action-oriented movements driven by amplification on social media.

  • Board Member, Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation

    2010

2020 - 2020

  • Task Force Member

    2020 - 2020

    Helped start the Technology Solutions Group to help the State of California better source private company solutions to many of the challenges facing the State due to the COVID-19 crisis.

  • EVP

    2006 - 2008

    Sony acquired grouper/crackle

2004 - 2008

  • CEO

    2004 - 2008

1999 - 2001

  • Vice President

    1999 - 2001

    AOL acquired spinner

1997 - 1999

  • President

    1997 - 1999

    Spinner, launched 1996, was the first Internet music service. Sold in 1999 to AOL for $320mm and is now AOL Radio and the destination site www.spinner.com

1992 - 1994

  • Program Manager, Business Development

    1992 - 1994