21 Investments, 100+ Hires, 53 Podcast Episodes: MCJ’s 2025 Impact
It’s recap season! Before the year closes, here’s a quick look at the moments that shaped MCJ in 2025.
MCJ’s 2025 Highlights:
💼 MCJ made a total of 21 investments, 13 of which are new portfolio companies.
💸 We deployed over $15M into companies working in clean energy, abundance, infrastructure resilience, and new industrialism.
🤠 MCJ organized an “Energy + AI” event in Austin, TX with some of our local portfolio companies, plus we recorded a live episode of the Inevitable podcast with Cully Cavness, COO of Crusoe (listen below!).
👨🏫 Cody started as a lecturer at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, where he teaches impact investing and coaches MBA students on investment sourcing and diligence.
🤵♂️ David danced with his daughter at her wedding, where both of his parents were in attendance.
🛶 Yin went on a multi-day backcountry kayak trip with her 8 year old and can’t forget watching our portfolio founders shine during MCJ summit.
🇨🇳 Thai toured leading cleantech companies in China. Stay tuned for more insights from his trip!
☢️ Casey connected with MCJ founders Cully (Crusoe), Matt (Aalo) and Gabe (Moment Energy) about the ethics of nuclear power and how hard it is to start a company at our dinner in Austin, TX.
📚 Courtney read 39 books this year, just one book short of her goal.
💍 Jenn got married in Mexico, which turned out to be excellent preparation for organizing MCJ Summit.
🧶 Lauren learned to knit and took French courses, in addition to coordinating MCJ’s Austin event.
Top Episodes from the Inevitable podcast:
53 episodes. One new podcast brand. Here are a few listener favorites.
🔥 Tom Steyer (Galvanize): Investor, climate advocate, and CA gubernatorial candidate on managing a $20B hedge fund to raising one of the largest climate venture funds ever, and why he believes we will win the climate war. Listen to the episode here.
💰 Brandon Middaugh (Microsoft): Inside Microsoft’s $1B Climate Innovation Fund and its “invest-to-procure” model driving demand for clean power, carbon removal, and low-carbon materials to hit its 2030 carbon-negative goal. Listen to the episode here.
☀️ Hannan Happi (Exowatt): How Exowatt’s thermal energy storage system aims to supply round-the-clock power for AI data centers, going beyond what solar and batteries alone can deliver. Listen to the episode here.
🏗️ Cully Cavness (Crusoe): How Crusoe evolved from flare gas Bitcoin mining to building hyperscale AI data centers, including its role in the $500B Project Stargate, and why energy abundance is the future of compute. Recorded live in Austin. Listen to the episode here.
⚡ Dr. Mark Jacobson (Stanford University): The architect of 100% renewable energy roadmaps for all 50 states and 149 countries on where we really are in the clean energy transition and his case against nuclear and carbon capture. Listen to the episode here.
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