Jason Jacobs of My Climate Journey and Josh Felser of Climactic Ventures join ODCT for a discussion on working in climate.
Note: If you are participating in ODCT in stealth mode, know that this event may be shared with - and attended by - members of the Work on Climate and MCJ Slack communities.
Jason Jacobs:
Jason Jacobs is a longtime entrepreneur, most recently as the founder of Runkeeper, one of the largest fitness apps, which was acquired by ASICS in 2016. He felt compelled to make his next chapter about purpose and is over 2 years into focusing on helping address climate change full-time, via a podcast called My Climate Journey (MCJ), a vibrant community of thousands of members that formed organically around the podcast, and a fund that backs several new climate tech startups every quarter, across many geographies and sectors.
Josh Felser:
Josh Felser is a serial entrepreneur and early stage investor. He was a co-founder and president of Spinner, the first multi-channel Internet radio service, acquired by AOL for $320mm in 1999. He was also a co-founder and CEO of Grouper/Crackle - one of the first user-powered Internet video networks, acquired by Sony for $65mm in 2006.
Josh also co-founded Freestyle, an early stage VC making active investments in Internet and mobile startups, where he is now a Board Partner. In Feb, 2020, Josh helped start TSG, a State task force to source private company solutions to solve many of the challenges facing the State of California from the COVID-19 crisis.
Josh recently founded Climactic Ventures, through which he is investing in visionary founders solving our planet’s greatest challenges: battling climate change, achieving sustainability, and creating a more circular economy.
