Josh Felser
Founder of Climactic
Josh Felser
Founder of Climactic
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
Co-Founder
2021 - Current
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
Climactic VC invests in visionary founders solving our planet’s greatest challenges: battling climate change, achieving sustainability.
CoFounder
2008
Freestyle is a hands-on early stage VC investing in Internet and mobile startups.
Freestyle is a venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage technology companies.
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
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.
State of California is widely known for its pioneers and leaders in technology and film production.
EVP
2006 - 2008
Sony acquired grouper/crackle
Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Sony Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation.
Raised $1,000,000.00.
CEO
2004 - 2008
Crackle is a movie streaming website that enables users to watch free movies and television shows.
Vice President
1999 - 2001
AOL acquired spinner
AOL Lifestream is a web-based application that enables users to keep track of all their comments on social networking sites.
Raised $1,000,000,000.00 from Comcast Ventures and Google.
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
Program Manager, Business Development
1992 - 1994