MCJ recap highlights 2025 climate and energy impact

MCJ has recapped its 2025 impact, highlighting 21 climate-focused investments, over $15M deployed, 100+ hires across portfolio companies, and 53 episodes of its Inevitable climate and energy podcast.

• Impact and activities: MCJ made 21 investments (13 new portfolio companies) and deployed over $15M into companies in clean energy, abundance, infrastructure resilience, and new industrialism; it organized an “Energy + AI” event in Austin, TX, recorded a live Inevitable episode with Crusoe COO Cully Cavness, and its team members engaged in activities such as teaching impact investing at UCLA Anderson and touring leading cleantech companies in China.
• Media and content highlights: MCJ produced 53 podcast episodes including popular shows featuring Tom Steyer (Galvanize), Brandon Middaugh (Microsoft’s $1B Climate Innovation Fund), Hannan Happi (Exowatt) on thermal energy storage for AI data centers, Cully Cavness (Crusoe) on hyperscale AI data centers and the $500B Project Stargate, and Dr. Mark Jacobson (Stanford) on 100% renewables; the newsletter also promoted top 2025 climate articles on energy scarcity, Canada as a launchpad for U.S. climate and energy innovation, nature vs. climate framing, AI + quantum (AQ), and cold chain climate innovation, and invited readers to submit climate-related events/content to info@mcj.vc and content@mcj.vc or apply to join MCJ Collective.