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Cody Simms(457)

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Partner at MCJ Collective

mcjcollective.comLos Angeles, California
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Connected to Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Jeff Clavier (Uncork Capital), and 88 other investors on Signal.

Networks Cody is a member of
Princeton University Network
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Techstars Network
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Current Investing Position
MCJ Collective Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $3.0M
Sweet Spot
$120K
Investments On Record
16

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Cody Simms's Investments On Record (13)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Upsie
Seed RoundMay 2019$5M
Seed RoundJan 2018$1.7M
$25M
Co-investors: Puneet Agarwal (True Ventures), Sri Pangulur (Tribe Capital), Victor Gutwein (M25), Natty Zola (Matchstick Ventures), Ryan Broshar (Matchstick Ventures), Daren Cotter, Theresa Johnson
Embrace
Seed RoundApr 2019$4.5M
$82M
Co-investors: Aaron Jacobson (New Enterprise Associates (NEA)), Gabe Greenbaum (B Capital Group), Vic Singh (ENIAC Ventures), Hadley Harris (ENIAC Ventures), Sriram Krishnan (Andreessen Horowitz), Tim Young (ENIAC Ventures), Nihal Mehta (ENIAC Ventures), John Curtius (Cedar Capital Group), Baris Aksoy (AV8 Ventures), Brett Rochkind (SoftBank Investment Advisers), Andrew Miklas (S28 Capital), Dana Settle (Greycroft), Paul Buchheit (Y Combinator), Alex Mittal (FundersClub), Aneel Ranadive (Soma Capital), Geoff Judge (iNovia Capital), Paul Bricault (Amplify.LA), Jim Andelman (Bonfire Ventures), Shamin Walsh (Bam Ventures), Brad Zions (Pitbull Ventures), David Cohen (Techstars), Kevin Weatherman (KW Angel Fund), Tx Zhuo (Fika Ventures), Ryan Chan, Clark Landry, Tikhon Bernstam, Dan Wright, Ashish Bhatia, Eric Futoran, Eytan Elbaz, Jon Runyan, Christopher Golda
Farmcrowdy
Seed RoundMar 2019$1M
Seed RoundDec 2017$1M
Pre Seed RoundJul 2017
$2M
Co-investors: Michael Cohn (Techstars Atlanta), Tyler Scriven (Techstars)
Pulse Labs - The Best Insights Have a Pulse
Seed RoundMay 2018$2.5M
$2.5M
Pulse Labs
Seed RoundFeb 2018$2.5M
$7.6M
Co-investors: Paul Bernard (Amazon Alexa Fund), Rodrigo J Prudencio (Amazon Climate Pledge Fund), Maria Karaivanova
Open Bionics
Seed RoundJul 2015$120K
$120K
£4.6M
Co-investors: Johannes Weber (Ananda Impact Ventures), Michael Tefula (Ada Ventures)
MakieLab
Seed RoundJul 2015$120K
$1.5M
Co-investors: Petteri Koponen (Lifeline Ventures), Daniel James, Desigan Chinniah
HYP3R
Pre Seed RoundJul 2015$120K
$120K
Co-investors: Jason Tolkin
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Cody Simms's Experience

Partner MCJ Collective2021 - Present
Co Author Levers - The Framework for Building Repeatability into Your Business2021 - Present
Co-Founder and Board Member Climate Changemakers2020 - Present
Partner Techstars2017 - Present
Senior Vice President, Climate & Sustainability Techstars2020 - 2021
Board Member Voatz2019 - 2021
Board Member Tasso, Inc.2019 - 2021
Board Member Well Health Inc.2018 - 2021
Investment Partner Techstars2017 - 2021
Executive Director, Americas Techstars2016 - 2017
Managing Director Techstars2013 - 2015
Managing Director, Disney Accelerator powered by Techstars Techstars2013 - 2015
Chief Product Officer StumbleUpon2013 - 2013
Vice President of Product StumbleUpon2012 - 2013
Vice President of Product Management Yahoo!2010 - 2012
Senior Director of Product Management Yahoo!2008 - 2010
Senior Director of Product Management Yahoo2008 - 2010
Adjunct Instructor, Annenberg Program on Online Communities University of Southern California2007 - 2010
Director of Product Management Yahoo2007 - 2008
Director of Product Management Yahoo!2007 - 2008
Senior Product Manager Yahoo!2006 - 2007
Senior Product Manager Yahoo2006 - 2007
Product Marketing Manager Yahoo2005 - 2006
Product Marketing Manager Yahoo!2005 - 2006
Product Manager The New York Times Company2003 - 2005
Product Manager Sprint2001 - 2002
Product Manager NBC Internet / Snap.com1999 - 2001
Product Manager NBCUniversal Media, LLC1999 - 2001
Consular Affairs Intern U.S. Department of State1998 - 1998

Cody Simms's Education

Goldsmiths College, U. of London MA Transnational Communications & Global Media
University of Kansas BA History / East Asia Languages & Culture (Mandarin Chinese)
Princeton University Intensive Mandarin Chinese Princeton in Beijing