Chase Lochmiller
Investor2× unicorn founderCo-founder, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors at Crusoe Energy · Founder at Crusoe · Founder at Crusoe Energy Holdings
United States
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About
Chase Lochmiller is the CEO and co-founder of Crusoe.
Likely email· guessed from name + firm domain, not firm-published
- c•••@crusoe.aireveal75% confident
Founder at Crusoe Energy Holdings
Co-founders at Crusoe Energy Holdings
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Charles CavnessExecutive Officer, Director
Co-founder, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors at Crusoe Energy
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Crusoe Energy's investors · 41
Abstract VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $750K checksACTIVATE CAPITAL PARTNERSSan Francisco · $10M – $30M checksAdvaita CapitalBostonAir Street CapitalSt. Peter Port · $500K – $10M checksAlkeon InnovationNew YorkAvenir Growth CapitalNew YorkBain Capital VenturesBoston · $1M – $100M checksCarbonAmsterdam · $100K checksCoinbase VenturesStamford · $100K – $10M checksEverybody Ventures$100K checksFelicis VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $15M checksFirestreak VenturesFounders FundSan Francisco · $500K – $5M checksG2 Venture PartnersPortola Valley · $15M – $25M checksGalvanize Climate SolutionsSan FranciscoGaruda VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $1.5M checksGestio CapitalLondonHack VCPalo Alto · $3M checksHivemind Capital PartnersNew YorkHOF CapitalNew York · $25K – $15M checksInterplay Ventures Early Stage Management LlcNew York · $1M checksInvariantes FundGuatemala CityJuniperoMiamiLaunchBay CapitalLondonLong Journey VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $1M checksLowercarbon CapitalLos Angeles · $100K – $5M checksMech VenturesLas VegasNew York Life VenturesNew YorkPharsalus CapitalNew YorkPrimary Venture PartnersNew York · $1M – $3M checksRapid ScaleLas VegasRiverbend CapitalWashingtonSINEWAVE VENTURESMclean · $500K – $25M checksSpark CapitalSan Francisco · $500K – $25M checksStack CapitalTorontoUpper90Providence · $5M – $25M checksValor Equity PartnersChicagoVillage GlobalCovina · $100K – $500K checksWealthUnion$10K checksWinklevoss CapitalNew York · $100K – $5M checksZigg CapitalNew York · $4M checks
Co-founders at Crusoe Energy
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Cully CavnessCo-founder, President and Chief Strategy Officer
Founder at Crusoe
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Crusoe's investors · 10
Coinbase VenturesStamford · $100K – $10M checksFounders FundSan Francisco · $500K – $5M checks · since 2024G2 Venture PartnersPortola Valley · $15M – $25M checks · since 2022Long Journey VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $1M checks · since 2024Mubadala CapitalAbu Dhabi · $1M – $50M checksNVIDIASanta Clara · since 2024Ribbit CapitalPalo Alto · $100K – $15M checks · since 2024Upper90Providence · $5M – $25M checksValor Equity PartnersChicago · since 2025Zigg CapitalNew York · $4M checks
Experience
- CrusoeCo-Founder and Chief Executive Officercurrent2018 — present
- Polychain CapitalGeneral Partner2017 — 2018
- Jump Trading GroupQuantitative Trader2014 — 2017New York, United States
- KCG Holdings, Inc.Managing Director, Algorithmic Trading2008 — 2013
Colleagues at Crusoe
Alon Yariv
VP, Business Development; Country Manager, Israel at Crusoe
Andrew Likens
VP Business Development, Energy at Crusoe
Andrew Sweatman
VP, Manufacturing at Crusoe
Andrew Wee
VP, Procurement at Crusoe
Celeste Grebe
SVP, Financial Planning & Analysis at Crusoe
Chris Dolan
Chief Data Center Officer at Crusoe
Cully Cavness
Co-founder, President and Chief Strategy Officer at Crusoe
Deva Santiago
VP, Talent Acquisition at Crusoe
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Chase Lochmiller?
- Chase Lochmiller is the CEO and co-founder of Crusoe.
- Where does Chase Lochmiller work?
- Chase Lochmiller is Co-founder, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Crusoe Energy and Co-founder, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors at Crusoe and Co-founder at Crusoe Energy Holdings.
- What companies did Chase Lochmiller found?
- Chase Lochmiller founded Crusoe Energy, Crusoe, Crusoe Energy Holdings.
- Where did Chase Lochmiller go to school?
- Chase Lochmiller studied at Stanford University (Master of Science - MS, Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Science - BS, Physics); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics).
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Shared employers
Also worked at Polychain Capital20
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Also worked at Jump Trading Group22
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Also worked at KCG Holdings, Inc.10
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