Cully Cavness
InvestorUnicorn founderCo-founder, President and Chief Strategy Officer at Crusoe Energy · Co-Founder at Crusoe
Denver, Colorado, United States
FoundedCrusoe Energy$30B
About
Co-founder, President and Chief Strategy Officer with a background in the oil & gas, geothermal energy, and energy investment banking industries. He holds a geology degree from Middlebury and an MBA from Oxford, and has been recognized as an EY Entrepreneur of the Year (2021).
Co-founder, President and Chief Strategy Officer at Crusoe Energy
Intro paths
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Crusoe Energy's investors · 40
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 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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Chase LochmillerCo-founder, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors
Experience
- CrusoeCo-Founder, President and Chief Strategy Officercurrent2025 — presentDenver, CO
- CrusoeCo-Founder, President and COO2018 — 2025Greater Denver Area
- Highlands Natural ResourcesVice President, Finance2016 — 2018Greater Denver Area
- Petrie PartnersAssociate, Energy Investment Banking2015 — 2016Greater Denver Area
- Sword & PloughCFO2012 — 2015Denver
- Global GeothermalBusiness Development Manager2010 — 2013New York City
- Thomas J. Watson FoundationEnergy Economics Research Fellow2010 — 2011Iceland, China, Taiwan, Japan, Spain, Argentina, Chile
- Middlebury CollegeSenior Geology Thesis: Spatial Dynamics of Tertiary Igneous Intrusions in Raton Basin, Southern Colo2008 — 2009
- Teach For AmericaOperations Coordinator2009Houston
- Pioneer Natural ResourcesGeoscience Intern2008Denver
- Lehman BrothersFinancial Analyst Intern2008New York City
- National Science Foundation (NSF)Research Grant Recipient2007
Skills & more
Analysis12Leadership31Public Speaking9Management16Spanish15Chinese1Geothermal17Waste Heat Recovery1Geology35Financial Modeling19Project Management22Power Generation4
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SustainabilityPower PlantsEnergyEntrepreneurshipBusiness DevelopmentProposal WritingResearchProject PlanningFundraisingSolar EnergyStrategic PartnershipsMarketing StrategyLanguages English · Spanish
- FINRA Series 79 — FINRA
From Cully's professional profile.
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
Chase Lochmiller
Co-founder, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors at Crusoe
Chris Dolan
Chief Data Center Officer at Crusoe
Deva Santiago
VP, Talent Acquisition at Crusoe
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Cully Cavness?
- Co-founder, President and Chief Strategy Officer with a background in the oil & gas, geothermal energy, and energy investment banking industries. He holds a geology degree from Middlebury and an MBA from Oxford, and has been recognized as an EY Entrepreneur of the Year (2021).
- Where does Cully Cavness work?
- Cully Cavness is Co-founder, President and Chief Strategy Officer of Crusoe Energy and Co-Founder at Crusoe.
- What companies did Cully Cavness found?
- Cully Cavness founded Crusoe Energy.
- Where did Cully Cavness go to school?
- Cully Cavness studied at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford (Master of Business Administration (MBA)); Middlebury College (BA, Geology); Cornell University (Certificate in Project Management, Civil Engineering Department).
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Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business1,384
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Also attended Harvard Business School Executive Education137
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Shared employers
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Also worked at Middlebury College12
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Also worked at Teach For America60
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