Fundraising Fox

Cully Cavness

InvestorUnicorn founder

Co-founder, President and Chief Strategy Officer at Crusoe Energy · Co-founder, President and Chief Strategy Officer at Crusoe

Denver, Colorado, United States

FoundedCrusoe Energy$30B

Find your path to Cully

878 people in our graph share verified history with Cully — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Niki PezeshkiunlockedCully: together at Crusoe (2022–2026)
Cully: together at Cornell
×3Cully: together at Stanford University Graduate School of Business
×5Cully: together at Teach For America

About

Co-founder, President and Chief Strategy Officer of Crusoe with a background in oil & gas, geothermal energy, and energy investment banking. He holds a geology degree from Middlebury and an MBA from Oxford, and has received multiple entrepreneurship and leadership awards.

Likely email· guessed from name + firm domain, not firm-published

Co-founder, President and Chief Strategy Officer at Crusoe Energy

Intro paths

In turn, Cully can intro founders to Crusoe Energy's investors below.

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

CLChase Lochmiller
Chase LochmillerCo-founder, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors

Experience

  1. CrusoeCo-Founder, President and Chief Strategy Officercurrent2025 — presentDenver, CO
  2. CrusoeCo-Founder, President and COO2018 — 2025Denver Metropolitan Area
  3. Highlands Natural ResourcesVice President, Finance2016 — 2018Greater Denver Area
  4. Petrie PartnersAssociate, Energy Investment Banking2015 — 2016Greater Denver Area
  5. Sword & PloughCFO2012 — 2015Denver
  6. Global GeothermalBusiness Development Manager2010 — 2013New York City
  7. Thomas J. Watson FoundationEnergy Economics Research Fellow2010 — 2011Iceland, China, Taiwan, Japan, Spain, Argentina, Chile
  8. Middlebury CollegeSenior Geology Thesis: Spatial Dynamics of Tertiary Igneous Intrusions in Raton Basin, Southern Colo2008 — 2009
  9. Teach For AmericaOperations Coordinator2009Houston
  10. Pioneer Natural ResourcesGeoscience Intern2008Denver
  11. Lehman BrothersFinancial Analyst Intern2008New York City
  12. National Science Foundation (NSF)Research Grant Recipient2007

Skills & more

Geothermal17Waste Heat Recovery1Geology35Financial Modeling19Project Management22ArcGIS8Spanish15Power Plant Development1Power Generation4Sustainability10Chinese1Power Plants2
+8 moreGISEnergyAnalysisEntrepreneurshipBusiness DevelopmentLeadershipProposal WritingResearch

Languages English · Spanish

  • FINRA Series 79FINRA

From Cully's professional profile.

Colleagues at Crusoe

Frequently asked questions

Who is Cully Cavness?
Co-founder, President and Chief Strategy Officer of Crusoe with a background in oil & gas, geothermal energy, and energy investment banking. He holds a geology degree from Middlebury and an MBA from Oxford, and has received multiple entrepreneurship and leadership awards.
Where does Cully Cavness work?
Cully Cavness is Co-founder, President and Chief Strategy Officer of Crusoe Energy and Co-founder, President and Chief Strategy Officer 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).

Founder mafias

Stanford University Graduate School of Business mafia748

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

+ 741 more

Cornell mafia535

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

+ 528 more

Harvard Business School Executive Education mafia84

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

+ 77 more

Middlebury College mafia45

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

+ 38 more

National Science Foundation mafia38

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

+ 31 more

Same school

Shared employers