Ron Shigeta
Chief Scientific Officer @ Wild Earth
San Francisco, United States
Ron Shigeta is a startup investor at Wild Earth in San Francisco. Ron is a serial Biotech entrepreneur and the co-founder and Chief Science Officer at Wild Earth. Together with Ryan Bethencourt, Ron has funded over 70 startups that have redefined food, manufacturing, and consumer products through biotechnology. Ron did his doctoral training at Princeton University studying protein structure and biophysics. Hispost-doctoral training at Stanford and Harvard Medical School focused on antibiotic biosynthesis and diabetes. He is also a 15 year veteran of commercial biotechnology, having led a bioinformatics and functional genomics group at Affymetrix.
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About Wild Earth
Wild Earth is a technology startup that specializes in developing protein pet foods. It is dedicated to reinventing pet food with science to offer healthier foods for pets that are better for the environment and more humane than conventional products. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Berkeley, California.
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Abril Estrada
Co-founder and Head Of Operations; Chief Product Officer
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Antony Evans
Chief Operating Officer
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Ernie Ward
Chief veterinary officer
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Florian Radke
Chief marketing officer
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Ron Shigeta
Chief Scientific Officer
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