# Ron Shigeta

> Ron Shigeta is a startup investor at Wild Earth (San Francisco). See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Wild Earth](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wild-earth-104d)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ron-shigeta-3b5a1b/

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.

## About Wild Earth

VC Fund · Berkeley, United States

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.

5 contacts available at Wild Earth.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Abril Estrada | Co-founder and Head Of Operations; Chief Product Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/abril-estrada |
| Antony Evans | Chief Operating Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antony-evans |
| Ernie Ward | Chief veterinary officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ernie-ward |
| Florian Radke | Chief marketing officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/florian-radke |
| Ron Shigeta | Chief Scientific Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ron-shigeta |

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