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Min Investment:
$10,000.00Max Investment:
$50,000.00Target Investment:
$20,000.00
Skills
Education
- Phillips Academy, Andover
(1981 - 1985)
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Investments
Work Experience
2023
Board Chair
2023
AI for agriculture needs data to be effective. Neatleaf delivers clever robotics to capture proprietary greenhouse data, including greenness, moisture, vapor pressure deficit, carbon dioxide, and light, from the entire canopy multiple times per day. Customers say their AI substantially reduces scouting labor, and flags issues before they affect yield.
2023
Board Chair
2023
Ammonia is responsible for 50% of global food. But ammonia production is the world's most polluting chemical industrial process, responsible for 500mt of CO2 annual emissions. Enter Nium,at the forefront of the green ammonia revolution.
2022
Board Chair
2022
Eion uses enhanced rock weathering to actually take carbon dioxide out of the air and permanently sequester it for thousands of years - an essential part of any CO2 mitigation solution.
2019
Partner
2019
Help identify, research, and invest in opportunities in the food and agtech space, with some of the best connected people in the business.
2019
CEO and CTO
2019
Coaching, strategy consulting, and investment for mission-driven technology companies in the Bay Area. Also writing Solidity code for a couple of stealth projects. Github available on request. http://eriven.com
2020 - 2023
Chairman of the Board
2020 - 2023
Archblock is building the world’s most transparent and efficient asset management platform. I'm happy be part of the journey.
2020 - 2020
Company Builder
2020 - 2020
I consulted for a large family office focusing on harnessing technology to solve global challenges and drive positive impact in the areas of health and food systems. Specifically I was brought in to help incubate technology startups in food and ag. Due to pandemic conditions, the family office decided to dissolve the entity pre-launch.
2018 - 2019
Strategy Advisor
2018 - 2019
Strategy advisor during the integration of AppNexus and AT&T AdWorks to form AdCo, ultimately named Xandr.
2015 - 2018
Chief Strategy Officer
2016 - 2018
Deeply involved in strategy and product with a bunch of smart and experienced folks helping to Build a Better Internet.
SVP, Strategy, Publishers
2015 - 2016
Very excited to combine Yieldex with AppNexus and build the next great ad tech company together.
2007 - 2015
Founder and Chief Strategy Officer
2011 - 2015
I brought in a terrific CEO to partner with me to take Yieldex to the next level, and so I can focus on my strengths in product vision and strategy.
CEO
2007 - 2011
With advertising demand exceeding high-quality supply, brand advertisers and agencies are looking for broad reach to targeted audiences to reach their campaign objectives. Publishers and ad networks need solutions to deliver these campaigns while maximizing overall revenue. Yieldex was founded by industry veterans from Matchlogic and NetGravity to provide online advertising optimization solutions focused on the delivery of display advertising.