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The Perfect* Thru-Hiker’s Hydration System
Talks about Backpacking, Ultralight and Water
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Tom Shields
CEO at Eridani Ventures
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Tom Shields is a highly accomplished CEO/CTO coach and advisor based in the San Francisco Bay Area, with a strong background in executive coaching, board leadership, and strategic partnerships. He has held key roles such as Chief Strategy Officer at AppNexus and Founder/Chief Strategy Officer at Yieldex, and currently serves as Board Chair for multiple companies including Neatleaf and Nium.
Highlights of Tom's career include his successful leadership roles at AppNexus and Yieldex, as well as his extensive experience in advising and coaching CEOs and CTOs. Tom's current focus on CEO/CTO coaching and advisory work showcases his expertise in guiding and supporting senior executives in various industries.
Work Experience
SVP Strategic Integration
2025 - Current
Hippocratic AI aims to develop the first Large Language Model (LLM) specifically designed for healthcare, prioritizing safety and accuracy.
Raised $135,000,000.00 from Greycroft, 7wire Ventures, NVentures, Universal Health Services, General Catalyst, WellSpan Health, SV Angel, Cincinnati Children’s, Memorial Hermann Foundation and PremjiInvest.
Board Member
2025
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
Board Chair
2022 - 2025
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.
Eion removes atmospheric CO2, permanently and verifiably, with enhanced rock weathering on the soil.
Raised $15,000,000.00 from Exelon Foundation, Growmark, Ridgeline, Trailhead Capital, Mercator Partners, AgFunder, Overture VC, SLVC, Mercator Partners and Sibelco.
Board Chair
2023 - 2025
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.
Partner
2019 - 2025
Help identify, research, and invest in opportunities in the food and agtech space, with some of the best connected people in the business.
AgFunder invests in impactful companies that can positively transform the world's food system.
Raised $2,250,000.00 from PULSAR.
Board Chair
2023 - 2025
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.
Data-driven & autonomous agriculture for yield optimization.
Raised $12,000,000.00 from AgFunder, Lightbank, Measure 8 Venture Partners and Vsquared Ventures.
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.
Building the world’s most transparent and efficient asset management platform.
Raised $34,200,000.00 from BlockTower Capital, Alameda Research and Andreessen Horowitz.
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.
Education
BA
1985 - 1989
Investments
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