Doug Cameron, Ph.D.
Doug is a technologist, investor, and advisor with a career spanning 35 years in biotechnology and chemical engineering. He is focused on advanced technologies in food, agriculture and applied biology and cross-border partnerships at 1955 Capital. He has known Andrew for 15 years as a co-investor in companies like Lanzatech and LS9 when he was Chief Science Officer at Khosla Ventures.
Doug also serves as co-president of the investment firm, First Green Partners. He is a senior advisor to the Asia Green Fund and he previously led the Western activities of the US-China Green Fund. Cameron’s other investment experience includes CSO at Khosla Ventures and managing director in the cleantech investment banking group at Piper Jaffray.
Prior to becoming an investor, Cameron was director of biotechnology and chief scientist at Cargill. and a professor of chemical and biological engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has had a passion for food and agriculture his entire career—his first job out of college was with a start-up company, Advanced Harvesting Systems, which focused on large-scale plant protein production for animal and human nutrition.
Cameron is on the Excellence Advisory Board of the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT) and advises several start-up companies, including Apeel Science, DMC Biotechnologies, Geltor and Nature’s Fynd. He is also a member of the Board of Directors for the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering in biomedical engineering from Duke University and a doctorate degree in biochemical engineering from MIT. Cameron enjoys bicycling and explored Iowa’s agriculture by bike as he completed the 430-mile RAGBRAI bicycle ride across the state with his wife, Sally.