Accelerator Advisor

Dr. Ariane Tom is Founder and Managing Director of Kaleida Capital, a San-Diego based venture capital firm focused on early-stage startups in precision neuroscience and neurotechnology. Throughout her academic career at Stanford, Dr. Tom drove interdisciplinary research programs in neural interfaces with applications in brain-mapping, prosthetics, drug delivery, and neuromodulation. She is a published co-author in top-tier research journals Science Magazine and Nature Portfolio and co-inventor of multiple patents in biomaterials synthesis. Prior venture capital, she was an Associate at Schox Patent Group, an SF-based patent law firm specializing in startups, crafting patents and defining IP strategy for clients in the life science, medical device, and hardware spaces. Dr. Tom holds a B.S. in Materials Science & Engineering, an M.S. in Bioengineering, and a Ph.D. in Bioengineering from Stanford University.