Dr. John Clippinger
InvestorFounder, ClearTrace; AI & Nature Finance Advisor at Cerulean Ventures
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
About
Founder of ClearTrace, advising on AI and nature finance.
Experience
- Fintropic AICo-Foundercurrent2026 β presentBoston, MA
- First Principles FirstCo-Founder First Principles Firstcurrent2024 β presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
- Decentralized Pictures FoundationBoard Membercurrent2019 β presentGreater Los Angeles Area
- Smart ValorAdvisor2017 β 2026ZΓΌrich Area, Switzerland
- Active Inference InstituteFounding Board Member2021 β 2025
- MIT Media Lab City Sciences GroupResearch Scientist2018 β 2025Cambridge, Ma
- BioForm LabsCo-Founder2021 β 2024United States
- H-FARMStrategic Advisor2020 β 2024Venice Area, Italy
- OVR - Over The RealityAdvisor2019 β 2024Italy
- Evident ProofAdvisor2017 β 2024London, United Kingdom
- CashaaStrategic Advisor2017 β 2024London, United Kingdom
- Open Earth FoundationDirector2020 β 2023United States
- Swytch - renewable energy blockchain companyChief Innovation Officer and Founder2017 β 2019Greater Boston Area
- Idcubed.orgCEO-Co-Founder2011 β 2017Boston, Mas
- MIT Media Lab Human Dynamics GroupResearch Scientist2011 β 2017Cambridge, Mass
- HRH Prince of Wales and Cambridge Institute for Sustainability LeadershipFintech Taskforce of the Banking Environment Initiaitive2017Cambridge, United Kingdom
- World Economic ForumBig Data Working Group Member2010 β 2017Geneva Area, Switzerland
- Institute for the FutureDistinquished Fellow,2017Palo Alto, CA
- Law Lab - Berkman Center for Internet & Society - Harvard UniversityFounder - Co-Director2004 β 2011www.lawlab.org
- Berkman Center for Internet & Society - Harvard Law SchoolSenior Research Fellow2005 β 2009
Education
- Yale UniversityBA, Philosophy - Anthropology
- University of PennsylvaniaMA & Ph.D, Computational Linguistics - AI- Content Analysis
- University of PennsylvaniaPh.D, Cybernetics-Computational Linguistics-AI1969 β 1973
Skills & more
Entrepreneurship74Start-ups53Social Media23Business Strategy53E-commerce13Business Development24Product Development10Marketing Strategy12Product Management16Research47Social Media Marketing11Team Building5
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International RelationsCompetitive AnalysisProgram ManagementSoftware DevelopmentManagement ConsultingMobile DevicesNonprofitsData AnalysisStrategic PlanningPublic SpeakingAnalysisStrategyFrom Dr.'s professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Yale University491
Ann Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at FloodgateDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockMichael SeibelPartner Emeritus at Y CombinatorZheela QaiserInvestor at Index VenturesKarthik ArdhanareeswaranInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)TinaInvestments & Portfolio Services Team Member at Clear Ventures
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Also attended University of Pennsylvania607
Dasha MaggioPartner at Felicis Ventures, writer on venture capital and founder psychologyNancy WangInvestor at Felicis VenturesEghosa OmoiguiFounder and Managing General Partner at EchoVC PartnersAkshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJames KuklinskiInvestor at Spark CapitalKerry KilleenAssociate General Counsel at Revolution
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Shared employers
Also worked at Institute for the Future2
Colleagues at Cerulean Ventures
Chadwick Manning
Founder at Cerulean Ventures
Dr. Julie Pullen
Chief Scientist and Partner at Cerulean Ventures
Dr. Troy Cross
Professor of Philosophy at Cerulean Ventures
Jahed Momand
Co-founder and Partner at Cerulean Ventures
Matthew Stotts
Co-founder and Partner at Cerulean Ventures
Peter Olivier
Head of New Markets at Cerulean Ventures












