Thomas Darden

Founder and inventor of environmental and alternative energy technologies.

Tom is an Unreasonable Mentor. Tom was part of Unreasonable Impact US 2017, and has advised over 11 Unreasonable companies.

UNC BA Anthropology and MA Environmental Planning

Yale Law School, JD

Bain & Co, Boston

Acquired 8 brick plants with 1000 employees, converted from fossil fuel to biomass.

Founded Cherokee Biotechnology, bacteria for bioremediation, remediated 15mm cubic yards of contaminated soil.

Founder/CEO of Cherokee Funds, raised $2.4B, bought 550 contaminated sites in 35 states

Founder/CEO of Industrial Heat, fusion research company, raised $120mm

Founder or investor in over 150 venture stage companies

Inventor with 25 issued environmental patents