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Big Idea Ventures (New Protein Fund)

VC
New York, USAWebsite
How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$200K – $3.0M

AUM

$100M

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

5 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

BIV invests in technologies advancing alternative proteins, aquaculture, and food system sustainability.

Meet the Team

SS

Shruti Salkar

Program Manager

TM

Thomas Mastrobuoni

Chief Investment Officer

alternative proteins
seed & early-stage investments
food tech
FK

Frank Klemens

Managing Director

Regenerative agriculture
food systems innovation
impact investing
ES

Elsa Swanson Sareen

Vice President - GFRP Fund

rural food ecosystems
bioeconomy in agricultural regions
university tech commercialisation
AD

Andrew D. Ive

Founder & Managing General Partner

alternative proteins
cell-based food
plant-based food
precision fermentation

Industry Focus

Invests In

Food / AgTech
Other
AI / ML
Consumer

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

SH

Shiok Meats

Fish Protein
GR

Grōv Technologies

AgTech

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