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Big Idea Ventures (New Protein Fund)

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New York, USAWebsite

Big Idea Ventures (New Protein Fund) is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in New York, USA investing in Food / AgTech, Other, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $200K–$3.0M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$200K–$3.0M
Portfolio
2 companies on record
Partners
5 listed
AUM
$100M
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Food / AgTech, Other, AI / ML, Consumer
HQ
New York, USA

Last verified: 2026-05-27

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.

How Big Idea Ventures (New Protein Fund) invests

Big Idea Ventures (New Protein Fund) is a vc firm based in New York, USA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Food / AgTech, Other, AI / ML, Consumer.

Big Idea Ventures (New Protein Fund) typically writes checks of $200K–$3.0M per investment, backed by approximately $100M in assets under management.

Big Idea Ventures (New Protein Fund) has backed 2 companies in our records, including Shiok Meats, Grōv Technologies.

Partners & 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
How to pitch Big Idea Ventures (New Protein Fund)
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Food / AgTech, Other, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $200K – $3.0M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Shruti Salkar, Program Manager.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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