Andrew D Ive

Founder / Managing General Partner

2018 - Current

We are focused on Solving the World's Greatest Challenges by backing the World's Best Entrepreneurs, Scientists and Engineers. Big Idea Ventures was the most active investor in new food tech / food deals in 2022 & 2023. Our first fund, the New Protein Fund, invests in the best companies in the plant-based foods and alternative protein ecosystem. We combine capital and partnerships to back the world’s most compelling companies in the plant-based foods and cell-based foods and alternatives to meat. Our second fund, Generation Food Rural Partners is focused on rural development with strong partnerships with leading universities, corporations and venture building.

Tufts Nutrition Council

2016

Member of the leadership group for the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, and the Jean Mayer Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA), the two institutions that together form Tufts Nutrition. The TNC brings together volunteer leaders from diverse backgrounds who share a passion for nutrition and health, with a particular focus on how our food and food systems influence our communities, our environment, our families and ourselves. https://nutrition.tufts.edu/friends/leadership/tufts-nutrition-council

Board Member

2021

Board Member

2021

Mentor

2020

Member

2022

Member

2019

We invest in companies and products that will make a difference in the lives of animals, people and the planet.

Mentor

2020

Mentor

2018

Mentor for FoodTech Accelerator, a global accelerator that brings top Made in Italy corporates and best international innovators together to disrupt agrifood and retail sectors. The program, held in Milan, is powered by Deloitte and promoted by Corporate partners Amadori, Cereal Docks, Finiper Group along with leading investors such as Innogest and Digital Magics, Media & Community partner Seeds&Chips and Italian Public Institution Federalimentare.

Mentor

2021