Big Idea Ventures

Type

Venture Capital

Status

Active

Location

New York, United States

Total investments

140

Average round size

1M

Portfolio companies

103

Rounds per year

23.33

Lead investments

10

Follow on index

0.25

Exits

1

Stages of investment
SeedEarly Stage VentureLate Stage Venture
Areas of investment
BiotechnologyConsumer GoodsFood and BeverageFood ProcessingManufacturingLife ScienceAgTechSustainabilityNutritionOrganic Food

Summary

Big Idea Ventures is the famous VC, which was founded in 2018. The company was established in North America in United States. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the New York.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 participants. Despite the Big Idea Ventures, startups are often financed by Y Combinator, Ryan Bethencourt, Brinc. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Y Combinator, Entrepreneur First, Boom Capital.

Besides, a startup needs to be aged 1 and less years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Shiok Meats. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Seafood, Nutrition. For fund there is no match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - Singapore.

The fund is constantly included in 7-12 investment rounds annually. The important activity for fund was in 2019. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 69 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations.

The fund was created by Andrew D. Ive. We also calculated 2 valuable employees in our database.

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Investor highlights

Industry focus
AgricultureFoodtechBiotech/Life Sciences
Stage focus
Seed
Geo focus
Generalist

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Investments analytics

Last fund

Fund size
USD 50000000

Analytics

Total investments
140
Lead investments
10
Exits
1
Rounds per year
23.33
Follow on index
0.25
Investments by industry
  • Food and Beverage (93)
  • Food Processing (40)
  • Biotechnology (36)
  • Nutrition (14)
  • Organic Food (10)
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Investments by region
  • United States (48)
  • France (5)
  • Singapore (18)
  • United Kingdom (11)
  • Israel (7)
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Peak activity year
2021

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
3
Avg. valuation at time of investment
415K
Group Appearance index
0.38
Avg. company exit year
1

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
New Wave Biotech 19 Jul 2023 Biotechnology, Software Seed 500K England, London, United Kingdom
The Leaf Protein Company 12 Jun 2024 Biotechnology, Food and Beverage, Nutrition, Agriculture Seed 620K South Australia, Adelaide, Australia

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