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Big Idea Ventures

Founders Andrew D. Ive

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Total investments 131
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$1M
Portfolio companies 98
Rounds per year 21.83
Lead investments 8
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.24
Exits 1
Key employees 2
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Food and Beverage
  • Food Processing
  • Biotechnology
  • Nutrition
  • Organic 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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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

New Wave Biotech

Biotechnology
Software
$500K19 Jul 2023 London, England, United Kingdom

Future Cow

Biotechnology
Food and Beverage
$200K19 May 2023 Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Aqua Cultured Foods

AgTech
Biotechnology
Food and Beverage
Food Processing
Sustainability
$5M06 Apr 2023 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Impossible Materials

$3M05 Apr 2023 -

Vacka

Food and Beverage
Food Processing
Manufacturing
Organic Food
$1M23 Feb 2023 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Multus Media

Agriculture
AgTech
Biotechnology
Machine Learning
$10M16 Jan 2023 London, England, United Kingdom

Thrilling Foods

Food and Beverage
Food Processing
Recipes
$550K01 Dec 2022 Portland, Oregon, United States

Cultimate Foods

Biotechnology
Food Processing
Product Research
$826K11 Nov 2022 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

NouBio Inc

Biotechnology
$200K01 Nov 2022 Los Angeles, California, United States
News
Actual Veggies Raises $2.3M in Funding

– NYC-based veggie burger maker Actual Veggies raised $2.3M in funding.
– Backers included Electric Feel Ventures, the venture arm of Post Malone’s management team, run by Austin Rosen, Big Idea Ventures, Rose Street Capital, pro-soccer player, and three-time FA Cup champion defender, Kieran Gibbs, and other strategic investors.
– The company will use the new capital to expand its product assortment, invest in new equipment to streamline production and boost brand awareness through increased marketing efforts.

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Total investments 131
Average round size 1M
Rounds per year 21.83
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 8
Follow on index 0.24
Exits 1
Group Appearance index 0.37

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

New Wave Biotech

Biotechnology
Software
$500K19 Jul 2023 London, England, United Kingdom

Future Cow

Biotechnology
Food and Beverage
$200K19 May 2023 Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Aqua Cultured Foods

AgTech
Biotechnology
Food and Beverage
Food Processing
Sustainability
$5M06 Apr 2023 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Impossible Materials

$3M05 Apr 2023 -

Vacka

Food and Beverage
Food Processing
Manufacturing
Organic Food
$1M23 Feb 2023 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Multus Media

Agriculture
AgTech
Biotechnology
Machine Learning
$10M16 Jan 2023 London, England, United Kingdom

Thrilling Foods

Food and Beverage
Food Processing
Recipes
$550K01 Dec 2022 Portland, Oregon, United States

Cultimate Foods

Biotechnology
Food Processing
Product Research
$826K11 Nov 2022 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

NouBio Inc

Biotechnology
$200K01 Nov 2022 Los Angeles, California, United States
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