Andrew D. Ive, Big Idea Ventures
Andrew D. Ive
Managing General Partner
Big Idea Ventures

Andrew founded Big Idea Ventures to help solve the world's biggest challenges by supporting the world's best entrepreneurs, scientists, and engineers. Andrew is responsible for investing and building companies across technology sectors, including Food and Agriculture. Andrew works with investors, corporations, and governments to invest and build the most transformative companies and ecosystems around the world. Andrew built the world's first food tech accelerator in NYC, investing and supporting young food companies globally. Andrew is a Harvard Business School graduate and an advisor for the Tufts Nutrition Council and the Friedman School of Entrepreneurship. Advisor to the Founder’s Institute in Zurich; mentor to the Food Tech Accelerator in Italy & Oxford Entrepreneurs in UK. Andrew has started and grown many companies and began his career in brand management with Procter & Gamble. Andrew has invested in more early-stage / pre-seed food companies than most other investors worldwide. Big Idea Ventures has teams and offices in New York, Singapore and Paris.