THE TEAM
Join us on this journey to solve the world's greatest challenges
ANDREW D IVE
Andrew is the most active seed investor in food with 50+ investments globally.
Andrew is a Board Member at Tufts Nutrition Council, is Procter & Gamble Brand Management trained, and has an MBA from Harvard Business School.
CHRISTIAN CADEO
Managing Partner at Big Idea Ventures. Prior two exits from start-ups (AdMob and Domo). 1st employee outside USA in 2014 with JUST. Also did some time at Google and Microsoft.
Check out Christian Cadeo at LinkedIn
QAYNAT SHARMAL
Qaynat is a Partner at BIV's Singapore office.
Ex-Google, focused on APAC Marketing and Product Management. Senior Marketing Manager at SABMiller, building new brands
Managed sales, distribution and marketing at Britannia (India’s largest food company).
MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode. BE in Electronics Engineering
ABBY LYALL
Abby Lyall is the Program Director for Big Idea Ventures' NYC accelerator, where she focuses on identifying top plant-based and alternative protein companies for investment and helping founders grow and scale their businesses. Prior to joining the BIV team, Abby was a Senior Associate and founding team member at Quake Capital, an industry agnostic VC and accelerator program with four locations across the US. She has previously founded a company in the edtech space and holds a degree in Finance and Data Science from NYU's Stern School of Business.
MIA MEDICUS
Mia Medicus is the Program Manager at Big Idea Ventures.
She previously worked as an analyst for an NYC-based family office where she assisted in research and strategy as well as operations for several internally managed direct investments. She holds a degree in Economics from Hobart and William Smith Colleges and is a member of Omicron Delta Epsilon, the International Honor Society for Economics.
Fun Facts: Wannabe DJ. Once-avid figure skater.
Greatest Weaknesses: Matcha lattes. Corgis. Black Mirror.
KITTY LIANG
Kitty Liang is the Program Associate at BIV's New York office. Previously, she worked at Quake Capital's New York & LA offices, where she organized events, was in charge of design, university programs, and helped with accelerator operations.
She has a B.S in Management and Sustainable Business and a minor in Studio Art from New York University's Stern School of Business
Fun Facts: Reformed golfer. Fan of mixology and good design.
Greatest Weaknesses: Bubble tea. Nice people.
Find Kitty on LinkedIn
PATRICIA FOO
Patricia is the Program Manager in Singapore.
Previously, she worked at Antler running marketing and PR; Antler is one of the most prominent tech accelerators in Asia. She has also worked for TED in Australia.
Degree in Political Science and Government with Minor in International Law and Legal from the University of Melbourne
DR. DALAL ALGHAWAS
Dr.Dalal is part of BIV's technical team. She is a scientific Advisor to Swiss Vanquest AG in Switzerland, and conducted research and development for The Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences.
She has a PhD in Food Science and Technology from University of Hong Kong, a Master of Science in Biological and Biomedical Sciences, The Manchester Metropolitan University and a BSc, Biological and Biomedical Science, The University of Manchester
DR. MATTHEW ZHAO
Dr. Matthew is part of BIV's technical team.
He is a food technologist at Food Innovation Resource Centre and a Project Engineer at Essential Engineering & Construction focused on designing process/packaging for food/chemical plants.
Microbiology laboratory at SATS
He has a PhD in Food Technology at Massey University and a BA with honours in Food Technology at Massey University
