Aaron is the Program Manager at Big Idea Ventures in New York. Previously, he worked at the University of Michigan, his alma mater, where he led marketing and designed sustainability initiatives for their food service enterprise, including a Plant-Forward Menus program. Before that he worked in plant-based and sustainable food startups in business development.

He has a Bachelor’s in Food Systems from the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability.

Abby is a Vice President for Big Idea Ventures in New York. Prior to this she 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.

She holds a degree in Finance and Data Science from NYU’s Stern School of Business.

Adrien Villalonga is the Program Associate at Big Idea Ventures in Paris. Prior to this he worked as a financial auditor for Mazars and as a venture capital analyst for two early-stage venture capital funds. Additionally, he has experience in Supply Chain Management in the aerospace sector.

Adrien holds a Bachelor’s in Business Administration from ESSEC Business School (Paris) and a CEMS Master’s in International Management from ESADE (Barcelona).

Andrew D. Ive, Founder and Managing General Partner, created Big Idea Ventures to solve the world’s biggest challenges by supporting the world’s best entrepreneurs. He has invested in more early stage / pre-seed food companies than any other investor worldwide. Investors in New Protein Fund I include a variety of investors such as Tyson Foods & Temasek.

Andrew serves on the Advisory Board for Tufts Nutrition Council, is a Friedman School Entrepreneurship Advisor, previously served on the Small Business Council Board of the Department of Trade and Industry advising the UK Government on entrepreneurship and high growth companies. A Harvard Business School graduate and Procter & Gamble brand management trained.

Ben is the Channel Director for Big Idea Ventures based in Singapore. Prior to joining Big Idea Ventures he worked in Strategic Partnerships at Grab in Singapore. Ben’s background is in F&B as both a chef and consultant, working in fine dining in New York as well as opening a number of restaurants in Hong Kong. In addition, he has experience in food supply chain and distribution and business development.

He holds a B.S in General Studies with a Music minor from Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Ben is an in-house resource for strategic corporate sponsorships, culinary development and regional F&B networks in SE Asia.

Christian is currently the Managing Partner, Asia for Big Idea Ventures. Prior to this he was a seasoned operator with experience in bringing US based startups to Asia. His first startup was at AdMob which was acquired by Google for US$750MM. The second startup was JUST where he was the 1st employee internationally. Recently he was at Domo where he joined pre-IPO as the 1st employee in Southeast Asia. The company IPO on NASDAQ in 2018. He also worked at Google and Microsoft.

He is attending the University of Oxford, Master of Science program.

Christian is an in-house resource for the portfolio on all matters related to scaling operations.

Christine Livet is the Special Projects Manager at Big Idea Ventures. Prior to BIV, she worked as management consultant supporting start-ups, corporates and investors across Africa mainly in food, agriculture and renewable energy. She also co-founded a development sector consultancy advising donor and NGO clients to design and implement market development programs.

Christine has a BA Honours in International Development from the University of Ottawa and is currently an MBA student at London Business School.

Dr. Dalal is the Program Director for Big Idea Ventures in Singapore. Prior to this, she established the first Food Technology Accelerator Program in Hong Kong and collectively worked with global food tech startups, with special focus on plant-based protein alternatives, cellular-agriculture, sustainability, smart kitchen equipment, med-tech and Big Data and Software analytics. She has several publications in top tier peer reviewed journals including Lipids, Immunology & Plos One.

She has a PhD in Food Science and Food Biotechnology from University of Hong Kong, MSc Biomedical Sciences from Manchester Metropolitan University, and a BSc, Biomedical Sciences from The University of Manchester.

Dr. Dalal is an in-house resource for the portfolio on all matters related to food science.

Emily is the Director of Investor Relations at Big Idea Ventures. Previously, she led strategic growth at Vokal, a digital consultancy. Prior to that, she was an associate with Tyson Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Tyson Foods, where her investment focus areas included alternative proteins, sustainability improvements, and technology-enabled operational enhancements. Additionally, she has experience in public health research and health education.

She has a Bachelor of Science in Public Health from UNC-Chapel Hill and a Master of Management Studies from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.

Henrietta is the Program Director for Big Idea Ventures in Paris. Prior to this, she worked in FMCG firms including Danone, Mondelez International and L’Oreal where she launched more than 100 products to market in categories as diverse as food, beauty and infant formula in more than 30 countries. She is also a registered nutritionist with her research on the Mediterranean Diet published in Maturitas and Proceedings of the Nutrition Society.

She holds a Bsc Hons in Food and Human Nutrition from Newcastle University and an MBA from INSEAD.

Kitty is the Program Associate at Big Idea Ventures in New York. Previously, she worked at Quake Capital’s New York & LA offices, where she organised 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.

Yulin is an Strategic Development Manager at Big Idea Ventures. She works in Singapore and Shanghai to support our portfolio companies in Asia. Previously she worked in the strategy team at Cargill’s Singapore and Shanghai offices, where she helped with market entry and business development strategies in protein and food additives, with China as the focus market. Before that, she worked at DBS Bank on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) matters and at PwC Singapore to support MNCs in leveraging opportunities arising from China’s Belt-and-Road Initiative.

She holds a double degree in Business Administration and Economics from National University of Singapore.

Marion Bazille is the Program Manager for BIV Paris. Graduated with a master’s degree from Paris Dauphine University, she has more than 3 years experience advising impactful organisations in their growth journey. Prior to BIV, she worked for Business France, the Trade Department of the French Embassy in London, developing sales strategies for the agtech and foodtech sectors and advising entrepreneurs and founders in their international development. She also has experience working for Sanofi analysing future growth opportunities.

Mia is the Program Director at Big Idea Ventures In New York. Prior to this she 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.

Romit is the Marketing Associate for Big Idea Ventures in Singapore. Prior to joining Big Idea Ventures, Romit comes from a strong marketing and design background in the creative industry, as editor-in-chief and creative director of international fashion magazine Cool Australia. Romit is also passionate about the fitness and health industry, where he is actively involved as a trained athlete and spin instructor. A true advocate for the wider wellness industry, Romit believes that nutrition is an exceptionally influential consumer market of the future. With rising health concerns playing a major threat to human well-being, Romit aspires to educate and inspire the world with a more nutritious, sustainable and empowering lifestyle. Romit also graduated from the University of Melbourne, with a double major in Management and Marketing.

Tom is the Chief Investment Officer for Big Idea Ventures. Prior to this, he was a Founding Partner/Chief Financial Officer of Tyson Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Tyson Foods. While at Tyson, he led investments in Beyond Meat, Clear Labs, FoodLogiQ, Future Meat Technologies, Memphis Meats, MycoTechnology, New Wave Foods and Tovala.

He graduated from Villanova University with a BS, Accountancy. Tom has a CPA license (State of New York).

Tom is an in-house resource for the portfolio on all matters related to accountancy.

Yi Ting is the Program Manager with Big Idea Ventures in Singapore. Prior to this she has worked experience in events, programs and social media management in National Parks Board and the Jane Goodall Institute.

She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Life Sciences from National University of Singapore with a specialisation in Environmental Biology.

Andrew D. Ive, Founder and Managing General Partner, created Big Idea Ventures to solve the world’s biggest challenges by supporting the world’s best entrepreneurs. He has invested in more early stage / pre-seed food companies than any other investor worldwide. Investors in New Protein Fund I include a variety of investors such as Tyson Foods & Temasek.

Andrew serves on the Advisory Board for Tufts Nutrition Council, is a Friedman School Entrepreneurship Advisor, previously served on the Small Business Council Board of the Department of Trade and Industry advising the UK Government on entrepreneurship and high growth companies. A Harvard Business School graduate and Procter & Gamble brand management trained.

Christian is currently the Managing Partner, Asia for Big Idea Ventures. Prior to this he was a seasoned operator with experience in bringing US based startups to Asia. His first startup was at AdMob which was acquired by Google for US$750MM. The second startup was JUST where he was the 1st employee internationally. Recently he was at Domo where he joined pre-IPO as the 1st employee in Southeast Asia. The company IPO on NASDAQ in 2018. He also worked at Google and Microsoft.

He is attending the University of Oxford, Master of Science program.

Christian is an in-house resource for the portfolio on all matters related to scaling operations.

Tom is the Chief Investment Officer for Big Idea Ventures. Prior to this, he was a Founding Partner/Chief Financial Officer of Tyson Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Tyson Foods. While at Tyson, he led investments in Beyond Meat, Clear Labs, FoodLogiQ, Future Meat Technologies, Memphis Meats, MycoTechnology, New Wave Foods and Tovala.

He graduated from Villanova University with a BS, Accountancy. Tom has a CPA license (State of New York).

Tom is an in-house resource for the portfolio on all matters related to accountancy.

Aaron is the Program Manager at Big Idea Ventures in New York. Previously, he worked at the University of Michigan, his alma mater, where he led marketing and designed sustainability initiatives for their food service enterprise, including a Plant-Forward Menus program. Before that he worked in plant-based and sustainable food startups in business development.

He has a Bachelor’s in Food Systems from the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability.

Abby is a Vice President for Big Idea Ventures in New York. Prior to this she 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.

She holds a degree in Finance and Data Science from NYU’s Stern School of Business.

Andrew D. Ive, Founder and Managing General Partner, created Big Idea Ventures to solve the world’s biggest challenges by supporting the world’s best entrepreneurs. He has invested in more early stage / pre-seed food companies than any other investor worldwide. Investors in New Protein Fund I include a variety of investors such as Tyson Foods & Temasek.

Andrew serves on the Advisory Board for Tufts Nutrition Council, is a Friedman School Entrepreneurship Advisor, previously served on the Small Business Council Board of the Department of Trade and Industry advising the UK Government on entrepreneurship and high growth companies. A Harvard Business School graduate and Procter & Gamble brand management trained.

Kitty is the Program Associate at Big Idea Ventures in New York. Previously, she worked at Quake Capital’s New York & LA offices, where she organised 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.

Mia is the Program Director at Big Idea Ventures In New York. Prior to this she 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.

Tom is the Chief Investment Officer for Big Idea Ventures. Prior to this, he was a Founding Partner/Chief Financial Officer of Tyson Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Tyson Foods. While at Tyson, he led investments in Beyond Meat, Clear Labs, FoodLogiQ, Future Meat Technologies, Memphis Meats, MycoTechnology, New Wave Foods and Tovala.

He graduated from Villanova University with a BS, Accountancy. Tom has a CPA license (State of New York).

Tom is an in-house resource for the portfolio on all matters related to accountancy.

Adrien Villalonga is the Program Associate at Big Idea Ventures in Paris. Prior to this he worked as a financial auditor for Mazars and as a venture capital analyst for two early-stage venture capital funds. Additionally, he has experience in Supply Chain Management in the aerospace sector.

Adrien holds a Bachelor’s in Business Administration from ESSEC Business School (Paris) and a CEMS Master’s in International Management from ESADE (Barcelona).

Christine Livet is the Special Projects Manager at Big Idea Ventures. Prior to BIV, she worked as management consultant supporting start-ups, corporates and investors across Africa mainly in food, agriculture and renewable energy. She also co-founded a development sector consultancy advising donor and NGO clients to design and implement market development programs.

Christine has a BA Honours in International Development from the University of Ottawa and is currently an MBA student at London Business School.

Henrietta is the Program Director for Big Idea Ventures in Paris. Prior to this, she worked in FMCG firms including Danone, Mondelez International and L’Oreal where she launched more than 100 products to market in categories as diverse as food, beauty and infant formula in more than 30 countries. She is also a registered nutritionist with her research on the Mediterranean Diet published in Maturitas and Proceedings of the Nutrition Society.

She holds a Bsc Hons in Food and Human Nutrition from Newcastle University and an MBA from INSEAD.

Marion Bazille is the Program Manager for BIV Paris. Graduated with a master’s degree from Paris Dauphine University, she has more than 3 years experience advising impactful organisations in their growth journey. Prior to BIV, she worked for Business France, the Trade Department of the French Embassy in London, developing sales strategies for the agtech and foodtech sectors and advising entrepreneurs and founders in their international development. She also has experience working for Sanofi analysing future growth opportunities.

Andrew D. Ive, Founder and Managing General Partner, created Big Idea Ventures to solve the world’s biggest challenges by supporting the world’s best entrepreneurs. He has invested in more early stage / pre-seed food companies than any other investor worldwide. Investors in New Protein Fund I include a variety of investors such as Tyson Foods & Temasek.

Andrew serves on the Advisory Board for Tufts Nutrition Council, is a Friedman School Entrepreneurship Advisor, previously served on the Small Business Council Board of the Department of Trade and Industry advising the UK Government on entrepreneurship and high growth companies. A Harvard Business School graduate and Procter & Gamble brand management trained.

Ben is the Channel Director for Big Idea Ventures based in Singapore. Prior to joining Big Idea Ventures he worked in Strategic Partnerships at Grab in Singapore. Ben’s background is in F&B as both a chef and consultant, working in fine dining in New York as well as opening a number of restaurants in Hong Kong. In addition, he has experience in food supply chain and distribution and business development.

He holds a B.S in General Studies with a Music minor from Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Ben is an in-house resource for strategic corporate sponsorships, culinary development and regional F&B networks in SE Asia.

Christian is currently the Managing Partner, Asia for Big Idea Ventures. Prior to this he was a seasoned operator with experience in bringing US based startups to Asia. His first startup was at AdMob which was acquired by Google for US$750MM. The second startup was JUST where he was the 1st employee internationally. Recently he was at Domo where he joined pre-IPO as the 1st employee in Southeast Asia. The company IPO on NASDAQ in 2018. He also worked at Google and Microsoft.

He is attending the University of Oxford, Master of Science program.

Christian is an in-house resource for the portfolio on all matters related to scaling operations.

Dr. Dalal is the Program Director for Big Idea Ventures in Singapore. Prior to this, she established the first Food Technology Accelerator Program in Hong Kong and collectively worked with global food tech startups, with special focus on plant-based protein alternatives, cellular-agriculture, sustainability, smart kitchen equipment, med-tech and Big Data and Software analytics. She has several publications in top tier peer reviewed journals including Lipids, Immunology & Plos One.

She has a PhD in Food Science and Food Biotechnology from University of Hong Kong, MSc Biomedical Sciences from Manchester Metropolitan University, and a BSc, Biomedical Sciences from The University of Manchester.

Dr. Dalal is an in-house resource for the portfolio on all matters related to food science.

Yulin is an Strategic Development Manager at Big Idea Ventures. She works in Singapore and Shanghai to support our portfolio companies in Asia. Previously she worked in the strategy team at Cargill’s Singapore and Shanghai offices, where she helped with market entry and business development strategies in protein and food additives, with China as the focus market. Before that, she worked at DBS Bank on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) matters and at PwC Singapore to support MNCs in leveraging opportunities arising from China’s Belt-and-Road Initiative.

She holds a double degree in Business Administration and Economics from National University of Singapore.

Yi Ting is the Program Manager with Big Idea Ventures in Singapore. Prior to this she has worked experience in events, programs and social media management in National Parks Board and the Jane Goodall Institute.

She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Life Sciences from National University of Singapore with a specialisation in Environmental Biology.