Andrew Ive
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 and his team is responsible for investing and building more than 100 companies in more than 30 countries across technology sectors, including Food, Agriculture and Synthetic Biology. 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 a decade ago, 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 any other investors worldwide. Big Idea Ventures has teams in New York, Singapore and Paris.
Sessions
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24-Sep-2024Za'abeel Hall 3Food Security and Climate Change - Global Food Access and Equity