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Tom Mastrobuoni

Chief Investment Officer at Big Idea Ventures - Generation Food Rural Partners | New Protein Fund | BIV Strategic Opportunities Fund

Essex County, New Jersey

Investor
VC

Invests in

Locations:

New Jersey

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Skills

Certified Public Accountant
Chartered Global Management Accountant
Fundraising
Fund Formation
Valuation
Financial Reporting
Equities
CPA
Accounting
Mutual Funds
Internal Audit
Private Equity
Cash Management
Managerial Finance
Auditing
Finance
Investments
Budgets
Venture Capital
Business Planning

Education

  • Bachelor of Science

    VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY

    (1998 - 2000)

  • Don Bosco Preparatory High School

    (1991 - 1995)

Investments

Supercharger

Seed

Total Funding: $1M

PlantBaby

Seed

Total Funding: $4M

Wild Earth

Series A

Total Funding: $36M

New Wave Foods

Series A

Total Funding: $18M

Work Experience

Bayou Best Foods

2024

  • Board Member

    2024

Supercharger

2024

  • Board Observer

    2024

PlantSustain, Inc.

2024

  • Board Member

    2024

BioCloak, Inc.

2024

  • Board Member

    2024

DisSolves

2024

  • Board Member

    2024

BioBond Adhesives, Inc.

2023

  • Member Board of Directors

    2023

TerraSafe Materials, Inc.

2023

  • Board Member

    2023

Big Idea Ventures

2019

  • Chief Investment Officer

    2020

  • Venture Partner

    2020 - 2020

    Big Idea Ventures is focused on solving the world's greatest challenges by backing the world's best entrepreneurs. I will be heading up BIV's second fund effort aimed at transforming the food industry.

  • Advisory Board Member

    2019 - 2019

Advance Vixeid Partners

2015

  • Senior Advisor (former Chief Financial Officer)

    2015

    Senior financial officer responsible for firm operations and accounting and reporting. Advance Vixeid Partners ("AVP") is an independent venture capital firm that combines the disciplined approach of an institutional growth equity investor with the strategic insights, access and impact made possible by a high-value strategic partner. We call this unique approach to investing Strategic Growth Capital. AVP invests in early growth companies at the intersection of technology, media and marketing that can benefit from the firm’s strategic relationship with Advance Publications, Inc. ("Advance") - one of the world’s premier global media franchises and AVP's lead investor.

Villanova School of Business

2019

  • Guest Lecturer

    2019

    Guest lecturer providing insights into corporate venture capitalism