Venture capital fund Big Idea Ventures has hired former GCV Rising Star and Tyson Ventures CFO Tom Mastrobuoni as a venture partner.

Tom Mastrobuoni has left his chief financial officer role at Tyson Ventures, US-based meat product supplier Tyson Foods’ corporate venturing arm, to join venture capital firm Big Idea Ventures (BIV).

Mastrobuoni joined Tyson Ventures in 2017 and the unit’s deals since then have included investments in alternative meat producer Beyond Meat, food supply chain monitoring service FoodLogiQ and shellfish substitute developer New Wave Foods.

Global Corporate Venturing named Mastrobuoni one of its Rising Stars in January…

Edison Fu

Edison Fu is a reporter and Asia liaison at Global Corporate Venturing.