Tom Mastrobuoni is Chief Investment Officer of Big Idea Ventures. The firm's team page states that before joining he was Founding Partner and Chief Financial Officer of Tyson Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Tyson Foods, and that while at Tyson "he led investments in Beyond Meat, Clear Labs, FoodLogiQ, Future Meat Technologies, Memphis Meats, MycoTechnology, New Wave Foods and Tovala". Global Venturing reported on 23 January 2020 that Big Idea Ventures had appointed him a venture partner the previous month and tasked him with leading the firm's second fund; his current title on the firm's team page is Chief Investment Officer. He is listed as a director of Generation Food Rural Partners I, LP in that fund's SEC Form D, and he is the person quoted in the firm's announcements about that fund, including its USDA Rural Business Investment Company licence and its first investment. He graduated from Villanova University with a BS in Accountancy and holds a CPA licence in the State of New York. The firm's team page describes him as an in-house resource for the portfolio on matters related to accountancy. No current board of directors seat is stated in any source read.
Education
BS, Accountancy, Villanova University
Previous Experience
Tyson Ventures - Founding Partner and Chief Financial Officer, the corporate venture capital arm of Tyson Foods
Appointed a venture partner at Big Idea Ventures in December 2019 and tasked with leading the firm's second fund, reported by Global Venturing on 23 January 2020.
2022
Named as Chief Investment Officer in the 15 February 2022 announcement of Frank Klemens's appointment to the Generation Food Rural Partners fund.
2023
Quoted as Chief Investment Officer at BIV in the 19 January 2023 announcement that the Generation Food Rural Partners fund received a Rural Business Investment Company licence from the USDA.
2023
Quoted as Chief Investment Officer of BIV in the 1 August 2023 announcement of TerraSafe Materials, the GFRP fund's first investment.
2025
Listed as a Director of Generation Food Rural Partners I, LP in the Form D/A filed 14 February 2025.
2025
Quoted as Chief Investment Officer at Big Idea Ventures in the 4 December 2025 announcement of the GFRP fund's investment in UpTerra.