A leader in alt-meat investment, Tom Mastrobuoni has gleaned financial wisdom from, among other old-school industries, the conventional meat business. His perspective can help carry the ‘alt’ sector forward.
Mark Weinberg
As the chief investment officer of Big Idea Ventures, Tom Mastrobuoni oversees a host of alt-meat companies, including Innocent Meat, Bayou Best, Nexture Bio and New Wave Biotech, along with many other start-ups operating in the food- and agri-tech space.
What is less often mentioned in interviews with him, especially of late, is his experience in the conventional meat sector: Mastrobuoni was the founding partner and chief financial officer of Tyson Ventures, the…