Investor profile
Mary Kay James
Accelerator, Venture capital & Chief Executive Officer at Big Idea Ventures
Mary Kay James works as a Chief Executive Officer at Big Idea Ventures. The firm's known portfolio counts 10 companies.
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Investment focus
- Sector
- ClimateFoodHealthcare
Contacts
Affiliated funds' portfolios
Chief Executive Officer at Big Idea Ventures, whose known portfolio counts 10 companies
- Standing Ovation
- Nutropy
- Perfat Technologies
- Motai Group
- Prozymi Biolabs
- CASSIE
- American Prime
- EarthKind Innovations
- Krokos Bio
- UpTerra
Investor Profile
Mary Kay James is listed against sectors Climate, Food and Healthcare, and focus areas AgriTech, Alt Protein, Biotech and Cellular Agriculture in the database.
Stage-wise, the deals at Big Idea Ventures cluster around Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A rounds.
The firm portfolio and the focus above give founders context on whether Mary Kay James matches their raise.
Colleagues at Big Idea Ventures
Andrew D Ive
Founder / Managing General Partner
New York City, United States
Tom Mastrobuoni
Chief Investment Officer
Essex County, United States
Oscar Hellier
Venture Associate, Strategy Consultant
United Kingdom
Dhanesh Alagarsamy
Investment Associate
Bengaluru, India
Marion Bazille
VC │ Big Idea Ventures
France
Elsa Swanson Sareen
Vice President
Albuquerque, United States
Emily Linett
Investor
Miami Beach, United States
Omar A.
Director
Los Angeles, United States
Adrien Villalonga
Senior Investment Associate
France
Frank Klemens
Managing Director
Philadelphia, United States
Frequently asked questions
Who is Mary Kay James?
Mary Kay James is an accelerator partner and venture capital investor based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, listed as Chief Executive Officer at Big Idea Ventures. The known portfolio of that firm counts 10 companies. That portfolio belongs to the firm, not to Mary Kay James personally.
What does Mary Kay James invest in?
Listed sectors include Climate, Food and Healthcare; listed focus areas include AgriTech, Alt Protein, Biotech and Cellular Agriculture. Those tags come from the portfolios of the firms this profile is attached to, so they read as a record of what has been backed rather than a stated preference for what comes next.
What stage does Mary Kay James invest at?
Big Idea Ventures appears in Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A rounds across its known deals, and Mary Kay James is listed there as Chief Executive Officer. Stage is the strongest single filter when you build a target list: an investor with no record at your stage rarely starts with you.
Which firm is Mary Kay James listed at?
Mary Kay James is listed as Chief Executive Officer at Big Idea Ventures. 10 other people in the database share a firm with Mary Kay James.
How do I contact Mary Kay James?
A LinkedIn page is on file for Mary Kay James. It is readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The database holds no email address and no phone number for this profile.
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