Big Idea Ventures Accelerator

Run by Big Idea Ventures.

Twice a year in New York City, Big Idea Ventures runs a five-month in-person accelerator for foodtech and agritech companies. Each company receives $200,000 in total — $125,000 in cash plus $75,000 of in-kind value-adds — with up to a further $2.5M in follow-on for top-performing portfolio companies. The equity percentage is not published on the programme's own site.

Investment

US$200,000 (Above North America median $100k · Above global median $61.3k)

Equity taken

Not disclosed

Duration

20 weeks (Longer than North America median 13 wks · At global median 20 wks)

Format

in person

Cadence

biannual

Location

New York City, United States

Sectors

• FoodTech
• AgriTech

How to apply

Official website

This programme has notes explaining its undisclosed figures, available in the full dataset.

Sources

Every figure above is taken from these pages, published by the programme or its parent organisation.

• https://bigideaventures.com/ read 2026-09-07 — supports cheque amount, cheque currency, cheque note, duration weeks, duration note, batch cadence, sectors, application url, format

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Last verified 2026-09-07.