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Big Idea Ventures Announces Appointment of Senior Advisors to Generation Food Rural Partners Fund
Big Idea Ventures, LLCMarch 2, 2021 GMT
NEW YORK, March 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Big Idea Ventures LLC today announces the appointment of Bette Brand, former Deputy Under Secretary for USDA Rural Development and Bill Northey, former Under Secretary for USDA Farm Production and Conservation as senior advisors to the General Food Rural Partners (GFRP) fund.
Recently launched, GFRP is a $125 million target fund that will drive economic development in rural communities through the commercialization of university-developed intellectual property. North Carolina State University is the fund’s inaugural collaborator.