Where does Don Thompson work?

Don Thompson is Partner at Cleveland Avenue and Board director at Beyond Meat.

What check size does Don Thompson write?

Don Thompson typically writes checks of $1M – $10M.

Where did Don Thompson go to school?

Don Thompson studied at Purdue University.

Don Thompson

Investor

Partner at Cleveland Avenue · Board director at Beyond Meat

Greater Chicago Area

Writes $1M – $10M checks

Find your path to Don

21 people in our graph share verified history with Don — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Fernando CarranzaunlockedDon: together at Cleveland Avenue (2023–2026)

×9Don: together at Cleveland Avenue

×2Don: together at Beyond Meat

About

Don Thompson, a former McDonald's CEO who began as an electrical engineer and grew up in Chicago's Cabrini-Green, backs diverse founders with his wife Liz through love-centered, multi-decade relationship investing.

Contact· self-published, not guessed

d•••@clevelandave.comreveal

Invests in

AgTechAI & Machine LearningDirect to ConsumerFoodTechRetail TechRobotics

Board director at Beyond Meat

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Beyond Meat's investors · 23

Blue Horizon CorporationZurich CAVU Consumer PartnersSanta Monica · $1M – $30M checks CAVU Venture PartnersNew York Cleveland AvenueChicago · $1M – $10M checks Collaborative FundNew York · $500K – $1M checks CPT CapitalLondon Dns CapitalChicago · $25M – $100M checks Evolution VC PartnersNew York GreatPoint VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $20M checks GroundForce CapitalVenice · $10M – $35M checks Kleiner PerkinsMenlo Park · $500K – $15M checks Lauder PartnersLos Altos MDT VenturesChicago Obvious VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $6M checks Powerplant VenturesManhattan Beach PROOFArlington S2G InvestmentsChicago · $1M – $5M checks Sand Hill AngelsMenlo Park · $50K – $2M checks · since 2017 Stray Dog CapitalLeawood · $100K – $1M checks Structural CapitalMenlo Park · $10M – $50M checks TriplePoint CapitalMenlo Park · $250K – $10M checks Union Grove Venture PartnersChapel Hill Unovis Asset ManagementSan Francisco

Co-founders at Beyond Meat

Ethan BrownFounder & CEO

Experience

Cleveland AvenueCEOcurrent2015 — present

Colleagues at Cleveland Avenue

Andy Zopp

Managing Partner at Cleveland Avenue

Evette Phillips Williams

Managing Director, Investor Relations & Chief of Staff at Cleveland Avenue

Harry Coaxum

Chief Operating Officer at Cleveland Avenue

Joseph Q. McCoy

President & General Counsel at Cleveland Avenue

Keith Kravcik

CIO at Cleveland Avenue

Lisa Merchant-Harrell

Chief Human Resources Officer at Cleveland Avenue

Liz Thompson

CEO, The CAFE Group at Cleveland Avenue

Mingu Lee

Managing Partner at Cleveland Avenue

Network5

Andrew Chen

General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz

Anna Mason

Managing Partner at Ingeborg Investments

Elizabeth Weil

Founder of Paperwheel Press, a letterpress print studio

Kelli N. Jones

Managing Partner at Sixty8 Capital

Laura Bordewieck Rippy

Board Director at Basecamp Fund

Investors connected to Don in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Don Thompson?: Don Thompson, a former McDonald's CEO who began as an electrical engineer and grew up in Chicago's Cabrini-Green, backs diverse founders with his wife Liz through love-centered, multi-decade relationship investing.
Where does Don Thompson work?: Don Thompson is Partner at Cleveland Avenue and Board director at Beyond Meat.
What does Don Thompson invest in?: Don Thompson invests in AgTech, AI & Machine Learning, Direct to Consumer, FoodTech, Retail Tech, Robotics.
What check size does Don Thompson write?: Don Thompson typically writes checks of $1M – $10M.
Where did Don Thompson go to school?: Don Thompson studied at Purdue University.

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