Mary Grove spent 15 years at Google where she founded and scaled Google for Startups, deploying over $100M across 100+ countries, and now brings those global ecosystem-building lessons to her work as an investor at Bread and Butter Ventures. She has designed a structured corporate-VC collaboration model called the Bread & Butter Innovation Circle that connects portfolio startups with 15+ major corporations including 3M, General Mills, and Mayo Clinic for commercial pilots and potential acquisitions, while championing Minnesota's corporate density as a strategic advantage for startup growth. Mary Grove spent 15 years at Google where she founded and scaled Google for Startups, deploying over $100M across 100+ countries, and now brings those global ecosystem-building lessons to her work as an investor at Bread and Butter Ventures. She has designed a structured corporate-VC collaboration model called the Bread & Butter Innovation Circle that connects portfolio startups with 15+ major corporations including 3M, General Mills, and Mayo Clinic for commercial pilots and potential acquisitions, while championing Minnesota's corporate density as a strategic advantage for startup growth.