Olam secures $176m financing to foster digital adoption among Asian smallholders
The Singapore-based agribusiness became the first-ever recipient of a ‘Digital Loan’ based on Boston Consulting Group’s digital maturity index last year.
The Singapore-based agribusiness became the first-ever recipient of a ‘Digital Loan’ based on Boston Consulting Group’s digital maturity index last year.
This first-of-its-kind accelerator program brings industry and startups together to build more resilient local agrifood ecosystems in the wake of Covid-19.
GROW becomes an accredited mentor partner for the Singapore government program, while launching its ‘Pre Accelerator’ for “very early stage” startups.
Growthwell, which has been making ‘mock meats’ for the Southeast Asian market since 1989, is looking to ride the plant-based new wave.
The food reformulation startup will use the funding to hire more scientists, build out tech infrastructure, and expand R&D capabilities internationally to combat metabolic disease with healthier food.
Hyperledger Fabric tech allowed the agribiz giants to settle a North America-Southeast Asia transaction that would normally take a month in just five hours.
The ’30×30 Express’ grant program will fund local agrifood players – including urban farmers – who can increase domestic output of eggs, fish, and leafy vegetables.
The Singaporean startup’s blockchain platform offers enhanced supply chain visibility to the fruit industry – and it has Latin America in its sights.
Agrifood tech accelerator GROW and VC firm AgFunder will work with the UNDP’s Global Centre to select successful entries for its Cultiv@te innovation challenge.
As global aquaculture grows in scale and intensity, and governments wise up to the need to regulate it more closely, there’s plenty of call for technology that can foster supply chain transparency while boosting yields, improving welfare, and cranking down on costs. Step in Wittaya Aqua.
Executives said that the freshly-launched ASA — the Aquaculture Station by Adisseo, to use its full name — will focus on nutrition, aquatic animal health, and aquatic science technologies.
Agri-food tech events all too often fall victim to an extremely irritating shortcoming — the food served is bland and unimaginative. Thankfully, that stodgy fate did not await delegates at this year’s Asia-Pacific Agri-Food Innovation Week in Singapore.
We caught up with Lee ahead of the Rethink Agrifood Innovation Week in Singapore later this month to find about how Singapore is positioning itself as an agri-foodtech hub in Asia and globally.
1.3 billion tons of food is lost or wasted, yearly, and it costs the global community $1 trillion dollars in losses. What’s the world doing to stop this?
This week, we speak to another startup selected by the GROW accelerator, SinGrow. It aims to solve the issue of the lack of a good strawberry in Singapore.
The Yelp for vegans is here. And it has $2.6m in its pocket. abillionveg is on a mission to capture $1bn in animal welfare causes and one billion users.
A drive across this city-state takes less than getting from San Francisco airport to Silicon Valley. But Singapore’s making up for its lack of space by making it easier for startups to access funding and resources, as a Singapore foodtech startup ecosystem stars to grow.
Christine Pitt is executive director of GROW, the new foodtech and agtech accelerator we’ve launched with Rocket Seeder in Singapore. (Applications are now open until August 19 so apply now!)
Applications are now open for GROW, the first agri-foodtech accelerator program in Singapore, and judging by the number of applications we’ve had already, everyone’s pretty excited about it!
At the heart of the ASEAN region, Singapore is in a unique position when it comes to creating an ecosystem for startup innovation and success.