“In industries like aerospace and manufacturing, Singapore provides vital components for other countries. There’s no reason we can’t do the same for alt-proteins.”
It has just launched a burger made from house crickets plus a few plant-based ingredients; consumers couldn’t differentiate it from beef, the startup claims.
Robinhood is going head to head with unicorns Gojek and Grab – but believes it can better serve “the small guys” who run most of kingdom’s restaurants.
Ho Ren Hua, CEO at Bangkok-based Thai Wah, shares how the 70 year-old starch and noodle manufacturer is embracing technology and the startup ecosystem.
The SoftBank CEO is “stepping up pressure” on Anthony Tan, co-founder and CEO at Singapore-based Grab, to work out a “ceasefire” with his counterparts at Gojek.
Singapore Food Bowl is our fully-online impact accelerator program aimed at building a more resilient, sustainable, and decentralized agrifood system.
AFN meets 3 startups bringing more efficiency and sustainability to the agrifood supply chain, with blockchain, coconut husks, and cold storage in the mix.
The Indonesian startup seeks to optimize land and sea transportation, freight forwarding, warehousing, and cold storage for clients including Unilever and Indofood.
Focused on food resilience, sustainability, and health, Pivot East will help UK and EU startups test-run their entry into Asia Pacific using Singapore as a springboard.
While the bulk of funding went to downstream categories in 2019, startups in the middle of the agrifood value chain are attracting more and more interest.
Infrastructure, crop cultivation, and logistics and distribution are set to be the leading areas for funding in the years ahead, says East Ventures partner Melisa Irene.
GROW’s first Singapore Food Bowl cohort specializes in areas including urban farming, ‘clean meat’ production, and food waste valorization.
Singapore Economic Development Board’s John Eng says the city-state’s “unique” ecosystem of agrifood corporates and startups is winning investors over.
Shiok Meats has just raised another $3 million in bridge funding as it sets its sights on commercialization of its cultured seafood products.
Between them, Singapore and Indonesia raised over five times the funding of all the other ASEAN countries put together.
Food delivery services are bigger than ever, as locked-down consumers turn to apps for meals and groceries. But the economic outlook for service providers remains tough.
The Singapore-based unicorn is extending its order-anything ‘super app’ platform to the region’s farmers, fishermen, and food traders to keep things ticking as Covid-19 continues.
Agrocorp, which recently made a groundbreaking $12m blockchain wheat trade, will use the funds to “ensure a continuous flow of food from farmers to end-consumers.”
Facebook’s first investment in an Indonesian company has echoes of its $5.7 billion Jio deal in India earlier this year.
E-commerce demand has skyrocketed, while local farmers and growers are picking up a lot of the slack in supply chains, says the man in charge of RedMart.
