Flying Spark raised investment from Thai Union to increase insect protein production Flying Spark Ltd., a FoodTech startup, and Thai Union Group PCL, one of the world’s largest seafood producers, headquartered in Thailand, are leveraging their expertise and capabilities to develop an important entry in the alternative protein market. Thai[Read More…]
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Singapore to become urban agri-tech hub by precision agriculture and urban farming
DiSTAP’s mission facilitates Singapore’s agricultural independence, ensures access to high-quality foods for the future, and will develop technology for global application Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT’s Research Enterprise in Singapore, aims to make Singapore a leader in precision agriculture and urban farming through association with researchers, engineers[Read More…]
Grow Asia Hackathon unearths new Agritech entrepreneurs to help farmers
Grow Asia, Corteva Agriscience, MUFG Bank, Ferrero and Enterprise Singapore partnered on the Grow Asia Hackathon to nurture data-driven solutions to benefit smallholder farmers; The three winners, Chektec, FutureFarmer and Ladang each received S$5,000 funding from the corporate partners Grow Asia, a multi-stakeholder partnership platform for agricultural development, on 23[Read More…]
RapidAIM wins $100,000 Future Food Asia award
The jury named RapidAIM from Australia as the winner for its real-time detection and monitoring solution that leverages on a network of sensors to provide updates to end users on the presence of pests starting with fruit flies. The Future Food Asia conference was hosted on June 3-4 in Singapore.[Read More…]
Future Food Asia announces 10 startup finalists for 2019
Future Food Asia is a first of its kind conference, bringing together the various stakeholders in AgriFood innovation with the goal of providing a comprehensive perspective on Asia Pacific’s role in the Future of Food. Future Food Asia announced the 10 finalists that will vie for a US$ 100,000 grand[Read More…]
Bits x Bites launches China Food Tech Hub
Announces 10 Founding Member Companies Chinese food tech VC Bits x Bites has created The China Food Tech Hub, a new model to foster cooperation between startups and corporations in collaboration with a multinational consortium of biotech firms, agricultural processors, flavor houses, consumer food companies. This consortium that includes Coca-Cola,[Read More…]
Coca-Cola Amatil ventures into Indonesia
Amatil X will scout for startups that address Coca-Cola Amatil’s business priorities Coca-Cola Amatil announced its corporate venture capital platform Amatil X would establish operations in Indonesia to help accelerate local startups and build entrepreneurial capability. The move aims to capitalise on Jakarta’s fast-growing reputation as the next startup capital[Read More…]
Delivery Hero to acquire Zomato’s food delivery business in UAE
Delivery Hero will also participate in Zomato’s latest funding round by investing USD 50 MM into Zomato’s global business to become a Top 10 shareholder and also enter into a material operational partnership agreement. Delivery Hero, one of the leading global online food ordering and delivery marketplaces has announced that[Read More…]
Purple Carrot Introduces New 5-Minute Plant-Based Breakfast and Lunch Options
Purple Carrot’s Extras are designed to ‘prep and go,’ each taking just five minutes to prepare. With a focus on delicious, simple, and healthy ingredients, these meals provide the right nutrients to power customers throughout their day. Purple Carrot, the first and only 100% plant-based meal kit company, is announcing[Read More…]
Ecozen wins Rabobank Food Loss Challenge Asia
The company is enabling the farm-to-fork movement of perishables by providing solar-based cold rooms at the farm level. Indian start-up Ecozen Solutions has won the inaugural Rabobank Food Loss Challenge Asia, which was launched to highlight agri-tech solutions to the growing global problem of food loss and wastage from farm-to-market.[Read More…]
