The shortlisted start-ups are in the running to win $15,000 Jury’s Prize and/or the $5,000 Audience Prize at the Finale. Food Loss Challenge Asia announces the 20 start-ups who will take centre stage on Pitch Day, 26 October 2018 in Singapore with the Top-5 going to the Finale on 15 November 2018. Through[Read More…]
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Alchemy FoodTech raises funds for tackling diabetes
The funding will fuel its next stage of technology and product development, talent acquisition and manufacturing capabilities. Singapore based foodtech startup, Alchemy FoodTech, has secured a seven-digit investment in a pre-series A round led by Heritas Capital Management, and co-led by Seeds Capital, the investment arm of Enterprise Singapore. According[Read More…]
MATCh Selects 2018 Finalists
Top agritech startups to showcase their solutions at Greater Mekong Subregion Leaders Summit in Ha Noi The Mekong Agritech Accelerator (MATCh) has announced that 23 startups have been invited to join its 2018 program. The cohort includes 13 startups from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Viet Nam, as well 10[Read More…]
Dahmakan acquires Polpa to enter Thailand
Dahmakan recently received a $2.6 million round of funding earmarked for its expansion into new markets. Dahmakan, a vertically-integrated Malaysian meal delivery startup, has acquired Polpa to enter Bangkok. Dahmakan was the first Malaysian startup to participate in Y Combinator and recently received a $2.6 million round of funding earmarked for its expansion into[Read More…]
Cargill launches new food startup initiative
The Techstars Farm to Fork Accelerator will be based in Minneapolis–Saint Paul. Cargill has collaborated with startup accelerator network Techstars, and water, hygiene, and energy technology provider Ecolab to launch a new initiative to identify and support entrepreneurs and startups that offer unique concepts and products involving agriculture, food-oriented digital technology, food[Read More…]
Singapore firm uses plants to develop meat alternative
Tentatively called Veego, it is possibly the closest made-in-Singapore product to clean meat, which has generated excitement abroad among high-profile investors. With a protein-rich offering derived from plants, but which tastes like chicken, a local start-up has set its sights on pleasing meat eaters while incurring a smaller environmental footprint.[Read More…]
Flying Spark joins IKEA startup camp
The mission is to encourage start-ups that are working to solve some of the world’s most pressing problems. Flying SpArk Ltd., a new insect-protein producer, will join the first “IKEA Bootcamp” start-up accelerator. The launch of this unique boot camp generated more than 1,200 applications from 86 different countries, but[Read More…]
IndieDish announced as winner at Echelon Thailand 2017
IndieDish optimises its logistics algorithm by using a pre-order system. IndieDish was announced winner of the TOP 100 Fight Club Thailand at Echelon Thailand 2017, an enriching two-day tech conference organised by e27, in collaboration with Startup Thailand and the National Innovation Agency. Echelon Thailand 2017 is a digital insight,[Read More…]
Alibaba to lead $1b round into Chinese food delivery startup
Alibaba and its finance affiliate, Ant Financial, are in talks to lead a round of at least US$1 billion into Ele.me, one of China’s leading food delivery startups. Alibaba and its finance affiliate, Ant Financial, are in talks to lead a round of at least US$1 billion into Ele.me, one[Read More…]
