TurtleTree Scientific will be working with cell-based meat companies on the production of food grade growth factors Singapore based startup TurtleTree Labs has announced the launch of TurtleTree Scientific, dedicated to the growth of food grade growth factors. Despite the costs of producing cell-based meat declining over the years, the[Read More…]
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Plug and Play launches new food tech program in Thailand
To connect leading corporations, governments, and investors with the Plug and Play ecosystem which boasts over 20,000 startups Plug and Play Asia Pacific has announced that they will launch its first Southeast Asia’s Food and AgTech Accelerator Program in Bangkok on July 29, 2020. The program is dedicated to scaling the world’s most promising startups[Read More…]
Better Juice plans implemetation of sugar reduction technology
The pilot plant features the company’s sugar reduction process in a continuous flow technology that ensures a consistent, safe, and effective enzymatic process. Israel based Better Juice, Ltd., the first foodTech startup to develop innovative technology to reduce all types of sugars in orange juice, announces its patent-pending technology is[Read More…]
TurtleTree Labs raises $3.2 M in seed round
The company’s focus is on high value human breast milk followed by cow milk Singapore-based biotech company TurtleTree Labs has announced the completion of a fresh round of funding from global investors. TurtleTree Labs is the world’s first-cell based biotechnology company creating real milk from mammalian cells, without the need[Read More…]
Start-up Yemoja’s high-precision cultivation delivers customized microalgae
The start-up can produce algae-centered ingredients standardized to any bioactive compound or algae Israel based Marine ingredient start-up Yemoja, Ltd., has created a next-gen platform for cultivating customized, pharmaceutical grade microalgae on demand. The company utilizes a unique, high-precision fast-track photobioreactor technology, setting a new gold standard for microalgae production.[Read More…]
HungerBox Raises $12 Mn Aims For Expansion In Southeast Asia
Hungerbox has announced it has raised $12 million funding from Paytm, NPTK Emerging Asia and others. Existing investors like India-focused PE fund Sabre Partners and South Korea-based investment firm Neoplux also participated in the round, which makes hunger box raise $16.5 million to date. India’s largest B2B Food-Tech startup Hungerbox[Read More…]
Thai Union Group invests in alternative protein startup
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…]
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…]
