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 gran...
Announces 10 Founding Member CompaniesChinese 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 co...
Amatil X will scout for startups that address Coca-Cola Amatil’s business prioritiesCoca-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 capitalis...
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 mar...
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 ki...
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 l...
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 ...
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 Capita...
Top agritech startups to showcase their solutions at Greater Mekong Subregion Leaders Summit in Ha NoiThe 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 w...
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 r...
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...
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 eate...
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 applicat...
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.
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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 of China&rsquo...
