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Singapore, the place to start and grow a cellular agriculture startup
A country that imports over 90% of its food supply, Singapore has turned to foodtech, including cellular agriculture, to safeguard food security, supported by proactive regulators
SwissDeCode: Portable DNA test kits detect food contamination within minutes
DNAFoil, the startup’s rapid and accurate on-site food safety testing kit, can be deployed by non-expert staff after a few hours of training, with no need for lab equipment
Gojek and Tokopedia merge to form GoTo
The new entity, now Indonesia’s largest tech group, plans to go public in Indonesia and the US, targeting a $40bn valuation
Carbo Culture: Adapting indigenous techniques to remove and store CO2
By turning biomass into biochar, the startup’s technology locks carbon into a stable, solid form, with a storage life of over 2,000 years
CoRTP: Building sustainable supply chains with returnable packaging
The Shanghai-based startup’s award-winning returnable transit packaging reduced carbon emissions in 2020 by 250,000 tons, and the figure is estimated to reach 8m by 2030
Healthy eating: The Southeast Asian startups making it a breeze
From meal plans to novel ingredients, agriculture and foodtech startups in the region are developing new ways to improve nutrition without sacrificing taste
Oyika wants to help 30,000 Indonesian riders switch to electric motorcycles
With unlimited battery swaps and round-the-clock service, the Singapore startup is targeting ride-hailing and delivery drivers in Indonesia, a market with a growing appetite for electric motorcycles
Farmer Connect: Blockchain powered platform tracing coffee beans from field to cup
Farmer Connect’s platform enables consumers to trace the origin, quality and ethical footprint of a product by just scanning a QR code
Oscillum: The intelligent label to reduce food waste
The Spanish biotech startup has developed sensors embedded in biodegradable plastic labels to monitor “product freshness” beyond expiration dates, helping consumers to avoid food waste and save money
Accelerating Asia's Amra Naidoo: We’re at an inflection point in Southeast Asia
Accelerating Asia’s co-founder Amra Naidoo reveals how the program adapts its curriculum to meet startups’ needs and the challenges accelerator programs face during the pandemic
Qairos Energies: Mass producing green hydrogen from industrial hemp
The French startup is seeking a €19m Series B round to produce industrial quantities of green hydrogen and is planning a “circular economy” partnership with local farmers
Meatable: Cell-based meat startup secures $47m Series A for scalable technology
The Dutch startup offers a pioneering technology for quickly scaling cell-based meat production while eliminating the need for animal-derived growth media
Indonesian edtechs attract funding even as students head back to school
With services that complement and support conventional schools at a fraction of offline tuition cost, edtech companies are likely to continue growing
TurtleTree Labs: Creating sustainable mammalian milk alternatives from stem cells
Founder’s search for high-quality dairy milk led to the creation in a lab of naturally occurring ingredients found in human milk for supply to dairy milk and infant formula businesses
Mycorena: Fungi-based vegan protein challenging traditional plant-based ingredients
Award-winning Swedish biotech startup is scaling production of mycoprotein to become a key player in the emerging market for functional proteins
