FoodTech

ROLO Robotics, a Singapore-based food robotics company, has raised $3.45 million in an oversubscribed seed round led by BEENEXT.

Hangry, Indonesia’s largest multi-brand virtual restaurant, announced Wednesday that it has raised a total of $10.5 million in its Series A5 funding round, led by Alpha JWC Ventures.

The future of food isn’t about choosing between tradition and innovation – it’s about thoughtfully integrating the best of both worlds. Hybrid products offer us a bridge to that future, allowing incremental, pragmatic progress rather than waiting for perfect solutions.

Prefer, a Singapore-based food tech startup using fermentation to create affordable and sustainable flavors and ingredients, announced Wednesday an oversubscribed $4.2 million fundraising round alongside the commercial launch of its new products: soluble coffee and cocoa powders.

Singapore-based, Temasek-owned food technology company, Nurasa, and Protein Industries Canada have on last Friday announced a new international partnership to help Canadian companies expand into the fast-growing Asia-Pacific (APAC) market - one of the world’s most dynamic regions for plant-based food innovation.

Singapore-based, Temasek-owned food technology company Nurasa, and globally provider of chocolate and cocoa solutions Barry Callebaut, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to accelerate sustainable chocolate innovation in Asia Pacific.

DailyCo, an Indonesia-based multi-brand food and beverage (F&B) operator, has acquired Wadah Kuliner (Waku), a local F&B company offering catering and canteen management services for corporate and governmental clients.

PT Fore Kopi Indonesia Tbk (Fore Coffee), a premium affordable Indonesian coffee chain, has on Friday announced its plan to conduct an initial public offering (IPO) on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX).

We talked to Louis-Alban Batard, 
Co-founder & CEO, Watawaste HK Ltd (a Cyberport incubatee) which develops sustainable food app – Yindii, to learn more about the company’s achievements in 2024, its plans and priorities in 2025. He also shared his views on the outlook of the tech ecosystem in Hong Kong for the new year and how he sees Southeast Asia.

Delivery Hero SE, the Germany-based global local delivery platform, has confirmed that the American multinational transportation company Uber Technologies, Inc. has decided to terminate the agreement to acquire Delivery Hero’s foodpanda business in Taiwan.