FoodTech
Indonesian culinary multibrand startup Hangry raises additional $22M for Series A funding
Indonesian culinary multi-brand startup Hangry, announced Monday its latest equity and debt funding of $22 million, making it to $35 million in total with Series A equity funding last year. The equity funding portion was led by Hangry’s new investor–Journey Capital Partners, with participation from Orzon Ventures, Sassoon Investment Corporation (SassCorp),…
Singapore FoodTech firm Umami Meats secures $2.4M pre-seed funding to advance cultivated seafood
Umami Meats has secured pre-seed funding of $2.4 million.The pre-seed funding round was co-led by Better Bite Ventures and Genedant. Further participants in the round include CULT Food Science, Impact Venture, Katapult Ocean, Plug and Play Ventures, Prithvi Ventures, The Yield Lab Asia Pacific, and Venture for America.
Better Bite Ventures launches $15M fund for alternative protein startups in Asia Pacific
Better Bite Ventures launches Tuesday with a $15 million fund, including an initial portfolio of 10 Asia Pacific (APAC) startups, harnessing plant-based and cellular agriculture technologies to create climate-friendly meat, dairy, egg and seafood alternatives that are better for people, animals and planet. The fund, first of its kind dedicated entirely to…
Singapore foodtech firm Next Gen Foods raises a record-breaking $100M Series A funding round
Next Gen Foods has raised a $100 million Series A funding round – the largest Series A to date for a plant-based meat company. Participating in the Series A round are Alpha JWC, EDBI and MPL Ventures. Returning from previous rounds are Temasek through its newly established Asia Sustainable Food Platform, GGV Capital, K3 Ventures and Bits x Bites.
Singapore foodtech firm ProfilePrint closes Series A funding round at a valuation over three times its pre-series A round last year
ProfilePrint, nnounced Tuesday the closing of its Series A funding round at a valuation over three times its pre-series A round last year. Backing this funding round are some of the world’s largest food ingredient conglomerates, namely Louis Dreyfus Company (Netherlands), Olam Food Ingredients (ofi – an operating group of Olam International Limited,…
Singapore social food ordering app Gobble secures $1.3M seed capital from BEENEXT, Flash Ventures and others
Gobble has raised $1.3 million in a seed round co-led by BEENEXT and Flash Ventures. Notable angel investors who have backed Gobble in this round include Warren Tseng (former RGM, Uber APAC), Siddharth Shanker (former General Manager at Deliveroo Singapore), and Abhishek Sahay (Regional Director, Foodpanda), Gobble will use the funds to launch its platform…
Consumers are now more discerning of the safety, sustainability & health impacts of food, says Shiok Foods’ Sandhya Sriram, PhD [ORIGIN Innovation Awards Q&A]
The company's mission is to bring delicious, sustainable, and healthy seafoods to consumers' tables, using technology to grow meat from healthy cells instead of animals. Currently, Shiok Meats produces crustaceans like shrimps, crabs, lobsters and is the first in the world to do so using cellular agriculture technology.
Green Monday Group’s David Yeung on how FoodTech is addressing global food security and environmental concerns [ORIGIN Innovation Awards Q&A]
OmniFoods has a mission to innovate food that will treat the planet right, treat animals right and treat consumers right. The company's established food scientist team in Canada innovates food 2.0 based on Asian eating culture and cooking habits while ensuring that the ingredients are cruelty-free, cholesterol-free, antibiotic-free, and hormone-free.
For Alchemy Foodtech’s Verleen Goh, food innovation is all about empowering consumers toward healthier and more sustainable choices [ORIGIN Innovation Awards Q&A]
We challenge the notion that healthy is expensive. Healthy doesn't have to mean spending a fortune. Instead, the mass premium products with functional benefits mean that majority of people can afford a healthier option, with 0-30 percent premium, which is an affordable price to keep the doctor away.
Indian fresh food retailer Living Food raises $7.5M Series A investment led by Amasia
Living Food announced the successful closing of a $7.5 million Series A fundraise led by Amasia.Other participating investors included SOSV, Blume Founders Fund, and notable angels including Xander Group founder Sid Yog and Nexus Venture Partners Co-Founder Sandeep Singhal, The company plans to expand to Mumbai in early 2022 and expects further domestic…
