Future Food Asia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Being home to over 85% of the world’s smallholder farmers, they are the backbone of food production in Asia. What solutions can APAC entrepreneurs build to assist them with information & connectivity?
With increasing urbanization and evolving eating habits, Asia will need to increase food production by 70%. Can innovation help feed the growing and more demanding middle class of Asia Pacific?
Eastern ingredients find their way in leading meat alternatives and Asian companies are an integral part of new tech such as AI and Blockchain. Which APAC startup will emerge as the unicorn in the FoodTech sector?

 

FUTURE FOOD ASIA 2019

START-UP WINNERS & FINALISTS

 

 

FUTURE FOOD ASIA AWARD 2019
 WINNER

RapidAIM takes the guesswork out of pest surveillance, detection and management. Delivered as a service, RapidAIM provides high-resolution, real-time information of the location of pests for early detection, and targeted control. With RapidAIM users have confidence that control is working and crops are protected. Know now. Act early.

 

ADB VENTURES PRIZE WINNERS

 

Jai Kisan is an agri-fintech platform catering to rural emerging markets by providing a risk-adjusted return to lenders while ensuring a low cost of capital and quick turnaround time with minimal documentation for the borrower. Jai Kisan finances agricultural equipment, dairy, and other yield generating rural assets.
SatSure is an innovative large area analytics company which leverages advances in satellites, machine learning and Big Data analytics to provide answers to large-area questions, with agriculture, forestry, and environmental management. We combine satellite imagery with weather, IoT, social and economic datasets, etc to generate timely, location specific insights.

 

FUTURE FOOD ASIA 2019 FINALISTS

 

For decades, effective livestock production has been a blend of supplier technology and farmer experience. Shanghai based ag-tech start up AgNet now adds a modern digital portfolio of data, IoT and AI to the mix. They have deployed to market the AgNet cloud solution, which promises to lower livestock production costs and lay the foundation for trusted transparency with food companies and consumers.
Moisture Planting Technologies (MPT) are building a range of tech-enabled, smart equipments for large scale farming operations. Their first product is a tech-enabled planter that can monitor the conditions of the soil in real time while seeding, and self-adjust its seeding depth, and seeding rate live, based on the measured soil profile.
Biotelliga utilizes fungi, nature’s plant-interaction specialists, to develop sustainable technologies to protect crops from pests and diseases, allowing increased food production with low environmental impact. Biotelliga’s bio pesticides and seed-integrated protective fungi will enable reduction in use and ultimately replacement of environmentally harmful chemical pesticides.
Salicrop develops a unique, non-GM, seeds treatment for various crops varieties, vegetables and grain seeds. The seeds treatment stimulates a specific epigenetic trait of the plant which enables crop growing and yielding in high salinity soils or when irrigated with brackish water. Salicrop is a portfolio company of Rimonim Agro fund.
UlikeKorea is a livestock ICT company with a smart livestock solution called LiveCare. The solution was developed with the support of globally respected Korean R&D institutions, this solution builds on a bio-capsule that once ingested by the animal, enables lifelong health monitoring. As the interest in sustainable animal husbandry continues to increase, we aim to make every effort to contribute to the advancement of the global livestock industry.
As a bioinformatics startup that specializes in microbial genetic analysis, Inong Agriculture is the big-data powered soil microbe expert which offers pioneering cash-crop-specific solutions that leverage on customized probiotics to increase crop yield sustainably, alleviating the environmental burden from overdoses of chemical fertilizers or pesticides.
THE.WAVE.TALK detects bacteria in liquids much faster than conventional technologies. We target to save millions of hours spent just waiting for the result by decreasing test time from days to hours (applications from water/beverage plants to water purifiers at home). Moreover, by applying AI, we are able not only to detect but also identify bacteria.

 

STARTUPSG PRIZE WINNERS

 

Intello Labs is a deeptech startup that uses Artificial Intelligence and multispectral tools to make quality monitoring and grading solutions for food commodities. Its image-based solutions, which come in the form of smartphone apps, bring transparency and standardization to the quality assessment process in food supply chains, reducing value risk and wastage from farm to fork.
Shiok Meats is a cell-based shrimp company, the first of its kind in Singapore (Shiok in Singapore English means enjoyable and fantastic). Their aim is to bring cell-based crustaceans to your table, which is health-, animal- and environment-friendly, by growing cells instead of animals. Shiok Meats is co-founded and led by Dr Sandhya Sriram (CEO) and Dr Ling Ka Yi (CTO) - both stem cell and developmental biology scientists with over 20 years of combined experience.
Phyto Corporation is an innovative food & biotechnology company creating the future of food with Salicornia, a plant grown by seawater. Phyto Corporation has developed the world's first 100% plant-based salt, PhytoSalt - extracted from Salicornia, a plant containing high contents of salt. PhytoSalt is effective on high blood pressure and is a microplastics-free salt as well. By desalinating Salicornia, Phyto Corporation has also developed a new superfood and flour alternative, PhytoMeal - that can solve the global food crisis.
VakSea uses insect larvae to biomanufacture functional feed additives that protect farm-raised fish and shrimp from disease. Using its innovative insect larvae production platform, VakSea can produce large-scale quantities of affordable protein-based feed additives for a variety of purposes, starting with preventing viral disease outbreaks on shrimp aquaculture farms.

 

FUTURE FOOD ASIA 2019

HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

FUTURE FOOD ASIA 2019 SPEAKERS

 

Ambassador ONG Keng Yong

Ambassador ONG Keng Yong

Ambassador-at-Large at the Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs 

Victoria DE LA HUERGA

Victoria DE LA HUERGA

Vice President, Investor Relations and ADM Ventures 

Michael DEAN

Michael DEAN

Founding Partner; AgFunder

Isabelle DECITRE

Isabelle DECITRE

Founder & CEO 

Dr. Pablo ERAT

Dr. Pablo ERAT

Co-Founding Partner
Pioneering Ventures 

Dr. Erich ERBER

Dr. Erich ERBER

Founder & President
ERBER AG 

Hian GOH

Hian GOH

Founder, Partner
Openspace Ventures Pte Ltd 

Justin GONG

Justin GONG

Co-Founder & Vice President
XAG 

Dr. Ralph GRAICHEN

Dr. Ralph GRAICHEN

Director, Food and Consumer
A*STAR, Singapore 

Peter HUANG

Peter HUANG

President of Greater China
Corteva Agriscience 

Dr. Nitza KARDISH

Dr. Nitza KARDISH

CEOTrendlines 

Peter KENNEDY

Peter KENNEDY

Managing Director of Clean Resources Asia Growth Fund
CLSA Capital Partners Singapore 

Nicola KERSLAKE

Nicola KERSLAKE

Founder
Contain Inc 

Jeffrey KHOO

Jeffrey KHOO

Head, Food and Agribusiness Sales, Asia
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions 

Takashi KOYAMA

Takashi KOYAMA

Partner
OPEN MEALS / DENTSU 

Shen Ming LEE

Shen Ming LEE

Author and Fund Fellow
FoodFutureCo 

Hemendra MATHUR

Hemendra MATHUR

Co-founder
ThinkAg 

Dr. Pam MARRONE

Dr. Pam MARRONE

CEO and Founder
Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc 

Kwan Chung MIN

Kwan Chung MIN

Partner
Yusarn Audrey 

Dr. Ian ROBERTS

Dr. Ian ROBERTS

Chief Technology Officer
Bühler 

Keejoon SHIN

Keejoon SHIN

CEO & Founder
E Green Global 

Lisa SWEET

Lisa SWEET

Head, Business Strategy, Centre for Global Public Goods
World Economic Forum 

Nathan ANDERSON

Nathan ANDERSON

Co-founder and CEO
ScanTrust 

Ted TAN

Ted TAN

Deputy Chief Executive OfficerEnterprise Singapore 

Surachet TANWONGSVAL

Surachet TANWONGSVAL

Vice President and General Manager, Institutional, APAC
Ecolab 

Stephan TITZE

Stephan TITZE

President
Incitec Pivot Fertlizers 

Dr. Derek WANG

Dr. Derek WANG

General Manager
Alibaba Cloud Singapore 

Stefanie BEITIEN

Stefanie BEITIEN

Director, Partnerships
Eco-Business 

Ann KOH

Ann KOH

Reporter
Bloomberg News 

Ahmed JAVED

Ahmed JAVED

Senior Market Engagement Manager
GSMA 

Thomas HAYES

Thomas HAYES

Analyst
Lux Research 

Gary SCATTERGOOD

Gary SCATTERGOOD

Regional Head- APAC
William Reed / FoodNavigator-Asia 

Tim HILL

Tim HILL

Managing Director
South East Asia Business Research 

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START-UP ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

 

1. Main activities of the start-up fall within Future Food Asia’s 18 technology categories

 

2. Achieved proof-of-concept and/or earning initial revenues

 

3. Currently raising a Series A

 

4. Previously raised USD 100K minimum

 

5. Operations based in Asia-Pacific

 

6. At least one team member is proficient in English 

 

FUTURE FOOD ASIA JURY PANEL 

Victoria DE LA HUERGA
Victoria DE LA HUERGA
Vice President, Investor Relations and ADM Ventures
Archer Daniels Midland Company
Victoria DE LA HUERGA

Vice President, ADM Ventures
Archer Daniels Midland Company

Isabelle DECITRE

Isabelle DECITRE

Founder & CEO
ID Capital
Isabelle DECITRE

Founder & CEO
ID Capital Pte. Ltd.

Dr. Ralph GRAICHEN

Dr. Ralph GRAICHEN

Director, Food and Nutrition, Biomedical Research Council
A*STAR Singapore
Dr. Ralph GRAICHEN

Director, Food and Nutrition, Biomedical Research Council
A*STAR Singapore

Gerard JACQUIN

Gerard JACQUIN

Former Director of Partnerships, Transfer and Innovation
INRA
Gerard JACQUIN

Former Director of Partnerships, Transfer and Innovation
INRA

 

FUTURE FOOD ASIA 2019

PARTNERS

 

EVENT CO-ORGANIZER

Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)

Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)

A*STAR is Singapore's lead public sector agency that drives mission-oriented research to advance science and develop innovative technology to further economic growth and improve lives.

 

IMPACT PARTNER

ADB Ventures

ADB Ventures

ADB Ventures is a pilot program of the Asian Development Bank focused on accelerating technologies into emerging markets for climate impact and inclusive economic growth

 

 

CORPORATE PARTNER

Archer Daniels Midland Company

Archer Daniels Midland Company

As one of the world’s largest agricultural processors and food ingredient providers, ADM connects the harvest to homes worldwide by transforming crops into products that serve the vital needs of a growing world.

 

 

STRATEGIC PARTNER

Bühler Group

Bühler Group

Bühler Group is the leading global technology supplier to the food processing and advanced material manufacturing industry,

 

 

STRATEGIC PARTNER

Alibaba Cloud

Alibaba Cloud

Alibaba Cloud is the cloud computing arm of Alibaba Group

 

 

SILVER PARTNER

Corteva Agriscience™

Corteva Agriscience™

Corteva Agriscience™ puts farmers and consumers at the heart of everything we do; growing progress and ensuring the success of generations to come. To do this, we collaborate with stakeholders along the entire food supply chain, from farm to fork, with sustainability, innovation and responsiveness.

 

KEY PARTNER

StartupSG

StartupSG

 

 

PRIZE SPONSOR

Enterprise Singapore

Enterprise Singapore

 

 

HELD IN

INSTITUTIONAL PARTNER

MEDIA PARTNER

36Kr

36Kr

36Kr is a comprehensive service provider aimed at serving innovative tech companies while being the largest ecosystem-based platform

MEDIA PARTNER

Eco-Business

Eco-Business

Eco-Business is the leading digital media company serving Asia Pacific’s clean technology, smart cities, responsible business and sustainable development community.

MEDIA PARTNER

Techsauce

Techsauce

Techsauce is the leading source of all tech and business news in Thailand and Southeast Asia. Our on-the-ground reporters and home field advantage make it the home of unique insights, analysis, opinion pieces and data on one of the most mature digital ecosystems in Southeast Asia.

MEDIA PARTNER

Nong Shi Jie

Nong Shi Jie

Nong Shi Jie is China’s leading agripreneurs media & service platform, covering both SMEs and startups, in the aspiration of bridging gaps and making agribusiness effortless.

 

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