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Wow! We've been so excited to hear the overwhelmingly positive feedback from the Women Founders Event this week as a part of SIAW! We will share more updates and photos very soon, but our first post has to be one to thank the incredible partners involved in making it happen! It takes a village, and we are so grateful to Department of Primary Industries & Regional Development, Thai Wah Ventures, Louis Dreyfus Company, Gullspång Re:food and Morrison Foerster for the support! As well as our ecosystem partners Enterprise Singapore, Tenacious Ventures and SGInnovate. Thanks also to Christina Lee for being our excellent MC, and to the WOMAG team for helping to volunteer on the evening! #WomenFouFun

See you next week at the Singapore International Agri-Food Week? 🥳 We are looking forward to meeting friends old and new in the ecosystem and sparking new ideas to shape a more sustainable future of food in Asia. We're hosting three events, and attending several others: 📌 Monday, Nov 18: Agrifood Innovation Exchange - a Launchpad into Southeast Asia We’ll be welcoming four agrifoodtech startups from Japan, alongside government and corporate representatives, at an exclusive invite-only welcome reception co-hosted with AgFunder, JETRO - Japan External Trade Organization , and Better Earth Ventures. 📌 Tuesday, Nov 19: Seaweed Social  An exploration of blue economy opportunities hosted by SEADLING, an incredible seaweed scale-up, Conservation International Asia Pacific, Hatch Blue and Better Earth Ventures, with Innovate360. 📌 Wednesday, Nov 20: Women Founders and Funders  Don’t miss our Women Founders and Funders event (#WomenFouFun), now in its third year, dedicated to empowering women founders in #agrifoodtech. It's promising to be an unmissable gathering of inspiring leaders and changemakers. Co-hosted by FTW Ventures, Better Earth Ventures, Tomorrow Studio Ventures, and MarTech Collective. ⭐ RSVP here: ⭐ https://lu.ma/kk520pso 📌 Tuesday Nov 19 to Thursday Nov 21: Agri-Food Tech Expo Asia Catch you around at the Agrifoodtech Expo Asia, the yearly regional event bringing together innovators, businesses, and experts around the topic of "Into the Future of Food Sustainability and Security". Hope to see you there! Rebecca Sharpe, Daniel Hocutt, Arunav Pal, Cassidy Clark

We're thrilled to announce that the scoring process for our Women in Ag Founders and Funders event has concluded, and the top 10 inspiring founders have been selected! These incredible women are driving change and innovation within the agrifoodtech sector, and we can't wait to share their impactful solutions with you. If you're as excited about this as we are, join us on November 20th for an evening of pitches, networking, and celebration of these trailblazers (registration link below). See you there! #WomenFouFun

Hey Singapore, hear from 3 UK entrepreneurs #decarbonising industry at our upcoming #Cleantech Showcase on 24 October: 🔶 Sterling Bio Machines (Steve Goldenberg) - advanced #bioreactor technology for consistent, scalable, and cost-effective manufacturing, starting with #cultivatedmeat and #cellularagriculture 🔶 BioBright LTD (Vanessa Giorgia Barzasi - BioBright™) - merging monitoring tech with #algae cultivation for real-time environmental monitoring and efficient carbon dioxide #sequestration 🔶 Compact Syngas Solutions Limited (Paul Willacy) - providing a comprehensive solution covering hydrogen production, power and heat generation, storage, dispensing, and #carboncapture / #carboncredits The urgency to #decarbonize has never been greater—reducing emissions while capturing and storing carbon in our soil and vegetation is critical. There’s no one-size-fits-all solution, so #innovation across all sectors is essential. These teams are at the forefront of that effort. We've been working closely with these teams to help them tap into opportunities for success in #Singapore and Southeast Asia, through the Innovate UK Global Incubator Programme Cleantech cohort, alongside Innovate UK and Singapore Deep-Tech Alliance (SDTA). Keen to meet them while they’re in Singapore, and help the world decarbonise? RSVP for the Showcase: 📅 Date: Thursday, October 24th, 2024 🕕 Time: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM SGT 📍 Venue: One Raffles Quay, Singapore 048583 👉 Register now: https://lu.ma/a7b0g7gp Check out our posts to learn more about the other #Cleantech entrepreneurs in the cohort! Rebecca Sharpe Daniel Hocutt Arunav Pal Cassidy Clark

In Part 2 of our series introducing our #Cleantech cohort, meet 3 UK entrepreneurs shaping safer and greener cities🌳🏙️ 🔶 Mimicrete (Dr. Liz Zijing Li FCIOB) - self-healing concrete technology to improve infrastructure sustainability by repairing cracks, reducing maintenance costs, and extending concrete lifespan 🔶 Persium (Alex Yousefian) - advanced IoT air quality sensors with a unique digital twinning platform 🔶 FloatSync. (Katharina Ritter) - mobile recycling system for 6 plastic types designed to fit within a standard 20-foot shipping container allowing for decentralised recycling Asia is urbanizing quickly– it’s estimated that by 2050, the urban population in Asia will grow by 50%. At the same time, cities are often hotspots for air pollution, accounting for over 70% of global greenhouse gas emissions. So how might we build cities that are cleaner, greener, and more pleasant places to live? We think these teams are part of the solution. We've been working closely with these teams to help them tap into opportunities for success in #Singapore and #SoutheastAsia, through the Global Incubator Programme Cleantech cohort, alongside Innovate UK and Singapore Deep-Tech Alliance (SDTA). 🎤 Meet them at our upcoming Cleantech Showcase on 24 October! RSVP here: 🔗https://lnkd.in/eUjRS9wQ Rebecca Sharpe, Daniel Hocutt, Arunav Pal, Cassidy Clark #cleantech #sustainablecities #greentech #innovation #urbandevelopment #startups #iot #recycling #futurecities #smartcities #singapore

Join us on 20 November for the Women Founders and Funders event in Singapore! Women-led agrifood startups face significant funding challenges, securing only 3% of global #agrifoodtech investment despite their important role in the industry. The Women Founders and Funders event aims to empower women agrifoodtech founders by highlighting their transformative role in the food system, inspiring investment and corporate partnerships for a more inclusive and dynamic industry. The event will showcase 10 women founders and their transformative role in the food system. We will be announcing the founders later this month so stay tuned. 👀 Come get inspired, and network with people from across the agrifoodtech ecosystem! 📅: Wednesday 20 November 2024 🕒: 6pm until late 📍: Singapore 🎟️: Register your interest to attend before Tuesday 29 October: https://bit.ly/WFFregister We can't wait to co-host this with FTW Ventures, Tomorrow Studio Ventures, and the MarTech Collective, with the support of our excellent partners Thai Wah Ventures, Louis Dreyfus Company, Gullspång Re:food, Enterprise Singapore, SGInnovate, and Tenacious Ventures 🙌 #womenfounders #investment #singapore #agrifoodtech #SIAW #funding #foodtech #agtech #startups #founders #innovation #venturecapital #VC #FTWVentures

💧 Meet three entrepreneurs working towards more resilient water systems at our upcoming #Cleantech Showcase: 🔶 Water Offsets Ltd (Tapiwa Gavaza) - delivering circular water economies by integrating AI, smart water monitoring, water reuse and climate forecasting. 🔶 Waterwhelm (Alireza Abbassi Monjezi) - forward osmosis technology for water reuse and desalination, cutting energy use by 80% and with 35% lower costs 🔶 Molymem Ltd. (Paul Vincent Wiper) - Nanofiltration ceramics using proprietary coating technology, eliminating contaminants, and offering versatile water treatment solutions We urgently need innovative ways to save, manage, and treat water, especially here in Asia. Not only to reduce water scarcity, but also as a climate action (water use and management currently contribute 10% of global emissions)! These entrepreneurs are part of the change. We've been working closely with these teams to help them tap into opportunities for success in Singapore and Southeast Asia, through the Global Incubator Programme Cleantech 2024, powered by Innovate UK in collaboration with Better Earth Ventures and Singapore Deep-Tech Alliance (SDTA). Keen to meet them while they’re in Singapore? RSVP for our exclusive Showcase, on Friday 24 October 6 - 9pm: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eUjRS9wQ Stay tuned for more posts about our other Cleantech cohort teams! Rebecca Sharpe Daniel Hocutt Arunav Pal Cassidy Clark

Coming soon from Japan to Singapore! 🌏 We’re working alongside AgFunder to open new doors for these Japanese #agrifoodtech startups to expand into Southeast Asia, with Singapore as their launchpad: 🔶 Sagri Co., Ltd. - using satellite data and AI to optimise farmland management, enhance crop advisory, and facilitate carbon credit generation for sustainable ag 🔶 Reiwa Pharmaceuticals 令和製薬株式会社 - developing consumer supplements to reduce alcohol flushing for those affected by red face syndrome 🔶 FLOATMEAL - high-efficiency protein production technology from duckweed, a fast-growing, sustainable alternative to traditional proteins 🔶 PtBio Inc. - cutting-edge genome editing to create allergy-free egg products, addressing a critical need for millions of people with egg allergies Can’t wait to meet these innovators in person soon, in the lead up to Singapore International Agri-Food Week. Read this article to learn more about how we're building up this overseas corridor through the JETRO Startup Southeast Asia Agri-Foodtech Launchpad programme🔥 Rebecca Sharpe Daniel Hocutt Arunav Pal Cassidy Clark

🌍 Over the past 6 months, we've had the privilege of supporting 9 cutting-edge sustainability companies from the UK through the Global Incubator Programme: Cleantech alongside Innovate UK and Singapore Deep-Tech Alliance (SDTA). As the founders prepare to join us in Singapore for the SWITCH conference from the 23rd - 30th October, we’re excited to reintroduce these innovative companies to our network here in the region. Keen to meet the founders? Request your personalized introduction here 🚀 https://lnkd.in/gcaBXvhA 🔶 BioBright LTD (Vanessa Giorgia Barzasi - BioBright™) - merging monitoring tech with algae cultivation for real-time environmental monitoring and efficient carbon dioxide sequestration. 🔶 Compact Syngas Solutions Limited (Paul Willacy) - a comprehensive solution for hydrogen production, power and heat generation, storage, dispensing, and carbon capture/credits. 🔶 FloatSync. (Katharina Ritter) - mobile recycling system for 6 plastic types designed to fit within a standard 20-foot shipping container allowing for decentralised recycling. 🔶 Mimicrete (Dr. Liz Zijing Li FCIOB) - powering the next generation of the sustainable infrastructures via self-healing techniques in concrete.    🔶 Molymem Ltd. (Paul Vincent Wiper) - nanofiltration ceramics using proprietary coating technology, eliminating contaminants, offering versatile water treatment solutions. 🔶 Persium (Alex Yousefian) - air pollution analytics, simulation and solutions with IoT sensors, analysis platform, and global consultancy. 🔶 Sterling Bio Machines - (Steve Goldenberg) - reimagining bioreactors for 10X bioprocess output and lower costs in cell and gene therapy. 🔶 Water Offsets Ltd. (Tapiwa Gavaza) - delivers circular water economies by integrating AI, smart water monitoring, water reuse and climate forecasting. 🔶 Waterwhelm - (Alireza Abbassi Monjezi) - Forward Osmosis (FO) technology water re-use and desalination, cutting electricity consumption by 80% and capital costs by 35%. Sign up here to join our exclusive Showcase Event on the 24th October: https://lu.ma/a7b0g7gp Innovate UK, Gail Cherry, Kevin Hallas MBA, Jon Hazell, Sophie Randall, Jens Böhm Better Earth Ventures, Rebecca Sharpe, Cassidy Clark, Daniel Hocutt, Arunav Pal Singapore Deep-Tech Alliance (SDTA), Luuk Eliens, Mia Tam Nguyen, Eldora Tan

Hey climatetech founders: co-create your dream accelerator program with us! ✨ We’re embarking on a research project to re-imagine the future of acceleration, with and for founders. We’re out to discover how accelerators might become more purpose-built for founders, your startup, and the planet. So we’re reaching out to founders from across the world to share their motivations, challenges, and experiences when it comes to accelerators, through our anonymous survey (takes 10 minutes or less)🔗: https://lnkd.in/eV_yz7UK Your insights will directly help shape a new form of support that truly meets the needs of climatetech startups like yours. We aim to understand what’s missing in the current landscape and build a program that provides the most impactful support for your journey. By sharing your thoughts and experiences, you’re helping us create a more effective and supportive ecosystem for innovators dedicated to making a difference. You will also gain priority access to our research findings, and the opportunity to take part in the final co-created accelerator program. 🔗 Link to the survey in the comments below!