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After a highly successful inaugural year, the Future Food Asia Award returns to recognize the leading AgriTech and FoodTech start-ups across Asia Pacific. Competitors will compete for a grand prize of USD$100,000, and an additional four S$50,000 Startup SG grants sponsored by SPRING Singapore, in consultation with the FFAA judging panel.
Applications will open in the first week of February. To qualify, applicants need to have done a proof-of-concept and come up with an innovative and sustainable technology that impacts the food ecosystem positively.
The selection of the eight finalists will be done by the same jury panel as in 2017, consisting of four experienced and diverse jury members. The panel includes Gérard Jacquin, former Director of Partnerships, Transfer and Innovation at INRA, Europe’s leading agricultural research institute; Dr. Ralph Graichen, Director of Food and Nutrition at A*STAR’s Biomedical Research Council; Victoria de la Huerga, Vice President of ADM Ventures, Archer Daniels Midland Company; and Isabelle Decitre, Founder and CEO of ID Capital.
The final award event will be hosted in Singapore in the second half of May 2018, where finalist startups will have the unique opportunity to present their technology to a room full of industry thought leaders and investors.
“2018 will see a few additions. To reflect the importance of the challenges addressed and the relevance of some technology-enabled solutions, we are adding five new categories – Agri Marketplaces, Agri Finance, Food Fortification, Smart Manufacturing Technologies and Smart Packaging. The new categories ensure we are on trend, as the sector begins to expand its horizo,” says Isabelle Decitre the Founder and CEO of ID Capital, which spearheads the Future Food Asia initiative.