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Protein Directory

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Published in 2021, Link

My Key Takeaways

How can my eating choices and emerging agrifood technologies contribute to fighting climate change and food supply disruptions globally?

Covid-19, African swine fever, bird flu and other recent crises exposed the vulnerability of food supply chains chains in Asia.

The region also has one of the highest consumption of protein globally. From 2000 to 2019, rising incomes in Asia led to protein consumption increasing 63%!

This is staggering compared to North America (6%), EU (8%), and Latin America (7%) [Food Industry Asia].

I’ve been interested in how cities in Southeast Asia could produce plant-based/alternative proteins more locally and sustainably rather than transporting them halfway across the world.

Alternative Proteins production is particularly interesting for Asian cities which do not have abundant farm land for traditional meat production methods.

Having been the first country to approve cultured meats, Singapore continues to be keen to collaborate with global tech players to accelerate agrifood innovation.

For agrifood VCs and companies wanting to collaborate with protein companies in Southeast Asia or globally, this excellent Protein Directory database could save you a lot of market research time.

Use the database to find relevant startups to invest in, or collaborators and advisors for your food innovation efforts.

Here are some of their useful filters:

• Business models like end-consumer brands & products, ingredients & inputs, contract manufacturing, infrastructure & equipment
• Year of creation – as recent as 2021 to as old as 1753!
• 25 end-product applications like steak, fish, cheese etc
• 100 feedstock ingredients like nuts, algae etc
• 19 tech focus areas like 3D printing, gas fermentation, crop development, cell-like development
• 60 company locations so you can take a deep dive into the agrifood innovation ecosystem in Singapore and Southeast Asia.

For each company profile, you’ll get a short write up and link to their website. What’s really useful is that you also get recommendations of other similar companies to help your investment/co-innovation partnerships journey.

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Hope these grounds up initiatives would connect more of you agrifood innovators, investors and governments, and accelerate our transition to a future where food is more sustainable, humane, and accessible to all.

My LinkedIn post here.

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About Zhilin SIM

Having worked and lived in Singapore, the Nordics, China, Spain, UK, I’m now based in Paris.

I’m fluent in English, French and Mandarin, and I’m learning Arabic because it’s a beautiful and fascinating language.

My team creates and supports one-many initiatives connecting Corporate and Startup ecosystems in Europe to business and innovation opportunities in Singapore and Southeast Asia.

I’m passionate about horticulture, watercolour, startups/tech as well as French cuisine, Peranakan kueh techniques and other global cuisines.

Feel free to connect with me if you think my network in Europe and Asia could be of benefit to your business and innovation activities.