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Pitch. Scale. Transform.
The Agri-Food Tech World Championship is where breakthrough start-ups in agri-food get global visibility, investor access, and the chance to be crowned Grand Champion.
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Got a game-changing agri-food solution?
From agri-tech and aqua-tech to alternative proteins, smart ingredients, food upcycling, nutrition, traceability, sustainable packaging, and the circular economy—the Agri-Food Tech World Championship is where bold ideas take centre stage.
Your Launchpad to the Future of Food
Back for its 2nd edition, this flagship AFTEA programme brings the world’s most promising start-ups to pitch before a powerhouse panel of VCs, corporate leaders, and industry pioneers. More than a pitch stage, the Championship gives early-stage founders—from seed to Series A—expert mentorship, investor access, and global visibility to prove their impact and accelerate growth.
With the backing of Constellar and Innovate 360, the competition connects visionary founders with the guidance, capital, and networks to scale faster and go further.
What's at stake?
What's at Stake
Start-ups will compete across multiple categories that celebrate innovation, impact, and scalability – with both immediate rewards and long-term growth opportunities up for grabs.
Cash Prizes
A total of SGD 30,000 in cash prizes will be awarded to top-performing start-ups.
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Investment Opportunities
In addition to cash prizes, finalists will also have the chance to attract up to SGD 1.5 million in potential investment funding.
Pledge Investors
Investment Pledge:
SGD 500,000*
Investment Pledge:
SGD 1 million*
*Pledge values are indicative and subject to due diligence and final internal approval by the respective pledge companies.
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Programme At A Glance
Note: Programme is updated as of 23 Oct 2025 and subject to change without prior notice.
- Day 1 - 4 November 2025 (Tues)
- Day 2 - 5 November 2025 (Wed)
- Day 3 - 6 November 2025 (Thurs)
| Time | Programme |
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| 11.10 | Opening Speech Allan Lim, Head of Open Innovation, Nestlé R&D Center Pte Ltd |
| 11.20 | Judge Introduction, Overall Agenda |
| 11.30 | Semi-Finals Group 1 (3-Minute Pitches)
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| 12.30 | LUNCH |
| 13.00 | Fireside Chat SPACE-F Talk: The Journey & Beyond Chris Aurand, Open Innovation Leader, Thai Union Group Sean Mak, COO/Managing Director Thailand, Innovate 360 |
| 13.30 | Semi-Finals Group 2 (3-Minute Pitches)
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| 14.30 | Keynote Local Wins to Regional Scale: Playbooks for Market Expansion Harini Venkataraman, Associate Research Director, Lux Research Winston Chan, Chief Executive Officer, FT CONSULTING Edward Chia, Founder/CEO, Life Lab Resources Pte Ltd Moderator: Kelvin Ng, Managing Partner, Green Bridge Partners |
| 15.00 | Semi-Finals Group 3 (3-Minute Pitches)
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| 16.00 | Semi-Finals Group 4 (3-Minute Pitches)
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| 17.00 | End of Day 1 |
| Time | Programme |
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| 10.40 | Welcome and Start-up Showcase by Innovate 360 |
| 11.05 | The Startup Huddle: A Candid Fireside Chat Jaeha Choi, Chief Officer of Global Business, Deeplant Inc. Vanessa Small, Chief Executive Officer, Alcheme Bio Stephanie Kudus, Founder, Mother of Snails Moderator: Ryan Ong, Founder, Fogo Fungi |
| 11.30 | Panel Discussion Scaling the Future: Fundraising Frontiers in ASEAN’s Food & AgriTech Revolution Chris Aurand, Open Innovation Leader, Thai Union Group Thomas van den Boezem, Junior Partner, PeakBridge Nitza Kardish, Chief Executive Officer, Trendlines Agrifood Fund Moderator: Kihoko Tokue, Managing Director, Leave a Nest Singapore Pte Ltd |
| 11.50 | Keynote Foodtech and Agritech in Hong Kong Cathy Ching, Senior Vice President, Invest Hong Kong |
| 12.00 | BREAK |
| 14.00 | Opening Speech |
| 14.05 | Keynote Winning Insights: Motivation from Last Year’s Champions Simon Davis, Founder & Managing Director, SEADLING |
| 14.30 | Finals (5-Minute Pitches) Finalists will be given 5-minutes to pitch and 2-minutes cross questioning by judges. |
| 15.50 | Keynote Sustainability at Scale: A Look at Google's Food Program, beyond the plate Sebastian Schwietzer, Food Program Manager APAC, Google Asia Pacific Ltd |
| 16.10 | Award Ceremony |
| 16.40 | Closing Remarks & Photo Opportunity |
| 17.00 | End of Programme |
| Time | Programme |
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| 10.30 | Digitizing Organoleptic Sensation Yu Klein, Founder & CEO, MAMAY Technologies Ltd. |
| 10.45 | BlueFeed Loop: Climate-resilient circular feed process using nitrogen-capturing microalgae Koichi Kudo, Chief Strategy Officer, Novelgen Inc |
| 11.00 | Reserved for MOU signing |
| 11.15 | Antibacterial food packaging to extend shelf life powered by Vikang technology Dr Jaslyn, CTO, Co Founder, N&E Innovations |
| 11.30 | Coffogenic a nutraceutical from coffee cherry pulp Jarukan Pimpa, Online Marketing, Hilkoff |
| 11.45 | From Lab to Table: Sustainable Food Tech Innovation with superfood - Tiger Nut Michelle Che, Founding Member, TIGA MILK |
| 12.00 | LUNCH |
| 13.00 | M.A.P.S solution Alan Yu, CEO, ID Water |
| 13.15 | Starting a company as a student recovering from 10 surgeries Sho Chen, Founder, Eyo.sg |
| 13.30 | Ultra-processed, unapologetic: Turning UPFs into functional power plays Alex Shandrovsky- Investor Relations, Ayana Bio |
| 13.45 | The Future is Now! Plant Cell Harvesting at Scale Michael Kagan PhD, Chairman, Reagenics Research Ltd. |
| 14.00 | Shaping the Future of Sustainable Nutrition with Alt Proteins, Smart Ingredients & Food Upcycling Mieke, Head of Product Development, Mindo Foods Pte Limited |
| 14.15 | Carmelim: Experience You Can Grow With Roei Shimony , CFO & CBDO, Carmelim New Fields |
| 14.30 | Gentle by Design: Soft Grippers for Food and Agri-Tech Aditya Aurobindo, Research Engineers, SNAP Robotics |
| 14.45 | Reimagining chocolate's healthful origins through fermentation Eduardo Burg, Founder & CEO, Coa&Co |
Competition Information
The Agri-Food Tech World Championship will be held from 4 – 5 November 2025 in Singapore at AFTEA 2025, Sands Expo & Convention Centre.
Alt proteins & smart ingredients
Agri & aquaculture tech
Food upcycling, nutrition, and traceability
Sustainable packaging & circular economy
Call for applications: 11 September to 10 October 2025, 23:59 [GMT+8]
Registration is online and your application should include the following:
Pitch deck in English in PDF format with up to 10 slides. The deck should cover key aspects such as your start-up’s problem statement, solution, market opportunity, business model, traction, team, and financial projections, emphasising your product or solution’s impact on agri-food or agri-tech.
A video presentation link of 2 - 5 minutes explaining your start-up’s concept, market potential, and business model, with a focus on agri-food or agri-tech solutions.
Screening: From 11 October 2025
All applications will be reviewed to ensure they meet the eligibility criteria and application requirements. Start-ups will be evaluated based on the strengths of their applications, including the innovation of the idea, market potential, and team capabilities, particularly in the agri-food and agri-tech sectors.
Selected start-ups will be notified from 18 October 2025.
45 teams will progress to the Semi Finals, which will be held at AFTEA 2025 on 4 November 2025.
Competition stages: 4 – 5 November 2025
Semi Finals – 4 November 2025
- 45 teams will pitch to a panel of judges. There will be 4 rounds of pitching with 10-11 teams pitching in each round.
- Each team will be allotted a maximum of 5 minutes. This includes 3 minutes to pitch and 1 minute of Q&A.
- The top teams from each round, up to a total of 5 teams, will progress to the Finals stage.
Finals – 5 November 2025
- 5 teams from Semi Finals, including another 5 teams from Innovate 360-led regional selections will compete and pitch to a panel of judges.
- Each team will be allotted a total of 8 minutes. This includes 5 minutes to pitch and 2 minutes of Q&A.
- The top team will be crowned Grand Champion.
There is no cost to participate in the Competition. However, start-ups shortlisted for the Semi Finals in Singapore held during AFTEA 2025 will have to bear their own travel and accommodation costs, if applicable. Additionally, shortlisted start-ups are required to book a booth in AFTEA 2025.
Participants may choose to enter as an individual (sole founder) or as a team. Judges will evaluate entries based on:
Innovativeness (20%)
Impact of solution (20%)
Differentiation from existing solutions (20%)
Feasibility to commercialise and expand (20%)
Investment potential (20%)
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