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Disrupting the Food / Agri Landscape in Southeast Asia With Tech Innovation
1. Disrupting the Food / Agri Landscape
in Southeast Asia
with Tech Innovation
Isabelle Decitre
Founder & CEO
ID Capital Pte (Singapore)
15 May 2017
Prepared for:
2. T H E F U T U R E O F F O O D :
AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
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3. Change in consumer trends
Opportunities for disruption in agricultural
supply chain for farm fresh produce.
Urbanization
Unbalanced demand and supply
Opportunities to maximize crop yields and nutritional
value to meet the demand of food.
Incremental improvements won’t suffice è Technology expected to support innovations
LIMITATIONS
Drought
Arable Land
Water Shortage
A SECTOR RIPE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL DISRUPTION
3Source: AgTech Investing Report (2015)
Opportunity for disruption in making
agriculture less labor intensive.
Opportunities to reduce wastage across the
supply chain.
MAJOR STRUCTURAL EVOLUTIONS
Environmental Impact
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4. 1520
748 746
594
545
453 414
North America &
Oceania
Europe Industrialized Asia North Africa, West
+ Central Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa LaAn America South/Southeast
Asia
Source: AgTech Investing Report and World Bank(2015)
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
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1/4 to 1/3 of food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted.
$1.3
Billion
metric
tonnes
Developing
countries
Developed
countries
Those lost calories
could fill hunger
gaps in the
developing world.61% wasted by
consumer
87% lost in production, storage,
transport, etc.
Calories lost or wasted per day (out
of the recommended 2,000)
North Africa,
West & central
Asia
North America and
Oceania
Europe Industrialized Asia Sub-saharan
Africa
Latin America South or
southeast Asia
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5. Source: AgTech Investing Report (2015)
UNBALANCED SUPPLY AND DEMAND
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World population growth to over 9 billion by 2050, together with a rise in income.
Source: GeoHive
Dietary changes towards higher meat intake.
› Increasing from 37.4 kg/person/year in 2000 to over 52 kg/person/year by 2050 (FAO, 2006).
› Intensive meat production increases cereal production by 50%.
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7. TO ENABLE DISRUPTION, DIGITALIZATION IS IN FULL SWING
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8. FOOD TECHNOLOGY HAPPEN AT THE CROSSROADS OF
SEVERAL DISCIPLINES
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9. HOWEVER THE AGTECH / FOODTECH SECTOR IS
UNDERINVESTED
9Source: AgTech Investing Report (2015)
Total Investment
(in millions US$)
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10. ASIA-PACIFIC IS BELOW THE RADAR BECAUSE OF ANGLO-
SAXON BUSINESS DOMINANCE & REGION’S FRAGMENTATION
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11. The 1st open innovation platform in APAC dedicated to the future of food
The FUTURE FOOD ASIA PLATFORM
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12. AN ANNUAL “RENDEZ-VOUS” TO HELP CREATE MOMENTUM AROUND
THESE PRESSING CHALLENGES
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• Company already incorporated
• Innovative and sustainable technology
• Have already built a proof of concept or a
prototype
• Has operations in the following countries:
• Falls into at least one of the 14 award categories
• Has raised seed money (above US$ 100k)
• Intending to raise a series A in the next 18 months
• English proficient
Southeast Asia
Australia New Zealand
Israël
Taiwan
Korea
CRITERIA FOR STARTUPS TO QUALIFY FOR FFAA AWARD
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13. THE ‘FUTURE FOOD ASIA’ PLATFORM IS SCOUTING STARTUPS THAT
MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THESE CATEGORIES
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15. SEA EXEMPLIFIES THE CHALLENGES OF THE FOOD SYSTEM
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16. WE HAVE RECEIVED AN OVERWHELMING RESPONSE
FROM APAC
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Israel, 8%
North Asean,
21 %
Including
Cambodia,
Myanmar,
Thailand,
Vietnam
North Asia,
20%
Including China,
Hong Kong,
Japan, Korea,
Taiwan
Oceania, 5%
Australia and
New Zealand
South Asean,
24%
Including
Indonesia,
Malaysia,
Philippines,
Singapore
South Asia,
22%
Including
Bangladesh,
India, Pakistan
17. A LOT OF SMART AND NIMBLE VENTURES CONTINGENT TO
SEA CONTEXT
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19. Asia’s AgTech Innovation Award 2016
Jason Clay
Executive Director,
the Markets Institute at the World Wildlife Fund
Guest speaker at the 1st edition of FFAA
Much like the revolutions taking place
in the energy, bio and tech sectors,
the next revolution in food production
will be built on the interchange of
expertise and ideas from a much
wider network of thinkers, innovators,
explorers and entrepreneurs.