Our distinct commercialisation pillars, together with our ecosystem for collaboration and innovation, combine to deliver what your food start-up needs.

Our Approach

Our Unique and Comprehensive Capabilities

Enabler

Nurasa’s Food Tech Innovation Centre (FTIC), operated in partnership with A*STAR’s Singapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation (SIFBI), enables sustainable food companies to accelerate scalability with its lab to pilot scale research and product development infrastructure.

FTIC will be a one-stop shop where aspiring food-tech start-ups will have access to a food grade pilot scale facility with extrusion and fermentation equipment, shared labs, test kitchens, co-working spaces, as well as to tap on A*STAR SIFBI’s ecosystem.


Operator

We provide manufacturing facilities, along with market insights into commercialisation opportunities, through two landmark joint venture companies, Cremer Sustainable Foods and ScaleUp Bio, to support scaling up across Asia.

Reputable Collaborators, Dynamic Partnerships

Nurasa’s strategic partnership with global industry experts, Archer Daniel Midlands (ADM) and CREMER, allows us to offer robust contract development and manufacturing capabilities specialising in precision fermentation and high moisture extrusion (HME).


Investor

Nurasa is committed to driving success by building long-lasting, mutually beneficial strategic partnerships with viable food tech start-ups.

Strong Portfolio with Success Markers

Companies that have benefitted from our accelerated growth programmes include Growthwell Foods and Next Gen Foods.


Our Collaborators

A Spirit of Deep Collaboration
and Innovation

Joint Venture Partners

Joint Venture Companies

Portfolio Companies

Joint Venture Partners

Archer Daniel Midlands (ADM)

CREMER

Joint Venture Companies

Cremer Sustainable Foods

ScaleUp Bio

Portfolio Companies

Growthwell Foods

Next Gen Foods

Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, Archer Daniel Midlands (ADM) is a global leader in human and animal nutrition and the world’s premier agricultural origination and processing company.

Based in Hamburg, Germany, CREMER is a global specialist for the trade, processing and transport of agricultural, raw and basic materials, as well as oleochemical products.

Cremer Sustainable Foods, a joint venture between Nurasa and CREMER, provides contract development and manufacturing organisational (CDMO) capabilities to food businesses who require the use of its high-moisture extrusion (HME) technology, via its operational facility in Tuas, Singapore.

A joint venture with Nurasa and Archer Daniel Midlands (ADM), ScaleUp Bio is the first in Singapore, and one of the first in Asia, to offer end-to-end food-grade contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) services in microbial precision fermentation from lab to pilot scale.

Founded in Singapore in 2019, Growthwell Foods aim to become Asia’s leading plant-nutrition food tech company, nourishing a billion lives through the provision of sustainable and nutritious plant-based food options.

Based in Singapore, Next Gen Foods is a food tech company developing and commercialising innovative and sustainable plant-based food products that deliver tantalising taste experiences.

Our collaboration journeys, accelerated and
scaled up through innovation.

Our Competencies

The Skills and Solutions
Menu You’re Looking For

Commitment to scaling and commercialisation—building sustainable businesses
Comprehensive platform for the entire sustainable food system
Unique combination of investment and operational expertise
Sustainability at the core—for the good of people, animals and the planet
Agile, intelligent, optimistic and collaborative culture
Expertise in Asia and nuanced understanding of the region
Our Competencies

The Skills and Solutions
Menu You’re Looking For

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  • Commitment to scaling and commercialisation—building sustainable businesses
  • Comprehensive platform for the entire sustainable food system
  • Unique combination of investment and operational expertise
  • Expertise in Asia and nuanced understanding of the region
  • Agile, intelligent, optimistic and collaborative culture
  • Sustainability at the core—for the good of people, animals and the planet
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Make a difference in Asia’s sustainable food system today.

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Panel: Driving APAC’s alternative protein ecosystem forward

  • Understanding drivers of
    consumer acceptance
  • What needs to be done to increase
    product quality – more affordability,
    nutritional value, better taste
  •  Scaling strategies for the industry to
    bridge the affordability gap
  • Operational perspective from start-ups
    – what support do they need to scale?

Moderator
Karin del Rey, Program Director, Big Idea Ventures

Panellists:

  • Aimee Pink, Scientist, A STAR – Agency for
    Science, Technology and Research
  • Tao Zhang Co-founder, Dao Foods
  • XiuLing Guo, CEO, Nurasa
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