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Insectta is Singapore's first Black Soldier Fly biotech company, extracting high-value biomaterials for the pharmaceutical, bioelectronics, and personal wellness industries. We marry Deep Tech with nature, harnessing the waste valorisation abilities of the amazing black soldier fly to create sustainable, high-quality, and renewable materials for current and future generations. Nature is abound with all kinds of creatures who play a huge role in our ecosystem; many unseen and unheard, like insects and micro-organisms. Join us as we create a circular economy in our food and pharmaceutical industries.
Overview
Location
Singapore
Employees
1-10
Founded date
2018
Mentions in press and media 8
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| May 19, 2023 | Meet the founder: Insectta’s Chua Kai-Ning taps black soldier flies for high-value functional ingredients | If you’re farming insects for protein, scale is the name of the game, which makes life tough for new market entrants, says Singapore-based startup Insectta. But if you’re mining bugs for higher-value functional ingredients, even a tiny star... |
| Jun 30, 2022 | The future of agrifood tech in Southeast Asia: Novel foods set to be the new normal | This article is the second of a two-part series on the future of agriculture technology and food technology in Southeast Asia. Asia is likely to experience exponential growth in food demand—and consequently spending on food—in the coming de... |
| Jul 29, 2020 | Backyard black soldier flies: Grubbly grabs up $2.9m seed round led by Overline | “People are losing their clucking minds over backyard chickens,” reads a recent headline in The Hustle about how the coronavirus pandemic is fueling a resurgence of the US amateur poultry farmer. Will this new chicken run spur a similar cra... |
| Jul 22, 2020 | Protenga nets $1.6m from UK, Singapore investors for novel approach to Black Soldier Fly farming | UK agritech venture builder Roslin Technologies and Enterprise Singapore’s SEEDS Capital, an investment vehicle linked with the city-state’s government, have pumped $1.6 million into insect farming startup Protenga. Roslin Technologies is a... |
| Jul 2, 2020 | Distributed mini-farms and carbon-neutral eggs: The next phase of Black Soldier Fly farming | Last summer at a research lab on the outskirts of Cambridge, UK, I nervously rolled up my sleeve and tucked my hand deep into a tray of pulsing, writhing maggots. (Yes, keeping in touch with the future of farming is a mandate the AFN newsro... |
| Singapore’s urban farmers seek high-tech solutions to turn waste into resources | Singapore’s first urban insect farm, Insectta, is a biotech start-up extracting valuable biomaterials from the black soldier fly. With the challenges of climate change and a growing population, research and development has become critical i... | |
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FAQ about Insectta
When was Insectta founded?
Insectta was founded in 2018.
What has the press written about Insectta?
Parsers VC has collected 8 articles mentioning Insectta, among them “Meet the founder: Insectta’s Chua Kai-Ning taps black soldier flies for high-value functional ingredients” (May 19, 2023) and “The future of agrifood tech in Southeast Asia: Novel foods set to be the new normal” (Jun 30, 2022).
Is Insectta still active?
Yes, Insectta is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Nov 8, 2023.