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Jack Ellis

  • Senior Associate / Lead Analyst, Food and Agriculture, Cleantech Group
Singapore, Vancouver
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We taste-tested GOOD Meat's cultivated chicken. Here's our verdict

We taste-tested GOOD Meat's cultivated chicken. Here's our verdict

GOOD Meat secured world-first regulatory approval in Singapore for its cultivated chicken back in 2020. We to…

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EXCLUSIVE: Moa nets $44m Series B funding to launch the next generation of herbicides

EXCLUSIVE: Moa nets $44m Series B funding to launch the next generation of herbicides

Moa Technology wants to "replenish the toolbox" available to farmers in the face of rising herbicide resistan…

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Food inflation 101: What agrifoodtech players need to know about the coming crisis

Food inflation 101: What agrifoodtech players need to know about the coming crisis

Food inflation, driven by the war in Ukraine, could lead to "apocalyptic" scenes and "tip tens of millions...…

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Impossible Foods' new CEO starts today. He has some big decisions to make about its future

Impossible Foods' new CEO starts today. He has some big decisions to make about its future

Peter McGuinness is taking the reins from Patrick Brown at Impossible Foods. It's an opportunity for the comp…

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If you want to know why Beyond Meat released plant-based jerky, look at its FY 2021 results

If you want to know why Beyond Meat released plant-based jerky, look at its FY 2021 results

Jerky might seem a strange choice, but aligns with Beyond Meat's mission to increase its retail sales in 2022…

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Putin's invasion of Ukraine won't just disrupt food supplies - but food technologies, too

Putin's invasion of Ukraine won't just disrupt food supplies - but food technologies, too

With so much of the world's food and fertilizer coming from Ukraine and Russia, we're facing yet another glob…

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Jay-Z's startup fund is quietly investing in Southeast Asia

Jay-Z's startup fund is quietly investing in Southeast Asia

He's got 99 problems, but investing in Southeast Asian tech ain't one. Or it just became his hundredth proble…

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Here's why Asia's auto giants want a piece of the ride-hailing pie

Here's why Asia's auto giants want a piece of the ride-hailing pie

When Toyota joined as co-lead in Grab's series H funding round in June 2018, it was said to be the largest-ev…

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M17's ill-fated IPO: CEO reveals all

M17's ill-fated IPO: CEO reveals all

Year-on-year revenue growth of over 10x. Selling costs as a share of revenue halved and operating losses quar…

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Should Grab spin off its financial services?

Should Grab spin off its financial services?

Grab has spoken to banks and insurance companies about taking stakes in its payments and financial services b…

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Warung Pintar raised over $35m in a year to transform Asia's mom-and-pop stores

Warung Pintar raised over $35m in a year to transform Asia's mom-and-pop stores

In Indonesia and Malaysia, it's called a warung. In the Philippines, it's a sari-sari store. Across much of I…

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Why Grab is targeting travel and tourism as its next vertical

Why Grab is targeting travel and tourism as its next vertical

Grab needs growth. Its current series H funding round is now expected to balloon to US$6.5 billion, indicatin…

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Has Toyota turned Tesla with its latest 'open' patent pledge? Not quite.

Has Toyota turned Tesla with its latest 'open' patent pledge? Not quite.

A closer look at Toyota's royalty-free offer on around 23,740 of its patents shows it's a somewhat different …

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Go-Jek added $3b to the Indonesian economy in 2018, study claims

Go-Jek added $3b to the Indonesian economy in 2018, study claims

Go-Jek contributed 44.2 trillion rupiahs (US$3.1 billion) in added value to the Indonesian economy last year …

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With Mobike leaving, Singapore's bike-sharing boom looks over. Here's what's next

With Mobike leaving, Singapore's bike-sharing boom looks over. Here's what's next

When Mobike last week confirmed its intention to quit the Singapore market, it marked the end of an era. Whil…

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Go-Jek says 'no evidence found' after claims that fraudsters gamed CNY incentives

Go-Jek says 'no evidence found' after claims that fraudsters gamed CNY incentives

Ride-hailing drivers in Singapore have complained that some among their number are gaming incentives offered …

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Almost 30% of Go-Jek, 5% of Grab e-hails in Indonesia are fraudulent, study claims

Almost 30% of Go-Jek, 5% of Grab e-hails in Indonesia are fraudulent, study claims

Almost a third of e-hails made through Go-Jek's app in Indonesia may be fraudulent, while 5 percent of Grab o…

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ByteDance, the $75b social media unicorn from China, is now in the market for patents

ByteDance, the $75b social media unicorn from China, is now in the market for patents

If you're outside of China, you've probably never heard of ByteDance. But the Beijing-based startup's mobile …

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Grab may have cause to sue Go-Jek over map copying, say lawyers

Grab may have cause to sue Go-Jek over map copying, say lawyers

Go-Jek launched its Singapore ride-hailing app in beta last month, satisfying the city-state's craving for a …

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These Singaporeans built a scooter startup and sold it to Ford for $100m in 20 months

These Singaporeans built a scooter startup and sold it to Ford for $100m in 20 months

How many Singaporeans does it take to launch a US bike-sharing startup, pivot it to e-scooters, and sell it t…

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JD and Go-Jek deepen their relationship to conquer Indonesia

JD and Go-Jek deepen their relationship to conquer Indonesia

Ecommerce giant JD is betting big on Indonesia - both in terms of making venture investments, where it has ba…

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The race to become Southeast Asia's super app

The race to become Southeast Asia's super app

Go-Jek and Grab each started out offering ride-hailing services. But both companies claim that their objectiv…

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Grab's CTO on hiring decisions, the future, and the failure that embarrassed him

Grab's CTO on hiring decisions, the future, and the failure that embarrassed him

Theo Vassilakis was a math researcher at university, and he was on course to become a professor. Hopefully, h…

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As it becomes a $53b public company, Meituan should give up on ride-hailing altogether

As it becomes a $53b public company, Meituan should give up on ride-hailing altogether

Meituan-Dianping has kicked off its much anticipated IPO, with the multi-segment, on-demand services app repo…

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