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The Insectta Team
May 2, 20243 min read
Chitosan and Skincare: Let's Get to the Basics
You may have heard big skincare buzzwords like hyaluronic acid, AHAs/BHAs, or retinols, and the fact is, all skincare ingredients serve...
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The Insectta Team
Nov 29, 20233 min read
Insectta Announces Grand Opening of Insect Biomaterial Extraction Pilot Plant
29 November 2023, Singapore — Insectta, a leading company in the insect industry, announced today the grand opening of its new insect...
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The Insectta Team
Nov 27, 20230 min read
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The Insectta Team
May 30, 20236 min read
Meet the founder: Insectta’s Chua Kai-Ning with AgFunder News
Elaine Watson for AgFunder News - If you’re farming insects for protein, scale is the name of the game, which makes life tough for new...
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The Insectta Team
May 23, 20231 min read
We learn from failure, not success - The Vulcan Post
Mistakes are powerful teachers, and this article on the Vulcan Post with co-founder Kai-Ning Chua sheds light on how Insectta's journey...
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The Insectta Team
Apr 26, 20232 min read
Singaporean insect biotech startup, Insectta, closes 2nd funding round to begin industrialisation
Singapore, 26 April 2023 - Insectta, a leading company in the insect industry, announced today that it has raised $1.4 million in a...
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The Insectta Team
Apr 18, 20233 min read
These Women Wanna Have A Talk About Saving The Planet by Female Magazine
Kai from the Insectta Team sat down with Female Magazine for Earth Day to share about Insectta's vision for the circular economy, her...
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The Insectta Team
Apr 12, 20231 min read
Mind Your Business with 89.3 MoneyFM
We hopped on The Breakfast Show with MONEY FM 89.3's Mind Your Business last week, and it was great to be back! Since we were last on, we...
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The Insectta Team
Mar 7, 20231 min read
Buzzin' at the HER Impact Forum 2023
Insectta co-founder Kai showed how women could make a buzz in biotechnology during the HER Impact 2023, organised by HER Entrepreneur and...
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The Insectta Team
Nov 3, 20221 min read
Insectta at the 6th Annual Asia Pacific Agrifood Innovation Summit, Singapore
What a thrill to be at the Asia Pacific Agrifood Summit held at Marina Bay Sands, as one of the startups pitching at Pitch Day! We were...
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The Insectta Team
Jun 23, 20221 min read
Insectta in Young Changemakers by Clean and Green SG
The Insectta Team is driven by passion and the belief that young changemakers like us are making waves in the sustainability and biotech...
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The Insectta Team
Dec 26, 20213 min read
Black soldier fly farm creates biomaterials for pharmaceutical, medtech industries by Straits Times
SINGAPORE - Black soldier flies - with their innate ability to turn discarded food into nutrients for plants and animals - have found a...
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The Insectta Team
Nov 28, 20211 min read
Insectta: Farming the Biomaterials of the Future by Hive Life
With a vision to expand the insect farming industry in Singapore, Insectta rears black soldier flies for waste valorisation and...
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The Insectta Team
Nov 26, 20211 min read
Choose Your Own Adventure - Visit Insectta Virtually with The Travel Intern!
Rediscover the hidden gems of Singapore in a brand new Choose-Your-Own-Adventure video series featuring Singapore's first black soldier...
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The Insectta Team
Nov 18, 20211 min read
Meeting the Makers by Reuters
Meeting the Makers is an inspiring series by Reuters diving into the motivations behind young entrepreneurs and their businesses' quest...
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The Insectta Team
Sep 30, 20211 min read
Join us in Hidden Hustles by Our Grandfather Story!
Join Wenqi as she explores what it takes to be part of our Black Soldier Fly facility in Hidden Hustles by Our Grandfather Story! Did you...
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The Insectta Team
Sep 28, 20211 min read
Insectta wins Waste Valorisation Award 2021
In January 2021, the National Environment Agency launched the Food Resource Valorisation Awards to recognise the efforts of companies...
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The Insectta Team
Sep 19, 20211 min read
Young Green Entrepreneurs Tackling Climate Change by Channel NewsAsia
Singapore is set to create 55,000 green jobs in the next 10 years, but some youths want to chart their own way in the sustainability...
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The Insectta Team
Aug 29, 20211 min read
This Singapore startup is using insects to turn trash into treasure - Inventing Tomorrow by CNN
"The concept behind Insectta is that nothing goes to waste," said Chua. "Waste can be reimagined as a resource if we change how we think...
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The Insectta Team
May 23, 20212 min read
Urban Farmers with a Circular Mission - CNBC Feature
Reproduced from CNBC.com Singapore’s first urban insect farm, Insectta, is a biotech start-up extracting valuable biomaterials from the...
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