Investors Finc Pte. Ltd., Cyanhill Capital<\/a>, Pasudeco<\/a>, and Eastern Wind International participated in the round along with existing investors Ritz Venture Partners<\/a> and AgFunder<\/a>.<\/p>\n In addition to helping build out Singrow\u2019s three main lines of business\u2014seedlings, vertical farming, and a reverse genetics breeding platform\u2014the new funding will also fuel the company\u2019s expansion beyond its current markets such as Singapore (where it\u2019s headquartered) and China.<\/p>\n Founder and CEO Dr Bao Shengjie tells AgFunderNews that one of Singrow\u2019s biggest milestones over the last couple years has been its evolution from a single-market business serving only Singapore to a regional one that reaches other areas of Southeast Asia as well as China.<\/p>\n In 2023, the company began its expansion to China, where it has also built a propagation facility for its strawberry seedlings. \u201cWith this capacity we are for the first time able to supply the market [with] new strawberry variants,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n Currently, Singrow\u2019s largest seedling production comes from its Guangzhou farm in southern China, and it operates another facility in the northern part of that country.<\/p>\n \u201cWith such capacity build, we are not only supplying the China domestic market, we are further exporting the strawberries into Singapore, Indonesia, and Thailand. So it\u2019s [turned] into a regional business.\u201d<\/p>\n The company has now trial-planted heat-resistant sweet strawberries\u2014what it calls \u201cclimate resilient strawberries\u201d\u2014in Singapore, China, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand.<\/p>\n The berries are derived from Northeast Asian cultivators and are claimed to be resistant to the high temperatures of summer, enabling production not just around the year but also in regions where strawberry production was previously unheard of.<\/p>\n Last year, Singrow also unveiled technology that compresses the traditional timeframe for saffron growing and harvesting.<\/p>\n \u201cWe see their platform at an inflection point\u2014ready to scale globally and capture significant value in agritech,\u201d Angela Tay, senior associate at AgFunder, tells AgFunderNews.<\/p>\n \u201cIn the five years since AgFunder first backed Singrow, it has more than fulfilled its bold promise. As investors re-upping in this round, we couldn\u2019t be more excited by its trajectory: Singrow has translated its proprietary crop breeding and controlled-environment technologies into real commercial breakthroughs.\u201d<\/p>\n Shengjie and cofounder Xu Tao founded Singrow in 2019\u2014peak time for vertical farming mania, especially around growing leafy greens in warehouse-sized facilities.<\/p>\n But Singrow\u2019s aim wasn\u2019t to become just another indoor ag grower.<\/p>\n \u201cSingrow is primarily a seed company,\u201d says Shengjie. \u201cOur key know-how and technologies are from the crop breeding and precision farming sectors.\u201d<\/p>\n In addition to its seedlings, the company has devoted much effort to its reverse genetics breeding platform that can provide partnering companies with breeding targets for a variety of traits.<\/p>\n Singrow used vertical farming initially because it was the only way to showcase its varieties and technology, Singapore as a whole being extremely short on available land<\/a> for traditional farming.<\/p>\n Now its vertical farming setup is a key part of the Singrow business, though Shengjie says the company won\u2019t be growing leafy greens or herbs inside those farms. \u201cThat\u2019s a dead end in the current market situation,\u201d he says, referring to the ongoing correction<\/a> happening in vertical farming the last couple of years.<\/p>\n \u201cWe focus only on the higher-value crops like strawberries. We have also been working on traditional Chinese medicine, herbs and plants with higher market value.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/e4232f71-298d-4f79-928f-eb59f8b9330c-e1593408335497.jpg\")
<\/a>Singapore trade and industry minister Koh Poh Koon (L) gets a closer look at Singrow\u2019s indoor-grown, tropics-resilient strawberries. Photo credit: Singrow
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<\/a>Shengjie with Singrow\u2019s \u201cclimate resilient strawberries.\u201d Image credit: Singrow