Benny Chng is an Assistant Director of Venture Investing at SGInnovate, focusing on agrifood startups and investments. He works with startup founders on applying cutting-edge technologies to solving real-world problems in the industry. To this end, he enjoys working with entrepreneurs on identifying blue-ocean business opportunities, building sought-after products and winning teams, and raising capital to grow and scale. In his previous role, Benny was a governance, risk, and compliance consultant for the financial services industry.
At SGInnovate, we build and scale Deep Tech startups into high-potential companies with global impact. We believe that hard global problems can be solved using Deep Tech, and Singapore, where we are based, is uniquely positioned to realize Deep Tech innovations that can tackle these challenges. Our Deep Tech Nexus Strategy is focused on adding tangible value to the Deep Tech startup ecosystem in two key areas – development of Human Capital and deployment of Investment Capital. With the support of our partners and co-investors, we back entrepreneurial scientists through equity-based investments, access to talent, and business-building advice. Our efforts are prioritized around emerging technologies such as Advanced Manufacturing, AgriFood, Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Vehicles, MedTech, and Quantum Computing, which represent impactful and scalable answers to global challenges. SGInnovate is a private limited company wholly owned by the Singapore Government.
Connect with Benny on Linkedin and read more about SGInnovate here https://www.sginnovate.com/
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