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Edible food once deemed as excess could still serve a purpose, be upcycled and served again. This is how Singapore reinvents food 🍃

Here we have another feature of Qi Herng Kong, Co-founder of resavour, on CNA Insider!

Alongside with his co-founders and also NOC alumni, Lim Jia Wei and Varden Toh, this idea first came about from them brewing their own beer and realising how much spent grains were generated while still having immense nutrients in these by-products.

💡Solution?
Mill these grains into powder and they become a versatile ingredient especially in baking, containing far more fibre and protein than your regular flour!

🌎 What does this mean for us, for our Earth? ➡️ Fewer emissions from disposal.
In 2025 alone, they have upcycled over 1.2 tonnes of food waste, which is about 1.5 tonnes of carbon dioxide averted!

📸: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tD_XmbwoMnU

🍪 Time to sustainably stock up your pantry here: https://resavour.com

T-5 , NOC Application is now open! Apply now before it's too late😎

Applications close on 30th March, 2359hrs. Act fast!💨

🚀 Celebrating 10 Years of ShopBack! 🎉

Proud moment for the NOC community — founders Henry Chan and Joel Leong are who turned a simple idea in 2014 into one of APAC’s leading rewards platforms, now serving millions across the world.

Key points of their 10-year journey:
- Exposure to the NOC programme in US and China opened their worldview to taking risks, which is common in starting a business.
- Finding the win-win-win business model is the foundation.
- Serving current customers well and let them be the best advocate for new customers. Organic growth is a big part of their strategy and customers' trust is crucial.
- Being passionate about what they are building, spending time with people with high energy, and adopting an innovation mindset to constantly improve things that resonate with the AI-first world.

Here’s to more bold ideas and global impact from our NOC Alumni startups founders! 💙🔥

Watch the full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUbx7mW7BSE
📸 Credits: YouTube link above.

Incredibly excited to see Lucas Ngoo, NOC alumnus and Co-founder of .sg , continuing to push the boundaries of innovation!

His latest venture, Cortex AI, has secured US$6M in seed funding to tackle one of robotics’ biggest bottlenecks — real-world data. Instead of building robots, Cortex AI focuses on the human motion data that trains next‑gen robotic systems. 💡🤖

At NUS Overseas Colleges, we love seeing our alumni trail blaze bold new frontiers — proving once again that entrepreneurial thinking + global exposure = outsized impact. Congrats Lucas!

📖 If you are a prospective student looking to embark on your entrepreneurial journey, join us at NUS Open House on 7th March 2026 to learn more!
📍 NUS UTown, Stephen Riady Centre, Level 1, NOC Booth (between Bismillah Biryani and Fairprice Express)

📷 : Lucas' LinkedIn

From making YouTube videos as a teen to working with global tech brands like DocuSign, Nicholas Cheng shows how creativity and storytelling can grow into a global business. 🌍

In his Marketing In Asia interview, Nicholas shares how he built VideoPulse across time zones, the lessons behind great storytelling, and why passion and consistency matter more than trends.

A great read for everyone who dream of turning ideas into impact. 💡

🔗 Read the full interview: https://bit.ly/47zLUxe

Credits: Marketing In Asia & Nicholas Cheng

Carousell co-founder and Lucas Ngoo’s new robotics startup Cortex AI has just exited stealth, and now backed by Y Combinator!

From folding boxes to bagging groceries, Cortex is building general-purpose robots powered by adaptable AI, with a marketplace that connects real workplaces to AI developers.

We’re excited to see how Lucas brings his startup magic from recommerce to robotics & AI! 🙌

📖 Read more via Tech in Asia: https://bit.ly/Lucas_noc
📷 Photo credits: Lucas’ LinkedIn & CareSense

What started as a simple frustration with doomscrolling turned into something meaningful — a refreshing take on social media that helps people spend more time on what they truly enjoy, from painting to running to music. 🎨🏃‍♂️🎶

So proud of our hashtag founders of .app for building something that makes life a little better — recently featured on Money FM 89.3! 🎉📻

🎧 Catch the interview via Money FM: bit.ly/4qpsO5u