Octayne Green Fuels

The Octayne team joined the Business Development team from Rize on a field outreach trip to beautiful Central Java, Indonesia. During the trip we spoke with farmer cooperatives, rice millers, harvest contractors and brokers to find pain points in their waste management practices and suggest solutions that Octayne can provide. Octayne continues its outreach now in West Java Stay tuned for more updates as we build towards kick starting production Siem D. Schreurs Ibnu Abi Hatim Amin Wavemaker Impact Rohan Vinekar

🌿 Weaning Asia off its billion dollar coal addiction... Congrats Rohan Vinekar & Octayne Green Fuels team on latest funding to convert farm waste into low cost, scalable and carbon-neutral fuel! And Wavemaker Impact's latest 100x100 climatetech venture build... onwards & upwards #FarmWaste #AgriFoodWaste #EnergyTransition #CarbonNeutral #GreenFuel #StopCoal #ClimateTech #StartUp #VentureBuild #SouthEastAsia

One man’s trash is another’s… energy? Meet Octayne Green Fuels. This startup turns farm waste into energy, and they’ve just raised a $525,000 pre-seed! Investor check. Wavemaker Impact. Learn more 👉🏼 https://buff.ly/3Xk3lhM Want the latest news in SEA tech? Subscribe for free on: www.BackScoop.com

We're digging the news so you don't have to. What’s going on in Southeast Asia's startup ecosystem this week?👇 Seaplane Asia Limited, an innovative company specializing in seaplane services and enhancing travel experiences across Southeast Asia, has just completed its most recent funding round. This investment was spearheaded by TK & Partners, a prominent venture capital firm in the region, and A2D Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm, angel investing platform and angel syndicate based in Southeast Asia. ------ 🚀 Join a global community of angel investors, family offices, and VCs. Start discovering game-changing early-stage startups across Southeast Asia: https://lnkd.in/gBKnQ5aW ------ Google plans to invest USD 2 billion in Selangor, Malaysia, to establish its inaugural data center and Google Cloud region within the nation. Deemples, a platform designed for golfers based in Malaysia, has secured a USD 2 million investment from V Ventures Asia, a venture capital firm headquartered in Singapore. GOPIZZA Global HQ, a pizza chain incorporating technology, secured a $10 million investment from Charoen Pokphand Group Co.,Ltd. (CP Group), a Thai conglomerate renowned for its ownership of 7-Eleven and Lotus. BayaniPay, a payments automation firm with operations in Los Angeles and the Philippines, has secured an extra USD 3 million, bringing its Series A funding to USD 9.6 million. Wavemaker Partners, PTGB, and Talino Venture Studios are the main contributors to this latest capital injection. AgriG8, a startup headquartered in Singapore with a focus on reducing carbon emissions in rice farming, has secured an undisclosed amount from Better Bite Ventures and The Trendlines Group. Octayne Green Fuels, a waste-to-energy enterprise based in Singapore, has obtained USD 525,000 in pre-seed financing from Wavemaker Impact. Arches, a platform for sharing knowledge with a focus on the Asia Pacific area, has secured USD 3 million in funding, spearheaded by KUSABI, with contributions from Visional, SMBC Venture Capital, and angel investors. This round boosts the company's total funding to USD 5 million. Paper.id, a B2B fintech firm based in Indonesia, has secured an undisclosed amount of Series B funding, with Square Peg Venture Capital Ltd. taking the lead in this round. The SMBC Asia Rising Fund, a collaboration between Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation – SMBC Group and Incubate Fund, joined in the investment, along with existing supporter Argor Capital Management. ------ 💡 Follow A2D Ventures for more weekly updates ✉️ Join our newsletter for weekly venture capital news, insights, and knowledge: https://lnkd.in/gJ3uDDGd ------ #startup #funding #vc #business #venturecapital #founders #fundraising #startups #southeastasia #entrepreneurship #entrepreneur #founder

We're making waves

🌿 (Green) Fuelling the Future: Octayne x Wavemaker Impact ♻️ We're thrilled to have co-built and launched Octayne Green Fuels, a pioneering venture transforming #FarmWaste into #CarbonNeutral fuel in #SoutheastAsia! This funding will help #Octayne execute pilot projects, develop their technical product and build a specialised team to drive their mission forward as they unlock the region’s $800 million energy market. 🚜🌱⛽ Led by founder Rohan Vinekar, Octayne is tackling the challenge of SEA’s coal dependency by offering a low-cost, scalable and carbon-neutral alternative fuel derived from the region’s vast #agricultural sector. By converting over 400 million tonnes of post-harvest crop residue into renewable #BioEnergy fuel, Octayne aims to create a #sustainable energy future while addressing the environmental impact of crop residue burning. Discover how they plan to break ground in this field and tackle these challenges in the article below! 🔗🔍 #WMi fully supports Octayne’s vision to be a #100x100 venture, decarbonising SEA’s energy sector by first targeting #Indonesia, #Thailand and #Vietnam before expanding across the region. 🚀 Congratulations to Rohan and the Octayne team! Excited to lead this investment with you! 🎉👏 #WavemakerImpact #GreenEnergy #BioWaste #Agriculture #Decarbonization #RenewableEnergy #ClimateAction #VentureBuilding #Entrepreneurship 🏗 Our venture build team : Quentin Vaquette Guillem Segarra Yuan Chun Ling Cassandra Yip-Lee

Octayne Green Fuels converts underutilised waste biomass into a low-cost and scalable drop-in replacement for coal. By prioritising Net Zero, it strives to eliminate coal dependency in Southeast Asia without affecting the region’s development ambitions and encouraging the adoption of alternative fuels into existing infrastructure. Rohan Vinekar Wavemaker Impact #e27News

Follow our journey as we aim to decarbonize the energy industry in SEA Onwards and Upwards We are also actively hiring key roles based in Jakarta, Indonesia Let's talk #startup #greenenergy #Indonesia #Singapore #hiring Rohan Vinekar