# Glife Technologies Pte Ltd

> Glife Technologies is a Singapore-based B2B food and agri-tech company that digitizes the food supply chain across Southeast Asia. It connects farmers and suppliers directly with restaurants, hotels, caterers and retailers through an app-based sourcing marketplace, its own cold-chain distribution network, and an in-house ERP platform called GlifeWare. By cutting out layers of middlemen and aggregating demand, Glife aims to lower costs for buyers, give farmers reliable access to end-buyers, and improve food safety and food security in the region.

- **Founded:** 2017
- **Headquarters:** Singapore
- **Founders:** Justin Chou (Co-Founder & CEO (also co-founder of Growthwell and Greendot))
- **Team size:** Approximately 200 (per 2022 company reports); some databases list ~42.
- **Products:** Glife B2B Marketplace App, GlifeWare, Cold-Chain Distribution Network, Plant-Based & Frozen Food Distribution
- **Notable:** Raised US$13M+ in total funding, backed by Temasek's Heliconia Capital, 500 Global, KB Investment and Tin Men Capital., Grew to 5,000+ F&B/retail customers and 2,000+ farmers and suppliers across four Southeast Asian markets., Expanded internationally through acquisitions of PanenID (Indonesia) and Yolek (Malaysia) and a strategic investment in Koina (Vietnam).

## Products & services

- **Glife B2B Marketplace App** — A mobile sourcing platform where restaurants, hotels, caterers and retailers order fresh fruit, vegetables and plant-based products directly from aggregated farmers and suppliers, with visibility into the supply chain.
- **GlifeWare** — An in-house enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform offered as SaaS to digitally transform smallholder farmers and food-supply operators; reported to increase operational efficiency by 30-50%.
- **Cold-Chain Distribution Network** — Glife's own distribution and last-mile logistics operation for temperature-controlled delivery of fresh and frozen produce to food-service businesses.
- **Plant-Based & Frozen Food Distribution** — Distribution of plant-based and frozen foods to HORECA (hotels, restaurants, catering) businesses, expanded via the acquisition of Malaysia's Yolek.

## Achievements

- Raised US$13M+ in total funding, backed by Temasek's Heliconia Capital, 500 Global, KB Investment and Tin Men Capital.
- Grew to 5,000+ F&B/retail customers and 2,000+ farmers and suppliers across four Southeast Asian markets.
- Expanded internationally through acquisitions of PanenID (Indonesia) and Yolek (Malaysia) and a strategic investment in Koina (Vietnam).
- Built GlifeWare, an ERP reported to lift supply-chain operators' efficiency by 30-50%.
- Sources directly from over 1,000 farmers, including marginalized and ethnic-minority communities.

## Latest updates

- **2022-09** — Closed Series A1 with a US$3M investment from Tin Men Capital, bringing total funding above US$13M.
- **2022-05** — Announced acquisitions/majority stakes in PanenID (Indonesia) and Yolek (Malaysia) and a strategic investment in Koina (Vietnam) to expand its farm-to-table ecosystem.
- **2021-11** — Raised US$8M Series A led by Heliconia Capital to expand into Malaysia and Indonesia and invest in its F&B software platform.

## Links

- Website: https://glife.com.sg
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/glifetech
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glifegroup/

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Last updated: 2026-07-27