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Junjie Zhang and the machinery of a daily habit
A tea-shop employee, a franchise partner, a robotics-company manager. Before Junjie Zhang took CHAGEE to Nasdaq, he learned the business from several sides of the counter.
CHAGEE USA. A new leaf in latte country.
CHAGEE is bringing whole-leaf tea to America in a format coffee drinkers already understand. The harder part is turning a beautiful first cup into an everyday habit.
Royal Cup sells the morning.
The coffee is only part of the order. Royal Cup built its business around everything it takes to keep the next cup coming - and its 2026 expansion makes that bet bigger.
ProfilePrint - AI-driven Ingredient Quality Platform
ProfilePrint is a Singapore-based B2B platform that turns the molecular signature of a food ingredient into a digital fingerprint and uses AI to predict its identity, origin and quality within seconds. Built on patented digital food Identity-as-a-Service (IDaaS) technology, it pairs proprietary near-infrared hardware with custom machine-learning models so agribusinesses can grade coffee, cocoa, tea, dairy, oils and other ingredients without slow, subjective lab work. Founded in 2017 by Alan Lai, the company is deployed across roughly 50-60 locations on six continents and counts industry giants such as Cargill, Olam, Louis Dreyfus and Sucafina as investors and customers.