Our member startups

Unilever Foundry offers the opportunity for startups to pilot with Unilever brands and functions globally. With the aim to build and cultivate strategic partners for the future.

Here are some of our member startups working on pilot projects with Unilever.

As a leading player in food, agricultural, financial and industrial business, Cargill offers diverse opportunities for startups to pilot with them. Members will gain visibility into potential needs of players in the agriculture and food sectors, and benefit from the mentorship that experienced Cargill professionals will be able to offer.

Deloitte provides advisory and coaching to our member startups, as well as learning, networking, and market access opportunities through its roundtables, workshops and fireside chats tailored to the needs of our community.

Asia Pacific Internet Group (APACIG) is a leading internet platform in Asia that is supported by top internet companies regionally. APACIG invests in people and ideas, incubating technology companies with proven business models and helping entrepreneurs to become leaders in one of the world’s most promising markets. APACIG aims to provide easy and convenient online services for consumers and businesses, pushing Asia Pacific's start-up scene to the next level.

Gobi Partners was established to focus on home-grown innovation that emerges from IT, TMT convergence, and the digital media revolution in China. They are now a leading early stage investor which manages nine funds in seven offices across China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, and Jakarta, with investment focused on early stage, IT and digital media companies in China and Southeast Asia.

Jungle Ventures is the amongst the most established venture capital firms in Southeast Asia. Backed by leading institutional investors such as Temasek, IFC, and Accel Partners, Jungle Ventures has invested in more than 30 leading Asian technology startups, including the likes of Travelmob, Zipdial, and Voyagin. Jungle Ventures invests in companies at Series A and selectively Series B, targeting industries including E-Commerce, Marketplaces, Fintech, Software, and Media.

VisVires New Protein (VVNP) is the first Venture Fund in Asia exclusively focused on finding disruptive solutions for the global food and feed system. VVNP employs a disciplined investment approach built on identifying existing problems within the value-chain and uncovering game-changing technologies which can be applied to the larger Asia Pacific region, including sustainable solutions to animal protein production systems, new tools and techniques to improve interaction between food and human health, and solutions to tackle food waste, food safety and traceability.

Qualgro invests at Series A and Series B, across Southeast Asia, Australia & New Zealand. They focus mainly on B2B, and look for great teams in these tech spaces: Data, Enterprise & SME SaaS, FinTech and other areas such as Education & Health.

SeedPlus is a Singapore based venture capital firm, looking to invest in and partner with founders building globally disruptive startups across Asia, by leading seed to pre-series A rounds. Their investment philosophy is focused on operational involvement through a team of seasoned executives from fast-growing tech companies the likes of Google, Yahoo!, Spotify and Evernote. Their broadly-scoped investment interests include machine learning, SaaS, IOT & connected devices, Fintech and marketplaces.

Unilever Ventures is the venture capital and private equity arm of Unilever investing in young, promising companies, accelerating growth by providing access to Unilever’s global ecosystem, assets and expertise. Their focus area is in Personal Care and Digital, and is constantly looking for tomorrow's world-beaters.

Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India invests in high-growth start-ups seeking their first round of institutional venture capital funding across Asia (excluding China). They invest in three key areas: Mobile/ Internet (Fintech, Vertical eCommerce), Tech-enabler (Enterprise/ Big Data, IoT), Services (O2O, SaaS).

Upma Arora

General Manager
Upma is passionate about all things startups. After running her own food startup in London, she has developed a strong passion to create an ecosystem that can help startups grow, have a social impact, while still being profitable!
She has over ten year’s experience working in the public sector, delivering European Union projects and building lean operational processes for organisations. She loves reading, upcycling, sustainable eating, and urban farming. Currently, she’s trying to start new lives in her DIY hydroponics!

Muhd Ridwan

Community Executive (Operations & Facilities)
Ridwan is the ‘most-wanted’ man at LEVEL3. He takes care of our beautiful workspace and everything in it, from our members to our assets. He has a hand behind all of our successful events, and a solution for all our problems.
Ridwan has seven years of experience in customer service, including a stint as cabin crew aboard Scoot flights all over Asia. You can see it in his cheerful disposition and readiness to create experiences better for all our members and partners.

Shu Zhen Seet

Community Executive (Finance & Admin)
Shu Zhen is always up for a challenge, she is adaptive and eager to embark on new projects. Initially tasked with marketing and communication duties, she went on to pick up the admin and finance portfolio. Now she is everyone’s favourite loan shark, chasing rents and revenue from events. She has also been instrumental in finding, testing, and deploying digital tools that help create smoother experiences for all our members. 
Outside of work, she is also a wedding makeup artist, dancer, and everything that makes the rest of the team question their own talents.

Azra Zulaikha

Community Executive (Marketing & Communications)
Azra helps LEVEL3 put its best foot forward, managing all the marketing and communications content LEVEL3 puts out. She creates original content for our members and drives participation for all virtual and physical events at LEVEL3. She also engages our wider community by managing content on our social media channels. 
Azra began her professional journey with LEVEL3, having done part-time marketing stints in the event management and early childhood education spaces. She brings a positive approach and genuine curiosity to all her work. 
Outside of work, she is a talented singer who has come in first in various singing competitions!

Tyra Ree

Community Executive (Events & Admin)
Tyra is the newest addition to the team but has already quickly acclimated herself to the spaces and the team. She makes sure both virtual and physical events run smoothly and approaches all projects with a positive mindset and eagerness to serve the community.