CricketOne farms crickets and innovate into the highest quality and most sustainable ingredients for food, beverages, and cosmetics.
Location: Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City
Investors 4
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Startupboo... | startupboo... |
| - | 500 Startu... | 500.co |
| - | Cub Capita... | cubcapital... |
| - | 500 Vietna... | vietnam.50... |
Mentions in press and media 12
| Date | Title | Description |
| 26.03.2026 | Insect ag recalibrates after a brutal shakeout: Where are the key players now? | The insect ag industry is littered with the corpses of startups who found out the hard way that scaling biological systems is not as easy as it looks, prompting a wave of think pieces suggesting its days are numbered. Despite the sector’s w... |
| 28.09.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Paine Schwartz launches $1.7bn agrifood fund, Cricket One unveils new plant, Infarm ‘declared bankrupt’ | Agrifood’s biggest news this week is PE firm Paine Schwartz closing its $1.7 billion food- and agribusiness-focused fund. Fund VI is “exclusively focused on sustainable investments” in food and agribusiness, and the firm has already deploye... |
| 24.09.2023 | Edible insect startup Cricket One closes series A, opens Asia’s largest cricket processing facility | Vietnamese edible insect startup Cricket One has opened what it claims is Asia’s largest cricket processing facility and closed a series A round for an undisclosed “seven-figure” sum. The round was led by Singapore-based investor Robert Ale... |
| 30.06.2022 | The future of agrifood tech in Southeast Asia: Novel foods set to be the new normal | This article is the second of a two-part series on the future of agriculture technology and food technology in Southeast Asia. Asia is likely to experience exponential growth in food demand—and consequently spending on food—in the coming de... |
| 05.11.2021 | Edible insects in focus part III: Farming, from Mexico to Ontario to Israel… ‘At this point, if you're still in business, you definitely know what you're doing’ | “In the beginning, like a lot of people, we just went out, bought some crickets, and started raising them in a small room, but the bridge from being a small startup to going industrial is super challenging. “We’ve made that jump and we’re... |
| 14.01.2021 | The EU just approved mealworms for human consumption. Will Ÿnsect take the bait? | On Wednesday, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) announced its approval of mealworms for human consumption. The ruling opens the gateway for the growing startup industry around insect protein to tap into a new market. The EFSA conduc... |
| 10.12.2020 | EXCLUSIVE: Beta Hatch banks $9.3m Series A, breaks ground on US’s largest insect farm | Mealworms may be the last critter that comes to mind when you hear the word ‘ranch,’ but Beta Hatch is hoping to change that perception – and a global pandemic presents the perfect opportunity. “Some of our customers have reported as much a... |
| 23.11.2020 | Vietnam’s Cricket One gets pre-Series A funding to make the case for its insect protein patties | Vietnamese insect protein startup Cricket One has closed a pre-Series A funding round led by Singapore-based family office Corecam Capital Partners. Existing investor Masik Enterprises, also from Singapore, participated in the fundraise alo... |
| 18.10.2019 | Edible insect startup Cricket One closes seed round: ‘Our job is to develop unique applications’ | “We have established a full production chain on the farming side, from feed, farming system, and automation,” said co-founder Nam Dang, who said the firm is already handling more than 25m crickets a month and seeks to become a leading supp... |
| 13.10.2019 | EXCLUSIVE: 500 Startups leads seed round for Vietnam’s Cricket One | Cricket One has closed a seed financing round, co-led by global venture firm 500 Startups and Singapore-based Masik Enterprise, AFN can reveal. The Vietnam-based startup, which farms crickets as a high-protein food source, did not disclose ... |
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