Jolene is the Head of Business Development of Nurasa, a Singapore-based company dedicated to accelerating the commercialisation and adoption of sustainable food across Asia. She works closely with promising food tech start-ups to facilitate new industry connections and provides guidance on leveraging Nurasa’s end-to-end capabilities, including the pilot-scale facilities at the Food Technology Innovation Centre (FTIC). In her role, Jolene also champions the development and growth of the ecosystem base for the FTIC and leads the development of new or complementary business opportunities for Nurasa. Driven by a passion for sustainable development and innovation, Jolene founded and served as CEO of Urban Tiller, prior to joining Nurasa. Urban Tiller is a farm-to-table agritech start-up that connects viable urban farming with hyper local supply chains. During this time, she worked with over 20 farms in Singapore at peak and served more than 500 unique customers. Jolene’s entrepreneurial experience led her to become a Venture Builder for AgTech at Singaporean innovation firm, RENERGii, where she managed and supported regional start-ups in scaling their innovation and operational capabilities. During her tenure, she co-built and supported the operations of Feedwerkz, an insect farming enterprise for sustainable animal feeds in Singapore, and helped to establish Mycovation, one of Asia’s first mycelium alternative protein start-ups. Jolene received her Bachelor’s in Chemistry (Physical Science) and Comparative Literature from Yale-NUS College, and her International Baccalaureate from United World College of the Adriatic.