This report attempts to assess Southeast Asia’s nascent food technology (foodtech) market. It explores the factors behind the rise of foodtech globally, the regional foodtech landscape, and the stance adopted by different SE Asian countries to address food security. It also presents private funding data for the vertical from January 2020 through March 2024, including a list of the most funded startups in the region, and complements it with the perspectives of some of the most prominent investors and startups in the space.