Alterpacks
Alterpacks is an advanced materials start-up revolutionizing how we use nature’s leftovers. We upcycle spent grains and agricultural by-products into high-performance, 100% plant-based materials designed to replace billions of single-use, unsustainable products. Our proprietary technology delivers durable, home-compostable, and food-safe materials — certified by leading international agencies — …
Profile
Alterpacks is a Singapore-based materials technology company that upcycles food and agricultural waste, such as spent grains and wheat husks, into high-performance, home-compostable packaging. Founded in 2019 by CEO Karen Cheah, the company is headquartered in Singapore and remains an active, private entity.
Core products include freezer- and microwave-safe food containers and bowls. The company also develops bio-pellets and fiber additives for industrial manufacturing. Alterpacks operates a B2B model, serving clients like Crystal Jade, FairPrice, and various medical institutions.
The company raised US$1 million in pre-seed funding led by Plug and Play APAC and SEEDS Capital. As of late 2025, it continues to scale, having completed medical waste pilots in Indonesia and expanded its product applications.
Sources#
- Alterpacks - New Materials Solutions
- Singapore-based Alterpacks turns food waste into food containers | TechCrunch — 2023-01-04
- AlterPacks company information, funding & investors | Dealroom.co
- Meet the start-up founder who’s turning food waste into reusable containers | The Straits Times — 2024-07-30
- ALTERPACKS PTE. LTD. (G) — 2024-07-29
- Our Products - Alterpacks — 2025-09-18
- Pilot - Alterpacks
- Press - Alterpacks — 2022-09-12
- Industry
- Energy, Packaging & plastics, Seeds & genetics, Waste & circular economy
- Topics
- PBS / PBAT & biodegradable plastics, Biomass, bagasse & waste valorisation, Upcycled food ingredients, Hybrid seeds & crop breeding
- Role
- Producer — “…er additives for industrial manufacturing [6][2]. Alterpacks operates a B2B model, serving clients like Crysta…”
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News & status 6
- 2026-04-23 How Karen Cheah is building Alterpacks into a materials company | Tatler AsiaAlterpacks, led by Karen Cheah, is evolving from a lab-turned-startup into a full-fledged materials company that converts agricultural waste into plant-fibre additives for moulded products, with early success in compostable food packaging and expanding …
- 2025-01-10 Alterpacks & Freshmart Work To Upcycle Food Waste in SingaporeAlterpacks is a Singapore-based startup that upcycles brewer's spent grains into durable, home-compostable food packaging to replace single-use plastics and aluminium, and has partnered with Freshmart and IPI to run trials and scale sustainable packaging …
- 2026-09-29 KTIS expands into sugarcane packaging, partnering with a Singaporean company to develop "Sugarcane Plus" and target the global market - Money & Banking MagazineAlterpacks is partnering with KTIS’s EPAC to study PFAS-free, plant-fiber packaging using sugarcane bagasse, integrating Alterpacks’ technology with Thai materials to create durable, heat- and oil-resistant molded pulp packaging that is biodegradable and …
- 2025-04-10 Turning waste into a win | VoxAlterpacks is a Singapore-based startup that upcycles food waste and byproducts into new packaging materials, aiming to replace single-use packaging on a global scale. Supported by Enterprise Singapore, it leverages Singapore’s deep-tech ecosystem and programs …
- 2026-08-30 AlterPacks went full circle at Eat Your Scraps! and the team was there to savour the action.AlterPacks showcased its commitment to circularity by participating in Eat Your Scraps, highlighting products made from upcycled agricultural waste and demonstrating how food waste can be repurposed into value.
- 2026-06-28 Somewhere in Singapore, someone is opening an AlterPacks container to start their first microgreens journey.AlterPacks is partnering with Green Up Singapore for a nationwide urban farming initiative (Grow Lah!), providing compostable microgreens containers used in starter kits and meals. The containers are fully home compostable and return to the earth after use, …
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Ownership & investors 4
| investor | Plug and Play APAC |
| investor | Seed Capital |
| investor | Earth Venture Capital |
| investor | Alice Foo |
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