Forbes Names 30 Under 30 Asia Social Impact List as Startups Scale Food-Waste, Health Solutions
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Updated · Forbes · May 27
Forbes Names 30 Under 30 Asia Social Impact List as Startups Scale Food-Waste, Health Solutions
3 articles · Updated · Forbes · May 27
Forbes’ 2026 30 Under 30 Asia Social Impact list spotlights young founders using startups and nonprofits to address food waste, public infrastructure, worker safety and women’s health across Asia-Pacific.
Hong Kong’s Eat100 shows the model’s traction: the 2023 food-rescue app had 10,000-plus users and 20-plus restaurant partners by mid-April, offers surplus meals at up to 70% off and turned profitable late last year.
Other food-focused honorees include Japan’s Booon, which converts waste into insect protein for aquaculture feed, and Australia’s FoodFilled, which says it has delivered more than 1.1 million meals from about 170 donors.
The list also highlights India’s Modulus Housing, which says its modular buildings can be installed in two days and has completed 1,200-plus units, alongside Arc Robotics’ sewer and pipeline robots.
Broader social-impact picks include CLiC Forum for care leavers, Migrasia’s AI legal chatbot for migrant workers, and women’s-health ventures such as Mylily, Naarica and FemiSafe.
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