We are super excited to see that one of our Start-Ups, EcoWorth Tech, will be joining D-NEXT by PTT Digital x RISE - Regional Startup Accelerator based out of Bangkok where the teams will spend 12 weeks Growth Accelerator Program to boost real impact for their businesses!Founders are high-profile, serial entrepreneurs who have built solid track records in the past and take on the new challenges to do another one! Being selected from among a distinguished list of roadshow participants from across 5 countries and the feedback exceeded our expectation - 22 industries from 36 countries in 3 continents applied to our program and they are not only energy-related startups like Cleantech, Energy Optimization, Predictive Maintenance but also Industrial IOT, Data Analytics, Lifestyle, HRTech, SaaS, CRM, Fintech, Blockchain, Cyber Security, Artificial Intelligence and Edtech.

We've been more active than ever in the Health & Wellness industry. There are now several opportunities in this space where we're looking for passionate & starting talents to join us. If you are an energetic, outgoing and self-driven individual, we have a few internship positions available where your can learn on & grow into the latest innovative trends in Health & Wellness. The currently available positions will focus on Business Development, and Sales. If you are an individual with a passion for, and preferable a degree and/or experience in health, nutrition, nutraceuticals or wellness, you may be the one we're looking for to join the team. For more info and applications, send your queries, or resume and an application letter to Applications@budinno.com We look forward to hearing from you. If this opportunity is not for you, stay on the lookout as we'll be having additional positions available in product development & project management soon as well.

We are looking back to a very productive participation of EcoWorth Tech Pte. Ltd. in TechInnovation 2016. This years edition of the Technology focused conference organised by IPI, took place in Resorts World Sentosa, enabled many new discussion and connections with potential customers as well as investors. Dr. Kim Wimbush, EcoWorth Tech's Innovation & Portfolio Program manager, gave an inspiring presentation during the public pitching session. We are continuing to build our public equity as a local Singaporean Start-up that plays a crutial role in enabling new and transforming approaches towards Water Remediation Technology. The product offering of EcoWorth Tech allows an ultra efficient, low cost, safe and sustainable process in removing unprecedented levels of organic contaminants across needs in several industry verticals, and has so far already received strong traction for possible customers with whom we will be starting pilot trials. More information about EcoWorth Tech can be found here. You can also reach out to us at Budding Innovations for more regarding this promising Start-up.

BI is excited to come onboard in the jury of this powerful program. Along with around 70 VCs, accelerators, serial entrepreneurs and subject matter experts to evaluate 18 startups on July 2 - 3 and will pick 10 to pitch to C-sharks who are C-suite execs on July 22 - 23. C-shark Tank Season 2 goes online across 3 time zones meaning we can connect with Europe, New York and Asia. Look forward to collective sharing and exchange. Can't wait to meet amazing entrepreneurs. Apply now via bit.ly/applyCshark

TFS Corporation Ltd. and Budding Innovations signed a Master Services Agreement (MSA) recently for the development of an innovative range of products extending across Every Day Health, Cosmetics & Beauty, Wound Care, Clean Air, and Ingestible products. This collaboration leverages the unique functional and safety properties of TFS Plantation Grown Pharmaceutical Grade Indian Sandalwood Oil (Santalum album) together with leading edge materials and delivery technologies. TFS is the world’s first and only producer of ethically&sustainably sourced pharmaceutical grade Indian Sandalwood Oil. Budding Innovations is headquartered in Singapore, a Health Sciences & Technology hub with unique global market access. About TFS TFS Corporation Ltd ("TFS", ASX: TFC) is an owner and manager of Indian sandalwood plantations in northern Australia. As part of its vision to be a vertically integrated producer of sandalwood products, TFS owns a significant proportion of the plantations in its own right. TFS also operates sandalwood processing and oil distribution facilities in Albany, Western Australia. TFS was originally founded to exploit the success of government trials into the plantation growth of Indian sandalwood in the Ord River Irrigation Area (ORIA) of north-east Western Australia. TFS now manages the largest area of commercial Indian sandalwood plantations in the world, with over 12,000 hectares planted of which TFS owns directly and indirectly over 3,500 hectares. TFS plantations are managed on behalf of both institutional, high net worth and MIS investors. In 2014, TFS completed its first commercial harvest of its Indian sandalwood plantations and now distributes globally with customers in Europe, China, USA and India, across a range of pharmaceutical, cosmetic, traditional medicine and timber markets. TFS also owns a pharmaceutical product development company, Santalis Pharmaceuticals Inc., focussed on developing dermatology products based on TFS Pharmaceutical Grade Indian Sandalwood Oil. The company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange in December 2004. Since March 2014, TFS has been an ASX300 company. TFS is committed to adopting and maintaining the highest environmental and ethical standards in all aspects of its business. About Budding Innovations. Budding Innovations Pte. Ltd. is a Singapore headquartered firm that focuses on Technology Commercialization by closing the maturity gap between new innovations and the needs of the market and its customers. The firm specializes in working with early to more matured stage technology owners, and translates the technology’s potential into a full go-to-market strategy, and the hands-on execution thereof. BI effectively takes technology to market and plays an active role in the end-to-end commercialization, through its bespoke strategic capability partner ecosystem, and wide market opportunity access. BI drives commercialization through eventually transferring appropriately matured programs to a corporate client, into a (self-)managed start-up, or driving a technology portfolio approach on behalf of our clients. Technology verticals center around Advanced materials, CleanTech, Life Sciences and MedTech. BI also offers entrepreneurial internship programs to young entrepreneurs, grows their skill sets and contributes towards building a vibrant start-up scene in Singapore. For media inquiries at Budding Innovations please contact: Dr. Bert Grobben Chief Executive Officer bert.grobben@budinno.com For media inquiries at TFS Corporation Ltd. please contact: Alistair Stevens Chief Financial Officer Alistair@tfsltd.com.au

It is a classic story of the modern age. We have never stood in front of a whiteboard. In fact, we have never been in the same physical space at the same time... thanks #covid19. Although, we have not met in person due to lockdowns around the world, HiQ Global and Budding Innovations Pte. Ltd. managed to forge a strong relationship and create a fantastic program with deep contents - in collaboration with Kwik Look- for innovative ventures seeking to expand to #SoutheastAsia. We are ever grateful that our dear friends Mahimah Ruby Chan and Sabine Wenter introduced us. What made this possible is our shared belief in value creation and passion for innovation. We are proud to have partners like Adam Juhasz and the folks at Kwik Look. Very much looking forward to working with startups, scale-ups and SMEs in our smart landing program. #HiQ360º#smartlanding#startups Daiye Zheng, Yvette Lim at Kwik Look and Nikolett Seres, Daniel Vincz and Adam Juhasz from HiQ Global. The entire team bring infinite creativity and a wealth of innovation expertise to our joint project, HiQ 360º PASS. We could not be more exited about working with HiQ Global. HiQ 360º PASS was launched earlier this week. We welcome innovative ventures seeking to establish their business and presence in #SoutheastAsia. For more information on the program, reach out to us!

Budding Innovation and Agilis Design proudly announce that they have established a ground team, 深圳艾极力思工业设计公司, in Shenzhen (China). This expansion significantly enhances our capability and client access by embedding an organisation in the vibrant and fast growing Shenzhen ecosystem. We will actively look to expand our partnership to fully leverage the sizeable opportunities in the Chinese market. Supported by the well-developed technical ecosystem in South China, Agilis Design’s local team will first focus on hardware and material related programs, for China but also the wider Budding Innovations portfolio. Agilis Design Pte. Ltd. provides full spectrum design services for innovations in a high technology context. The firm is specialised in devices and packages, and extends into a wider range of prototyping and business building design elements. Agilis Design is a seamlessly integrated strategic partner of Budding Innovations. Agilis Design's Founder VJ, is the Design Director in Budding Innovation, and oversees all Design related matters in their portfolio. Budding Innovations Pte. Ltd. is a Venture Building firm that focuses on Technology Commercialization by closing the maturity gap between new innovations and the needs of the market and its customers. BI effectively takes technology to market and plays an active role in the end-to- end commercialization, through its bespoke strategic capability partner ecosystem, and wide market opportunity access. BI drives commercialization through eventually transferring appropriately matured programs to a corporate client, into a (self-)managed start-up, or driving a technology portfolio approach on behalf of our clients. Technology verticals centre around Advanced materials, CleanTech, Life Sciences and MedTech. BI also engages on Corporate Entrepreneurship programs, and offers entrepreneurial internship programs to young entrepreneurs, grows their skill sets and contributes towards building a vibrant start-up scene in Singapore.

Budding Innovations and Lafiny Technologies have been closely working together in supporting both innovators and corporate Fortune 500 clients to deliver breakthrough materials and packaging based innovations. Both companies are committed to drive further capability growth, and develop a future organization that continues to support the Singaporean, ASEAN and global technology innovation ecosystems, as well as delivering value-added solutions for our corporate clients. To that extent, BI and LT are pleased to announce the setup of ‘Budding Innovations Product Integration Pte. Ltd’, as a subsidiary company in the BI group. BI Product Integration will extend LT’s Bangalore capability base into Singapore, and seamlessly integrate it into the end-to-end solutions development model of BI. The new entity will focus on tapping into the high value added engineering skills in Singapore as we continue to build out the organization, and add capabilities into our innovation approach. About Budding Innovations. Budding Innovations Pte. Ltd. is a Singapore headquartered firm that focuses on Technology Commercialization by closing the maturity gap between new innovations and the needs of the market and its customers. The firm specializes in working with early to more matured stage technology owners, and translates the technology’s potential into a full go-to-market strategy, and the hands-on execution thereof. BI effectively takes technology to market and plays an active role in the end-to-end commercialization, through its bespoke strategic capability partner ecosystem, and wide market opportunity access. BI drives commercialization through eventually transferring appropriately matured programs to a corporate client, into a (self-)managed start-up, or driving a technology portfolio approach on behalf of our clients. Technology verticals center around Advanced materials, CleanTech, Life Sciences and MedTech. BI also engages on Corporate Entrepreneurship programs, and offers entrepreneurial internship programs to young entrepreneurs, grows their skill sets and contributes towards building a vibrant start-up scene in Singapore. About Lafiny Technologies Lafiny Technologies Pvt. Ltd. is a Bangalore (India) headquartered firm that offers a full spectrum product design capabilities. Lafiny Technologies provides specialized services for the product/package design and development life cycle with commercialization and scale up. These services includes product & package conceptual design, product and package engineering (structural and thermal), Modeling & Simulation based on Finite Element Analysis, scale modelling for mock up evaluation and rapid prototyping, digital prototyping, tool design & qualification, packaging & packing line qualification. Lafiny Technologies provide turnkey solutions for packaging simplification, benchmarking, productivity enhancement & simplification through digital innovation platforms. Lafiny Technologies is a Tier 1 partner for Microsoft and Dell, and brings a wide capability and expertise access to closely support customer programs. Lafiny Technolgies has a dedicated manufacturing & assembly facility for supporting Digital economy through breakthrough business automation solution. For media inquiries at Budding Innovations please contact: Dr. Bert Grobben CEO bert.grobben@budinno.com For media inquiries at Lafiny Technologies please contact: Bhanu Prakash CEO bhanuprakash.hn@lafiny.com