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Prefer

As of 29 Oct 2026, Prefer has raised $4.2M across 1 verified round on record, plus 1 round still being checked; latest: US$4.2 million pre-A round led by Chancery Hill Capital, announced 13 Aug 2025.

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Prefer is a food technology start-up using fermentation to recreate flavors and ingredients threatened by climate change.

prefer.coffeeLinkedInSingaporeAgtech and foodFounded 2022

LATEST ROUND

Pre-A

$4.2M · 2025-08-13

RAISED ON RECORD · USD

$4.2M

1 verified round · $6.2M to date, as reported · plus 1 round still being checked

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2 leads

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Pre-A

$4.2M · 2025-08-13

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led by Chancery Hill Capital

Seed

$2M · 2024-02-22

[ HISTORY ]

led by Forge Ventures

Round	Amount	Announced	Lead	Buzz
Pre-A [ REPORTED LATER ]: This round was announced before Fireround first saw it. It stays in the company's history, not in Latest, Trending, or alerts.	$4.2M $6.2M to date	2025-08-13	Chancery Hill Capital	No recent discussion
4 sources [ VERIFIED ] read against 1 of 4 sources The source reports cumulative funding of $6.2 million, but this is total funding to date rather than a financing total for the round. Sources agree.; not on the page it cites, so not applied: date

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Prefer is a Singapore food-technology company that uses fermentation to turn upcycled food byproducts into coffee and cocoa flavours and extenders for food and beverage makers.

Founders

Jake Berber · Co-Founder & CEO
Ding Jie Tan

Total raised

US$6.2 million · as its sources put it, more than the rounds on record

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Pre-A$4.2M2025-08-134 sources

Seed$2M2024-02-222 sources

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Pre-A$4.2M2025-08-132 investors

Seed$2M2024-02-228 investors

Seed [ HISTORY ]: An earlier round, from the company's own announcement, found while researching the company. Checked like any round, but not new, so it stays out of the daily feed and alerts; a date range shows it.	$2M	2024-02-22	Forge Ventures	No recent discussion
2 sources [ DEVELOPING ] Developing: it holds up against its sources so far, and firms up as more reporting lands. read against 1 of 2 sources The source does not state a round stage, financing total, or valuation.; not on the page it cites, so not applied: date [ BUILT WITH ]·[ SEARCH ]found by Firecrawl search·[ SCRAPE ]2 pages read: vegconomist.com, vulcanpost.com·[ JSON ]round read into a schema, with the sentence that states it·[ VERIFY ]confirmedchecked against 1 of 2 sources·[ BRANDING ]logo and colour from the homepage·[ AGENT ]company research by the Firecrawl agent