Futureproofing Aquaculture through field ready diagnostics with Kit Yong

About this episode

Kit Yong discusses the founding of Forte Biotech and its innovative solutions for disease detection in shrimp farming.

Mr. Kit Yong is the co-founder of Forte Biotech , a Singapore-based agritech startup developing rapid, point-of-care molecular diagnostics for aquaculture. Forte Biotech was founded in 2021. The concept behind RAPID was inspired by the founders’ experiences working with farmers in Vietnam, as well as insights from their own family businesses. Having witnessed firsthand the challenges faced by farmers, their families, and their livelihoods, the team remains committed to developing solutions that can make a meaningful and lasting impact. In this episode, Kit shares how Forte Biotech was founded to address a critical but overlooked problem in shrimp farming: catastrophic losses due to undetected disease outbreaks. He explains how the company built a portable isothermal amplification platform and proprietary DNA extraction chemistry capable of handling challenging shrimp samples, enabling farmers to conduct reliable, onsite pathogen detection without complex laboratory infrastructure. Host: Aakash Naresh Kumar Editors: Dillon Chew, Shamieraah Jamal, Vasilina Gedzun, Hana Maldivita Tambrin Timestamp 00:00 Meet Kit Yong 02:33 No Manual for Startups 04:09 Why Forte Bio Started 06:53 Net…

People in this episode

Host: Aakash Naresh Kumar

Guest: Kit Yong

Topics covered

• aquaculture
• molecular diagnostics
• shrimp farming
• agritech
• disease detection

Keywords

• aquaculture
• Forte Biotech
• molecular diagnostics
• shrimp farming
• pathogen detection

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Forte Biotech

Places: Singapore, Vietnam

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