3x founder

Ling Ka Yi

Bridging Scientific Discovery and Commercialization | Experienced Entrepreneur-Scientist

Co-founder

Shiok Meats· Winter 2019🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

in LinkedIn 𝕏 @drkyling

2026Mentor· Farmers2Founders

Founder · since 2018

Company

Farmers2Founders

Role

Mentor

current

Stage

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no public source

Raised

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no public source

Based

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

current

Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

Source: LinkedIn work history

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Shiok Meats

Shiok Meats is a cell-based clean shrimp company, the first of its…

Winter 2019

Experience

Career

Farmers2Founders
Mentor · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · 2026 – Present
2026
Creative Destruction Lab
Mentor · Melbourne · 2025 – Present
2025
Friends & Family Pet Food Company
Advisor · 2025 – Present
2025
Sustainable Kalture
Venture Creation and Technical Consultant · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · 2023 – Present
2023
Nucleate
Advisor · 2022 – Present
2022
University of Melbourne
Venture Creator · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · 2024 – 2026
2024
Evo Foods
Angel Investor · 2022 – 2025
2022
SourceGreenPackaging.com
Angel Investor · 2021 – 2025
2021
Shiok Meats
Co-founder
Group CTO and Co-founder · Singapore · 2022 – 2023
2022
Luyef Biotechnologies
Advisor · 2022 – 2023
2022
North Mountain Consulting Group
Advisor · 2021 – 2023
2021
Career Break
Health and well-being · 2022 – 2023
2022
Cellular Agriculture Australia
Advisor · 2020 – 2023
2020
Shiok Meats Pte. Ltd.
Co-founder
CTO & Co-founder · Singapore · 2018 – 2022
2018
Entrepreneur First
Co-founder
External Co-founder · Singapore · 2018
2018
Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology
Research Fellow · Singapore · 2015 – 2018
2015
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Research Assistant · 2010 – 2015
2010
Institute of Medical Biology, Singapore
Research Officer · 2009 – 2010
2009

Bio

Dr. Ling Ka Yi, Founder of Sustainable Kalture, is a seasoned developmental and stem cell biologist with over a decade of expertise in stem cell research and five years of management experience. A recipient of A*STAR’s National Science Scholarship, Ka Yi earned her Bachelor’s and PhD degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, collaborating with experts like James Thomson, Davor Solter, and Barbara Knowles. Driven by a passion for merging biotech research with a love for food, Ka Yi co-fou