Ryan Ong

Ryan Ong launched Fogo Fungi as a bedroom experiment in early 2023 before scaling it into a viable indoor mushroom farm in January 2024—establishing it as one of the few vertically integrated ones in Singapore. He leverages proprietary substrate technology to upcycle food waste into premium gourmet mushrooms for restaurants and retail while closing the waste loop by composting spent substrate for agricultural reuse. In 2025, Fogo Fungi was awarded a 1.5-acre plot at Sungei Tengah by the Singapore Food Agency to boost production capacity. In the pipeline are mushroom supplements as well as plans to both expand its retail presence and double down on educating people through agritourism.