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💰 Rice paddies emit 12% of the world's methane: Singapore's Rize raises $31M to drain 50,000 hectares — TNGlobal
The Series B splits $20M equity and $11M debt, led by BNP Paribas Asset Management Alts with Temasek and the Rockefeller Foundation. Rize farms 50,000 hectares with 17,000 smallholders across Vietnam and Indonesia.
Positive-sum angle: Alternate wetting and drying cuts paddy methane by half without cutting yield, so the farmer keeps the harvest while the carbon buyer funds the switch. Vietnam's rice belt turns into an exportable climate asset.
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🇸🇬 SEA climate-tech exits are rare: London's Winnow buys Singapore's Lumitics to run food-waste AI across Asia-Pacific — TNGlobal
Terms undisclosed. Winnow tracks waste across 3,500 kitchens in roughly 100 countries and says clients avoid 128,000 tonnes of CO2e a year; Lumitics customers move onto its automated Throw & Go system.
Positive-sum angle: A nine-year-old Singapore hardware startup clearing an international strategic buyer hands the region's climate founders a comparable to point at, and hands their investors an exit path that is not an IPO.
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🇸🇬 AI spend moves to the edge: Singapore's Whale adds $40M, taking its Series C to $100M — DealStreetAsia
CMB International and SMBC Asia Rising Fund led the extension, with Singtel Innov8, Hyundai Motor Group and Krungsri Finnovate joining. Whale manages 600,000 edge AI nodes for 1,600 enterprise customers across 45 countries.
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🇲🇾 Asset-light firms cannot pledge collateral: MDEC and CapBay open a RM200M ($49M) credit pool — TNGlobal
The MD Technology Financing Program lends Malaysia Digital status companies up to RM3M each over 60 months from about 6% annually, underwriting on business fundamentals through CapBay's AI credit assessment rather than physical collateral.
Positive-sum angle: Non-dilutive credit at 6% lets a Malaysian founder fund working capital without selling equity into a thin local round, and MDEC recycles repayments instead of spending a grant once.
