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Rize

Rize is an Agri-Tech startup formed through a joint venture between Temasek, Wavemaker Impact, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, GenZero to decarbonize rice cultivation in Asia. It is building a platform to identify and implement the most effective strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in rice cultivation, and the right economic incentives across the value chain to drive the adoption of sustainable cultivation techniques. Rize’s initial target markets are Indonesia and Vietnam, to be followed by India with plans to expand more broadly within the region. Rize seeks to collaborate with and build on the good work already carried out by organizations, corporates, startups, and academic institutions in the region.

Whale

Whale is a Singapore-based enterprise AI company building AI-native solutions that transform how businesses operate, make decisions, and engage with customers. Its product suite—spanning spatial analytics, voice intelligence, generative content, and AI agents—helps organizations automate complex workflows and turn real-time data into action. Whale’s global investors include Temasek, Linear Capital, BOSCH Ventures, MTR Lab, Singtel Innov8, MDI Ventures, and Gentree Fund. Whale serves over 600 enterprise customers across over 20 countries. The company is led by a founding team with deep roots in AI, machine learning, and large-scale infrastructure from leading global tech companies. AI to See, Hear, Express, and Think Whale provides an enterprise-grade, AI-native product suite designed to power intelligent business operations across physical and digital environments: • SpaceSight – An AI-powered video analytics and audit platform for commercial spaces, enabling businesses to see and understand customer traffic, in-store behavior, and operational performance. • Echo – An enterprise voice intelligence platform that helps businesses hear and analyze conversations with advanced speech recognition, semantic analysis, and sentiment detection. • Harbor – A content management cloud for marketing and sales teams to express at scale, featuring AI-generated content, structured asset organization, and automated cross-channel delivery. • Alivia – A suite of enterprise-level AI agents that think, built for knowledge management, intelligent search, and task orchestration—powered by large language models (LLMs) and vision-language models (VLMs). With over 60 fine-tuned private AI models built specifically for enterprise use, Whale continues to invest heavily in generative AI, IoT infrastructure, and data operations.