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Rize

Rize provides technology, agronomy support, financing access and market connections for rice farmers in Southeast Asia. It helps farmers adopt practices such as alternate wetting and drying, improved fertiliser use, lower pesticide inputs and crop residue management to reduce emissions and water use while improving farm economics. Its digital platform supports farmer onboarding, input and repayment tracking, agronomist decisions and measurement of environmental outcomes. Rize also connects low-emission rice to buyers through field-level traceability, building an integrated infrastructure for sustainable rice production in Vietnam, Indonesia and other markets.

Team

Chun Cheng YeoDirector (Temasek)
Dhruv SawhneyCo-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Dung NguyenVietnam Country Head
Eddy JetjirawatDirector (GenZero)
Indra PambudyHead of Legal
Marie CheongDirector (Wavemaker Impact)
Monica BhojwaniBusiness Finance Lead
Peter TurnerDirector (Breakthrough Energy Ventures)
Prathamesh WaghamodeTechnology Lead
R NithyaHead of Human Resources
Rachit AroraHead of Operations
Sheetal SharmaHead of Innovation and Carbon Project
Shreya GaunekarHead of Finance and Strategy
Siem SchreursHead of Fintech and Partnerships
Tudor ComanHead of Product and Technology
WirastantoIndonesia Country Head

Investments

$11M2026-07-160 participations
$20M2026-07-16Breakthrough Energy Ventures
$14M2024-05-09Wavemaker Impact, Breakthrough Energy Ventures