How Singapore’s rooftop gardeners are filling the food supply chain gap

Covid-19 has thrown Asia’s food supply chain into disarray, but agritech could help ensure that people won’t go hungry. [View this email in your browser]( Daily Roundup Hi {NAME} While New Yorkers have been seeing love blossom across their rooftops, Singapore’s rooftops have been sprouting lettuce greens instead. 🥦 Due to Singapore’s land scarcity, companies like ComCrop and Edible Garden City are turning up the beet by finding underutilized areas such as rooftops and using them to grow their produce. In today’s featured article, our journalist, Joseph, walks us through these concrete gardens and how they impact the region’s food production. Stay safe and enjoy today’s articles! - Betty, Tech in Asia Featured Article [How Singapore’s rooftop gardeners are filling the food supply chain gap]( Covid-19 has thrown Asia’s food supply chain into disarray, but agritech could help ensure that people won’t go hungry. Top Stories You can read all trending stories on Tech in Asia [here](. [Sequoia Capital names 15 startups in third Surge cohort]( The online program continues to invest US$1 million to US$2 million in each of the selected startups despite the Covid-19 crisis. [Vietnam’s BuyMed raises $2.5m in round led by Sequoia’s Surge, Genesia]( It plans to use the fresh capital to grow across Southeast Asia, hire new talent, and add new product lines. [Rocket Internet-backed Tinvio bags $5.6m in seed money]( The chat-to-order app for merchants plans to expand to Australia, Taiwan, and other major cities in Southeast Asia. [50 rising startups in Southeast Asia]( Which are the startups that are on the path to becoming the next big thing? [Alternative meat maker Growthwell raises $8m in Temasek-led round]( It will also invest in Israeli foodtech startup ChickP.  Listen to 🎧 Deep Dive: The woes of Indonesia’s online lending scene Online lending is a lucrative business in Indonesia, where a large portion of the population is still unbanked and has little access to credit. But in its early days, various bad actors emerged, taking advantage of consumers with predatory practices. Though regulators eventually stepped in to police the industry, a lack of transparency in the licensing process recently led to allegations of profiteering and conflicts of interest. And as Covid-19 causes the economy to plunge and sends workers into unemployment, online lenders are encountering a surge of borrowers who are likely to default on their loans. Tech in Asia correspondent Putra Muskita digs into the issue of regulations, while Aditya Hadi Pratama and Melissa Goh report on how the industry is faring amid the pandemic. Listen to this episode on: [Spotify]( or [other platforms](.  Positive Vibes ✨ - [The Code Againist COVID-19]( initiative has over 500K developers donating their time to help businesses who are affected by the pandemic as well as projects that are helping to flatten the curve. - Organized by a group of tech entrepreneurs and investors in Singapore, [Tech SG Covid-19 Outreach]( aims to raise SGD1,000,000 through Beyond Social Services to support financially vulnerable households. Recent Investments 💰 You can find our database of companies and their funding news [here]( [logo] [New Horizon Health]( US$20M / Series D Biotechnology New Horizon Health is a biotech company focused on the early screening and genetic testing services for households with high-risk cancer.  [logo] [DataCanvas]( US$17.1M / Series C Big Data, Predictive Analytics DataCanvas allows you to create, manage and share big data pipelines in cloud, which makes big data analytics more intuitive, faster and more cost effective.  Events Happening 📅 You can find all our events [here](. - Tech in Asia Product Development Conference 2020 [Virtual event] 1-2 July 2020 [Indonesia] / 8-9 July 2020 [Regional] [Register here]( Featured Jobs 💻 You can post a job for free [here]( or search for jobs [here](.  [logo] [QA Engineer]( at CROWDE Jakarta, Indonesia | IDR 8,000,000 – 11,000,000 [logo] [HappyData Analyst]( at HappyFresh Jakarta, Indonesia [logo] [Account Manager]( at IDN Media Jakarta, Indonesia [logo] [Sales Admin]( at IDN Media Jakarta, Indonesia [logo] [Junior Software Engineer]( at One X Tech Singapore, Singapore | SGD 3,000 – 4,000 [logo] [Software Engineer]( at One X Tech Singapore, Singapore | SGD 4,000 – 5,000 What do you think of today's email? [Not a fan]( / [Love it]( Copyright © 2020 Tech in Asia, All rights reserved. You have registered for Tech in Asia. Our mailing address is: Tech in Asia 51 Bras Basah Rd #05-5061Singapore 189554 Singapore [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [unsubscribe from this list](.