Sequoia launches Cohort Surge 07, here is a list of 15 member startups

Posted On: September 14, 2022

Bisnis.comJAKARTA – The Surge, Sequoia Southeast Asia and India accelerator program has launched its seventh cohort, consisting of 37 founder excel in 15 start early stage.

Surge has grown tremendously over the past 3 years. With its seventh cohort, the Surge community now numbers 281 founder from 127 start in 16 sectors.

Managing Director of Sequoia India & Southeast Asia, and Surge Rajan Anandan said the start that Surge encouraged have raised collective funding of over IDR 25.2 trillion or US$1.7 billion with over 60% of companies in their first five cohorts raising Series A funding and above. of the.

King added para founder in Surge 07 leverage their deep expertise in technology and Overview consumers to drive innovation in Southeast Asia, India and around the world, including those tackling climate change with Asia-Pacific’s first AI-powered decarbonization platform.

“They also help people with no design experience to create 3D animations all over the world, some facilitate check one click in Southeast Asia and more,” Rajan said in an official statement, Monday (8/22/2022)

He explained that nearly half of Surge 07 companies were in the pre-launch phase when they began partnering with Surge.

A number of founder in this established cohort start for the second or third time, and some also established start immediately after graduating from college. Many Surge 07 founders have extensive experience in their respective industries.

The cohort includes the former CFO of Nykaa, Uber’s first engineer in India; the software engineers who helped build Apache Hive; an aerospace engineer turned fintech founder; and machine learning engineers working on conversational AI on Facebook.

Moreover, a third of start in the current cohort has at least one founder women.

“Para founder we bring their vast experience and creativity, and we believe that the dreamers, innovators and builders in this category have the potential to change the future of the region and the world,” explained Rayan.

Surge 07 is underway and the Founders are on a strictly 16-week schedule hybrid. Previous speakers and mentors on the program include Siu Rui Quek (Carousell), William Tanuwijaya (Tokopedia/GoTo), Chatri Sityodtong (ONE Championship) and Doug Leone (Sequoia Capital).