Surge

Peak XV’s Surge unveils ninth cohort

Peak XV’s rapid scale-up program Surge has on Monday launched its ninth cohort of early-stage startups featuring 32 inspiring founders across 13 startups. Surge’s curated community of startups now includes nine cohorts, 330+ founders and 140+ startups across 16+ sectors in less than five years.

Surge launches seventh cohort of 15 Southeast Asian and Indian startups

Surge, Sequoia India & Southeast Asia’s rapid scale-up program, has on Monday launched its seventh cohort, featuring 37 accomplished founders across 15 early-stage startups.

Singapore B2B transactions platform Tinvio secures $12M Series A to launch new financial services

With its Series A fund, the startup that began with giving B2B users a streamlined platform to communicate and consolidate orders will now delve further into fintech and plans to launch additional financial services, such as financing and credit card issuing.

Philippines e-commerce logistics startup Locad secures $4.9M Seed fund led by Sequoia Capital India’s Surge

Locad currently runs seven fulfillment centers: four in the Philippines and one warehouse each in Singapore, Hong Kong, and New South Wales. The company plans to use part of its seed fund to further expand its warehouse network in the Philippines and across the APAC region. 

E-commerce marketing startup Epsilo raises $2M from a funding round led by Sequoia’s Surge 4

End-to-end e-commerce marketing company Epsilo recently completed a $2 million funding round. Almost all of this new capital injection was provided by Surge, Sequoia India’s scale-up program established to help startups in India and Southeast Asia.

BukuKas

Just 8 months after launch, small biz accounting app Bukukas gets $9m funding

Indonesian app has plans for Southeast Asia expansion.