Surge, Sequoia Capital India’s accelerator program, has unveiled the 20 early-stage startups selected for its sixth cohort. The group has received a total funding of US$60 million from Surge and its co-investors.
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With the sixth cohort, the Surge community now has 246 founders from 112 startups across more than 15 sectors. The new batch includes startups from Malaysia, Thailand, and Taiwan – a first for the program.
Shortlisted companies in the cohort belong to sectors such as agtech, edtech, fintech, direct-to-consumer (D2C), and ecommerce. The cohort also includes multiple software startups that are focused on cybersecurity, customer engagement, and talent development, among others.
On January 27, when Surge 06 goes live, founders will go through a 16-week virtual program. Some of the key names participating in the program as speakers and mentors are Carousell co-founder Siu Rui Quek, Tokopedia co-founder William Tanuwijaya, One Championship founder Chatri Sityodtong, Zilingo co-founder Ankiti Bose, and Sequoia Capital managing partner Doug Leone.
Here are the startups in Surge’s sixth cohort:
10 Minute School
Founders: Abdullah Raied and Ayman Sadiq
The Bangladesh-based startup aims to provide affordable and accessible education to K-12 school and college students, university admission test candidates, job searchers, and others who are seeking specialized skills training.
Airavana
Founders: Ashish Verma and Kedar Kekan
The California-headquartered tech startup improves data security and reduce privacy risks while providing customer data discovery across over 150 cloud apps. It also allows enterprises to manage and secure customers’ personal data in line with privacy regulations, such as the General Data Protection Regulation and the California Consumer Privacy Act.
Aqgromalin
Founders: Bharani C L and Prasanna Manogaran
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