Surge, the Sequoia Capital India and Southeast Asia’s rapid-scale up program, announced the launch of its seventh cohort comprising 37 founders across 15 early-stage startups. Approximately a third of these startups have at least one female founder.
So far, Surge startups have collectively raised over $1.7 billion in follow-on funding, with over 60% of companies from the first five cohorts raising their series A and beyond.
The companies in the seventh cohort:
: is a vertical SaaS (software-as-a-Service) company that’s building a sales automation platform for America’s outdoor services contractors.
Beam: is building a one-click checkout solution that enables a frictionless payment experience for sellers and shoppers in Southeast Asia.
Boxs: is a design-to-build automation platform for architects, interior designers, and construction companies.
BuyerAssist: will help B2B revenue teams win enterprise deals and grow customer accounts using Mutual Success Plans to align and collaborate effectively with their buyers throughout the journey.
ClearFeed: is a collaboration platform that uses AI models to enable natural language ticketing on Slack and Microsoft Teams, and provides seamless connectivity to backend ticketing tools like Zendesk, Salesforce, and Freshdesk.
Gan: seeks to democratize personalized video creation. It leverages AI to create customized videos at scale, empowering brands to build personal connections with their customers.
Hatica: will provide engineering managers and leaders with the visibility and insights to help them build productive and healthy engineering teams.
MetaSchool: makes it easy for developers to learn, build and ship dApps to prepare them for opportunities in the emerging Web3 ecosystem.
PixCap: is an animation platform that allows users with no design experience to create animations for 3D illustrations, games, and designs.
Pratech Brands: will help new-age Indian consumers upgrade their quality of life through better home and health products.
Semaai: is building a full-stack tech solution for Indonesia’s agriculture sector, to enhance the livelihood of millions of farmers and agri-retailers across the country.
TrueFoundry: is a developer platform that enables startups to deploy and monitor machine learning models at the speed of big tech companies, in minutes or days instead of weeks or months.
Unravel Carbon: is an enterprise software company that helps companies track and reduce their carbon emissions. The company aims to accelerate the participation of all companies, big and small, in the global fight against climate change.
Whiz: is Indonesia’s first fintech company for teenagers. It is on a mission to empower a new generation of financial whiz kids.
The fifteenth company is a stealth-mode startup in the travel space.
Rajan Anandan, managing director, Sequoia India & Southeast Asia, and Surge said, “Our founders bring with them a wealth of experience and creativity, and we believe that these dreamers, innovators, and category creators have the potential to change the future of our region and the world.”
Last updated: December 26th, 2025
