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Total investments 207
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$4M
Portfolio companies 138
Rounds per year 41.40
Lead investments 38
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.33
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https://www.surgeahead.com/
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Singapore, Central Region, Singapore

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Information Technology
  • SaaS
  • Internet
  • E-Commerce
Summary

Surge Ahead appeared to be the Corporate Investor, which was created in 2019.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3 participants. Despite the Surge Ahead, startups are often financed by Omidyar Network, Times Internet, SeedPlus. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Sequoia Capital India, Omidyar Network, Lightspeed Venture Partners. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Sequoia Capital India, Tiger Global Management, RTP Global.

The fund is generally included in 25-48 deals every year. The top activity for fund was in 2019. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. Considering the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 77 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations.

The fund has exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Information Technology, Software. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Bulbulshop, Doubtnut, ShopUp. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund.

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These funds often invest in the rounds preceeding the rounds of Surge Ahead:
1 Blume Ventures
2 Omidyar Network
3 Sequoia Capital India
Typical Co-investors
Surge Ahead is more likely to invest in rounds together with the following funds:
1 Bakalov Investment Group
2 Baoju Touzi
3 VERTU Capital
Funds investing in following rounds
These funds have a tendency to invest in the following rounds after Surge Ahead:
1 Pfeffer Capital
2 VERTU Capital
3 Women in XR
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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Auquan

Analytics
Artificial Intelligence
Big Data
Education
Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
Internet
Machine Learning
Software
22 Oct 2024
Surge Ahead
 London, England, United Kingdom

Clout Kitchen

Gaming
Information Technology
Internet
04 Oct 2024
Surge Ahead
Orvel Ventures
Hustle Fund
Founders Launchpad
AppWorks
Antler
A16Z GAMES Speedrun
 Austin, Texas, United States

The Health Factory

Food and Beverage
Food Delivery
Health Care
$3M25 Sep 2024
Surge Ahead
 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

ELIVAAS

Hospitality
Hotel
$5M20 Sep 2024
Surge Ahead
3one4 Capital
 Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Cooby

CRM
Software
$1M27 Jun 2024
Surge Ahead
Shilling Capital Partners
Pear Ventures
 Taipei, Taiwan

OrbitShift

$7M20 Jun 2024
Venture Highway
Surge Ahead
Stellaris Venture Partners
 San Francisco, California, United States

Vaaree

Home Decor
Retail
Smart Home
$2M24 May 2024
Surge Ahead
Capier Investments
 Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Parseable

$2M07 May 2024
Surge Ahead
NP-Hard Ventures
 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Rukita

Real Estate
Sharing Economy
$16M07 Mar 2024
Surge Ahead
Shunwei Capital
Openspace Ventures
OCBC NISP Ventura
MPower Partners
Golden Gate Ventures
 Jakarta Pusat, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia
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Total investments 207
Average round size 4M
Rounds per year 41.40
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 38
Follow on index 0.33
Group Appearance index 0.74

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Auquan

Analytics
Artificial Intelligence
Big Data
Education
Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
Internet
Machine Learning
Software
22 Oct 2024
Surge Ahead
 London, England, United Kingdom

Clout Kitchen

Gaming
Information Technology
Internet
04 Oct 2024
Surge Ahead
Orvel Ventures
Hustle Fund
Founders Launchpad
AppWorks
Antler
A16Z GAMES Speedrun
 Austin, Texas, United States

The Health Factory

Food and Beverage
Food Delivery
Health Care
$3M25 Sep 2024
Surge Ahead
 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

ELIVAAS

Hospitality
Hotel
$5M20 Sep 2024
Surge Ahead
3one4 Capital
 Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Cooby

CRM
Software
$1M27 Jun 2024
Surge Ahead
Shilling Capital Partners
Pear Ventures
 Taipei, Taiwan

OrbitShift

$7M20 Jun 2024
Venture Highway
Surge Ahead
Stellaris Venture Partners
 San Francisco, California, United States

Vaaree

Home Decor
Retail
Smart Home
$2M24 May 2024
Surge Ahead
Capier Investments
 Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Parseable

$2M07 May 2024
Surge Ahead
NP-Hard Ventures
 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Rukita

Real Estate
Sharing Economy
$16M07 Mar 2024
Surge Ahead
Shunwei Capital
Openspace Ventures
OCBC NISP Ventura
MPower Partners
Golden Gate Ventures
 Jakarta Pusat, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia
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