Surge

Type

Accelerator/Incubator

Status

Active

Location

Singapore, Singapore

Total investments

196

Average round size

4M

Portfolio companies

130

Rounds per year

39.20

Lead investments

38

Follow on index

0.33

Areas of investment
E-CommerceInternetSoftwareFinancial ServicesFinTechInformation TechnologyHealth CareSaaSEdTechEducation

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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Investor highlights

Stage focus
Seed
Geo focus
CambodiaIndiaIndonesiaLaosMalaysia Show 4 more
Check size
Up to 1M

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
196
Lead investments
38
Rounds per year
39.20
Follow on index
0.33
Investments by industry
  • Software (51)
  • Information Technology (34)
  • E-Commerce (26)
  • SaaS (26)
  • Internet (24)
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Investments by region
  • India (77)
  • Singapore (36)
  • United States (32)
  • Indonesia (22)
  • Australia (5)
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Peak activity year
2021

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
4
Avg. valuation at time of investment
25M
Group Appearance index
0.76
Strategy success index
0.50

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Fit with Friends 26 Nov 2012 Health Care Seed 40K United States, Atlanta, Georgia
OrbitShift 20 Jun 2024 Seed 7M United States, California, San Francisco
Vaaree 07 Nov 2023 Retail, Smart Home, Home Decor Seed 4M Bangalore, Karnataka, India
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