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Total investments 193
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$4M
Portfolio companies 128
Rounds per year 38.60
Lead investments 38
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.33
Key employees Soon

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Information Technology
  • E-Commerce
  • SaaS
  • Internet
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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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Rukita

Real Estate
Sharing Economy
$16M07 Mar 2024 Jakarta Pusat, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia

Semaai

Agriculture
AgTech
Information Technology
$5K08 Jan 2024 Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia

SalarySe

Apps
Finance
Payments
$5M02 Jan 2024 Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Relevance AI

Software
$15M14 Dec 2023 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

ELIVAAS

Hospitality
Hotel
$2M27 Nov 2023 Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Vaaree

Home Decor
Retail
Smart Home
$4M07 Nov 2023 Bangalore, Karnataka, India

10 Minute School

EdTech
Education
$5M12 Oct 2023 Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Boxs

$1M22 Aug 2023 -

Airalo

Mobile Apps
Telecommunications
Travel
$60M31 Jul 2023 Singapore, Central, Singapore

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Total investments 193
Average round size 4M
Rounds per year 38.60
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 38
Follow on index 0.33
Group Appearance index 0.76

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Rukita

Real Estate
Sharing Economy
$16M07 Mar 2024 Jakarta Pusat, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia

Semaai

Agriculture
AgTech
Information Technology
$5K08 Jan 2024 Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia

SalarySe

Apps
Finance
Payments
$5M02 Jan 2024 Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Relevance AI

Software
$15M14 Dec 2023 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

ELIVAAS

Hospitality
Hotel
$2M27 Nov 2023 Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Vaaree

Home Decor
Retail
Smart Home
$4M07 Nov 2023 Bangalore, Karnataka, India

10 Minute School

EdTech
Education
$5M12 Oct 2023 Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Boxs

$1M22 Aug 2023 -

Airalo

Mobile Apps
Telecommunications
Travel
$60M31 Jul 2023 Singapore, Central, Singapore
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