# Surge

> Surge is a VC fund in Singapore backing Software and Information Technology. See 228 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Singapore
- Total investments: 228
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 61%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/surgeahead
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/_surgeahead
- Website: https://www.surgeahead.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GetReadyToSurge/

Surge is a rapid-scale up program for startups in India and Southeast Asia. Surge combines $1 million to $2 million of seed capital with company-building workshops, global immersion trips and support from a community of exceptional mentors and founders. The goal to supercharge startups and give founders an unfair advantage during the early-stagesof company building. For more information on Surge, visit http://surgeahead.com

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 37 | 16% |
| Information Technology | 26 | 11% |
| SaaS | 24 | 11% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 20 | 9% |
| E-Commerce | 18 | 8% |

171 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 116 | 51% |
| Series A | 49 | 21% |
| Pre-Seed | 19 | 8% |
| Series B | 6 | 3% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 1% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 54 | 24% |
| Singapore | 28 | 12% |
| United States | 26 | 11% |
| Indonesia | 15 | 7% |
| Australia | 3 | 1% |

15 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Payal Banerjee | Director and Head of Communications, India and Southeast Asia | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/payal-banerjee-6727 |
| Pieter Kemps | Principal | 17 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pieter-kemps |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Vaaree | Vaaree is a home furnishing and decor marketplace that offers over 90,000 home products. The company provides a wide range of products from kitchenware catering to home cooks to bedding that ensures maximum comfort. Prioritizing affordability, Vaaree curates products from carefully vetted exporters and manufacturers. Through its factory-to-homeapproach, the company aims to enhance logistics and supply chain efficiency while reducing expenses on advertising and packaging, all in an effort to maintain competitive prices. | $6.8M | Series A | Aug 04, 2026 |  |
| Hoola Health | Hoola Health facilities are designed to be warm and welcoming, with each visit feeling like a small celebration of your child's unique journey. | $5M | Series A | Jun 10, 2026 |  |
| Newtrace | Newtrace develops novel electrolyzers for affordable green hydrogen production at scale. | $6.2M | Seed | Mar 10, 2026 |  |
| ELIVAAS | ELIVAAS offers luxury villa vacations in coveted global destinations, to transform vacations into an effortless, seamless journey. | $9.9M | Series B | Aug 12, 2025 |  |
| Qbeast Analytics | Qbeast Analytics SL is a spin-off of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC). Qbeast is a Big Data cloud platform with a patented data storage technology that reorganizes and manages data through multidimensional indexing and sampling techniques so that it can be analyzed up to 100 times faster. Qbeast provides data teams with the option toadjust the precision of data analytics to produce high-quality insights while only accessing a fraction of the available data. This speeds up their work massively and at the same time produces savings on computational resources and energy. | $7.6M | Seed | Aug 04, 2025 |  |
| SixSense | SixSense is an AI-powered industrial visual inspection platform for smarter manufacturing. SixSense uses cutting-edge technologies in the field of AI such as deep learning and computer vision to automatically identify defects on the manufacturing floor. They are building the future of self-intelligent factories by enabling automation forimage-based industrial applications. | $8.5M | Series A | Jul 31, 2025 |  |
| Vaaree | Vaaree is a home furnishing and decor marketplace that offers over 90,000 home products. The company provides a wide range of products from kitchenware catering to home cooks to bedding that ensures maximum comfort. Prioritizing affordability, Vaaree curates products from carefully vetted exporters and manufacturers. Through its factory-to-homeapproach, the company aims to enhance logistics and supply chain efficiency while reducing expenses on advertising and packaging, all in an effort to maintain competitive prices. | $2.1M | Seed | Jul 12, 2025 |  |
| Vaaree | Vaaree is a home furnishing and decor marketplace that offers over 90,000 home products. The company provides a wide range of products from kitchenware catering to home cooks to bedding that ensures maximum comfort. Prioritizing affordability, Vaaree curates products from carefully vetted exporters and manufacturers. Through its factory-to-homeapproach, the company aims to enhance logistics and supply chain efficiency while reducing expenses on advertising and packaging, all in an effort to maintain competitive prices. | $2.1M | Seed | Jul 12, 2025 |  |
| MasterChow | MasterChow is a ready-to-cook Asian cuisine brand. | $6.5M | Series A | Nov 30, 2024 |  |
| MasterChow | MasterChow is a ready-to-cook Asian cuisine brand. | $6.5M | Series A | Nov 30, 2024 |  |

10 of 228 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Peak XV Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sequoia-india-2) — VC Fund, 22 deals together
- [Blume Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blume-ventures) — VC Fund, 16 deals together
- [Sequoia Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sequoia-capital) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [BEENEXT](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bee-next) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightspeed-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [Omidyar Network](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/omidyar-network) — VC Fund, 9 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Surge invest in?

Surge invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 228 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Surge?

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### Who are the partners at Surge?

The team at Surge includes Payal Banerjee (Director and Head of Communications, India and Southeast Asia) and Pieter Kemps (Principal). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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