Say hi to Sequoia Spark! This is a fellowship by Sequoia Southeast Asia & India focused on women in Southeast Asia and India.

Selected female founders will receive $100,000 (yes, in an equity-free grant) and join a 4-month program! Now, they've just announced their second batch (aka, Spark 02) of 12 startups.

• The program brings together an intensive and actionable curriculum, one-on-one mentorship, community events, and more.

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🤔 Wait, how was batch 1?

The first batch, Spark 01 launched in late 2021. Since then, 10 out of 15 Spark 01 startups have raised their seed and Series A rounds. Oh, and one of the startups was even acquired!

• This totals to $51M of capital post-Spark.

Throwback. There were six SEA startups part of the first batch of 15 startups:

• 🇸🇬 Ascend Now, Milky Way AI, Metaschool
• 🇮🇩: Pintarnya, Friz, Sribuu

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👋🏼 Meet Spark 02

There were four Southeast Asian startups part of the second batch!

Ailiverse. They're a platform that allows companies to create custom computer vision models with less data than ever.

Fairatmos. Everything you need to build a successful carbon sequestration (aka, carbon credit) project in Indonesia, democratizing access to carbon markets.

Gigit.ai. They're a mobile-first data annotation platform that allows you to gather and label data globally through crowdsourced contributors.

Little Joy. They're a mom and babycare e-commerce startup focused on the first 1,000 days of children's development and growth.