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.
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๐ค 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!
Throwback. There were six SEA startups part of the first batch of 15 startups:
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๐๐ผ 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.
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