New startups in our orbit! Yes, Orbit Startups, a global VC fund, has announced nine new firms as part of their fifth cohort. 

The selected firms received a sweet $180K in seed funding. 

• Orbit is a program launched by SOSV, which targets startups across Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America. 
• They have four cohorts a year with around 10 companies in each!

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🌞 Who they are?

The startups were from the healthtech, agritech, mobility, and fintech sectors.

For this cohort, Thailand’s Sage Health was the only startup chosen from SEA. They’re an AI-powered company that offers real-time healthcare data collection. 

• The other startups were: BeeCuick (Mexico), Efinti (Colombia) Fashol (Bangladesh), MedEasy (Bangladesh), MyAlice (UAE), Umrah Companions (Saudi Arabia). Weego (Morocco), and Pyxis (Kenya), 

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🔥 More on Orbit

According to Orbit’s website, their 194 portfolio companies have raised $728M in total. Oh, and they’ve invested in the comics platform Tappytoon, African retail marketplace MarketForce, and more!

• Meanwhile, some of Orbit’s SEA investments include ELSA, Arkademi, Boost Capital. 

‍Throwback. Their past cohort, announced last June, included Yindii (Thailand), and TradeTogether (Singapore).