Surge, Sequoia's accelerator program for Southeast Asian and Indian startups, has just released the 20 startups part of its latest cohort— including 5 SEA startups.

• You get $1M–$2M in seed and join a 16-week (currently virtual) program with company-building workshops and a community of founders.
• Speakers and mentors include Carousell's Siu Rui Quek, Tokopedia's William Tanuwijaya and more.

🇻🇳  HelloMida. It's a direct-to-consumer fashion brand for Gen Z in Vietnam. Especially with its data-driven retail model, it can offer a wide selection of items in real-time.

• It has over 3,000 designs at any time and 200 new designs daily — without the risk of inventory burden.

🇻🇳  Infina. Here's an investing app that makes it easy for anyone to invest in savings accounts, term deposits, fractionalized real estate and mutual funds. It's here to be the all-in-one investing app for Vietnam.

• The difference? Infina makes it affordable to invest in assets that usually need lots of $$$ (like real estate).
• It raised a $2M seed round last year, and it's backed by Y Combinator, 500 Startups, Saison Capital, Venturra Discovery, 1982 Ventures, FEBE Ventures, Nextran and more.

🇲🇾  IIMMPACT. This Malaysian fintech is a one-stop platform for payments and data aggregation. It's building a set of world-class APIs that help companies easily offer services for everything from paying for utility bills and government services to insurance and travel.

• Its API also offers customer data across key sectors like financial health, insurance and billing.
• It hit profitability in just three years and has processed over $90M in 2021 alone.

🇮🇩  Grupin. This Indonesian social commerce platform allows customers to share and discover products, get customized discounts and save money by group or bulk-buying.

• It's also backed by East Ventures, Skystar Capital and Stem Ventures.

🇹🇭  Manatal. This Thailand-based startup simplifies the hiring process through its SaaS platform. It covers everything from recruitment to onboarding and beyond. Oh, and it's easy to use too!

• Post and manage listings on multiple job platforms, get AI recommendations for your positions and manage every candidate even after they're hired and onboarded.
• It has grown to 130 countries without a sales team.