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Build for any tomorrow

The company building program for the zero to one journey.

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How we do it

Knowledge

Over 50 years of Sequoia’s tribal knowledge, distilled into 16 weeks of learning. Every facet of company building, taught by some of the best.

Community

With every cohort our community grows. The spirit of the tribe runs through our programme and stays with you forever.

Capital

Up to $3 million in seed funding to get you kickstarted. And the opportunity to raise your next round at the end of the program.

Commitment

A dedicated Surge partner with years of VC experience for every startup. An extended team of experts to help you with every aspect of company building.
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The company building network

Meet the experts, founders, operators and Surge team members who will be with you on your journey.

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Rajan Anandan

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Managing Director

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Shailendra Singh

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Managing Director

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Pieter Kemps

Surge Team
Principal

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Anandamoy Roychowdhary

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Anandamoy Roychowdhary

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Prachi Pawar

Surge Team
Vice President

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Oliver Lo

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VP, Surge Marketing

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Yukti Agrawal

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Program Manager, Surge

Made for more

To us, more is a work ethic and a hunger to learn. An openness and a strong sense authenticity. More is self-awareness, even in the face of imperfection. We believe the founders that will shape our future have this within them. And we stand by as they make their mark on the world.

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Tamanna Dhamija

Co-Founder | Convosight

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Vision & Leadership
Aug 4 2022
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OKRs: Why Execution is Key to Building an Enduring Company
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Jun 23 2022
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Surge Extends Seed Funding Range up to $3 Million
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Stories
May 26 2022
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Nov 9 2021
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Explaining Your Product and Value Proposition
Product & Technology
Oct 25 2021
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Explaining Your Product and Value Proposition
Setting the Right Price, Then Changing It, Is the Path to Revenue Growth
GTM: Growth & Sales
Oct 5 2021
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Setting the Right Price, Then Changing It, Is the Path to Revenue Growth
The ethos of Surge
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Sep 9 2019
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Hear what Surge founders have to say

A founder + company first attitude reflected in every interaction with the Surge team including the most founder friendly investment terms! Every person on their team is ultra-nice, always available and blazing fast when critical help is required!

Vivek Ramachandran Founder & CEO | Pentester Academy
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Surge starts adding value before investing. Maintaining a high-rate of learning is one of the most impt things for a founder, having conversations w/ brilliant experienced ppl is the best way to do that.

Paul Meinshausen CEO & Co-Founder | Aampe
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Surge gives you resources which you otherwise don’t have access to. For example, help in hiring is one where right resources from them can make huge positive impact. Same for PR, Marketing, Tech best practices etc.

Aditya Patadia Co-Founder | Gumlet
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At Dive, we feel deep gratitude towards Surge. Dive was Surge 04 Cohort company. Surge is a rapid scale-up program for start-ups. It has been producing high-quality startups cohort after cohort.

Nitesh Agrawal Founder and CEO | Dive
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Welcome to the community #Surge06 — its going to be a ton of learning, a lot of fun and the most helpful people you can hope to partner with!

Prukalpa Sankar Co-Founder | Atlan
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Surge's Founder Academy is GOLD! 🚀🚀 Every single piece of content is MAGIC! 🪄🪄 Answer to all the questions a founder has or will have! Wish I had this a decade back when entrepreneurship happened to me!

Aishwarya Goel Co-Founder & CEO | PeakPerformer
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Thank you Rajan Anandan and Shailendra Singh for starting Surge. 3 weeks into the program, we can already see the institutional knowledge that Sequoia has built over decades on how to build an enduring company.

Abhishek Poddar Co-Founder & CEO | Plum
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Get ready to Surge!

Surge holds two cohorts each year, and accepts applications all year round. Reach out to us. Tell us what you want to build. Tell us your dream.

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