[ANNOUNCEMENT] We're pleased to announce the newest faces at Accelerating Asia Ventures: Meet Cohort 10!
💪 These 9 startups are some seriously kick-ass businesses. We've spent months searching, reviewing applications and interviewing hundreds of startups around Southeast Asia and South Asia. For this batch, the acceptance rate was only 1.8% so it was a pretty tough decision to make.
Accelerating Asia Ventures Cohort 10 startups attend the Founders Retreat in Bali
A few snappy facts about Cohort 10:
🚀 We are 1 month into the start of the program and the founders are currently in Bali with our team at our Cohort Retreat. Within the past month, 2 startups have already received termsheets from VCs as a result of them joining the program
🇮🇩 🇧🇩 They hail from 5 different operating markets, including Singapore, India, Indonesia, Bangladesh, and Thailand.
In this batch, 3 of the startups are currently bootstrapped, with the remaining 6 having fundraised previously averaging a raise of US$165k
📈 These startups are scaling fast, averaging US$44k in monthly revenue coming into the program
👩 44% of the companies in this batch have female founders
💣 Startups are aiming to disrupt their respective industries, which include artificial intelligence, argi-tech, e-commerce, marketing technology, clean technology, and other sectors.
🚀 In alphabetical order, here are the incredible 9 blazing new trails in their industries:
Blursday is a complete ai powered branding and enforcement solution for startups and early teams
Chhaya is Bangladesh’s first tech-enabled micro-insurance provider
HiPajak is best AI tax consultant for SMEs and individuals.
Living Roots makes probiotics and supplements for crops, increasing productivity by 30-60%
Myfitsociety is Indonesia's No. 1 women’s wellness platform.
Palki Motors is Bangladesh’s first electric car and truck manufacturer.
Prospero is the first Risk Management SaaS for the Indonesian Enterprise
PulseTech is Bangladesh’s No. 1 B2B e-commerce for retail pharmacies
Relaxy makes mental health easy with community, AI, and therapists
These startups are actively fundraising and you can invest alongside us at Accelerating Asia Ventures in two ways:
Gain a stake in all startups from Cohort 10 through Accelerating Asia’s Fund 2. Launched at the end of 2021, Fund 2 invests in pre-Series A investments in Southeast Asia and South Asia, and has already deployed capital to over 30 startups.
Co-invest alongside us in one of these 9 startups, or in our portfolio companies
Register your interest here and we will contact you for a chat
