Peak XV’s Surge selects 23 startups for 11th cohort; AI, financial services in focus

Venture capital firm Peak XV Partners has announced the 11th cohort of its early-stage accelerator programme, Surge, inducting 23 startups across the artificial intelligence (AI), financial services, consumer, and developer tool fields.

AI remains the dominant theme in the cohort, with 12 startups across enterprise solutions, consumer-facing applications, and vertical-specific solutions.

This is Surge’s third cohort since Peak XV Partners spun out from Sequoia Capital into an independent entity. The cohort brings together founders from India and…