Raid The Fridge: SURGE

Are you an early-stage tech startup based in, or building for, the Southeast Asia markets? And currently in fundraising mode?

Join us on August 29th for Raid The Fridge — our monthly startup mixer — and meet Aakash Kapoor, a seed/early-stage investor at Sequoia Capital, who will be in town to talk about SURGE, Sequoia’s early-stage rapid scale program.

What is SURGE?
Launched in January 2019, Surge is looking for 10 to 20 early-stage startups to join each cohort for a five-week program that spans four months, and includes a mix of global immersion weeks in China, India and US; execution sprints in the founders’ home markets; and an investor week, called UpSurge, in Singapore. Selected startups will receive US$1M to US$2M at the start of the program.

In addition to a discussion on SURGE, please take this opportunity to chat with seasoned investor Aakash about his views on early-stage VC investing in the region, how startups can build relationships with investors in the long-term, etc.

So, come and join us on August 29th! As always, we’re re-stocking our fridge with beers and you can look forward to an evening making new friends, reconnecting with old friends, and swapping #startupPH stories over beers.

Your Fridgemaster,

PIA BERNAL | Kickstart Community Manager

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RAID THE FRIDGE PROGRAM FLOW
6:30 pm - Registration/doors are opened to guests. Networking over beers kicks-off | 7:50 pm - Guests are notified that talks will begin shortly and should head indoors where the program is held | 8:00 pm - Start of program | 9:30 pm - End of program and networking resumes | 11:00 pm - Networking ends, thank you for raiding the fridge with us!

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Raid The Fridge is the signature networking event of Kickstart Ventures, a Corporate Venture Capital firm, for the #startupPH community -- first held in August 2012, Raid The Fridge is held every last Thursday of the month except December. Today, it is the longest-recurring startup mixer in the Philippines and it is brought to you in partnership with YouthHack Manila, a community of student startup organizations united by their advocacy to expose the youth to startups, technology, and entrepreneurship. | https://youthhack.net | @YouthHack