India, Sept. 29 -- VC firm Peak XV Partners has launched the twelfth cohort of its accelerator and incubation programme, Surge.

The cohort features 18 startups from India, US and South East Asia operating across sectors like AI, robotics, space, consumer, healthcare, music and fintech. Important to mention that three startups selected in the cohort are operating in stealth mode.

Seven startups in Peak XV's Surge 12 cohort hail from India.

"What stands out about Surge 12 is that these founders are building these companies on first principles. They are questioning whether the underlying experience should work that way at all," Peak XV's managing director Rajan Anandan said.

Peak XV launched the Surge program back in 2019, when it was op...