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Peak XV Partners has increased the maximum per-company investment through its Surge seed program from $3 million to $5 million, applying the new ceiling for the first time to its latest batch, Surge 12. The firm put over $50 million into the 18-company cohort, which has raised more than $90 million in total seed funding, with at least three startups having secured outside capital before joining.
Noise, a marketing platform that lets anyone with a smartphone create sponsored content for brands and get paid per view, has raised a $5.5 million seed round led by Capital Midwest, M25, and Grishin Robotics, bringing total funding to $7.2 million. The app connects brands seeking scalable content campaigns with a pool of over 1.5 million creators across TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube, handling briefs, payments, and sourcing automatically. Founded in 2025 by Diego Kafie, Stu Feldt, and Nic Weber, the company says its top creators earn six figures annually.
Hang Ten Systems, the AI startup started by former Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka just four months ago, has raised an additional $53 million just five weeks after closing its $32 million seed round. The new round was led by Temasek's Xora, with participation from Mayfield, Aramco Ventures, and individual backers including Intel's Lip-Bu Tan, Micron's Sanjay Mehrotra, and Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang, pushing total funding to $85 million.