WaterBridge Ventures

Loopworm is excited to be part of the 2024 Taiwan SMART Agriweek & Int’l Aquaculture & Fisheries Expo Taiwan! As an exhibitor, we’ll be showcasing our innovative insect bioscience solutions that are shaping the future of sustainability and innovation. Visit us at Booth K701 from September 11-13, 2024, to learn more about how insects are revolutionizing industries across the globe. If you’d like to speak to someone from our team before the event, please reach out at +91 88924 44563 or via email at info@loopworm.com. We look forward to connecting with you and sharing our pioneering solutions. Want to explore more about Loopworm and our products? Visit us at www.loopworm.in for more information on how we’re driving the future of sustainable innovation. See you there! #Insectprotein #loopworm #innovation #sustainability

Excited to share that Saurabh Pandey, Founder and CEO of Eloelo, will be taking the stage at the BW Disrupt Founders Forum 2024! Looking forward to the valuable insights and wisdom he’ll be sharing with fellow founders and leaders. Stay tuned!

Milestone Alert! 🚀 We launched monetization on Eloelo for 2% of our users in April week 1. Here's a look at how it started vs how its going:- ✅ First 50 Days = 100K paid transactions 🌟Next 50 days = 400K paid transactions 🚀 Last 50 days alone = ~ 1 MILLION paid transactions! Intentionally not calling it "micro transactions" since the AOVs are higher than any OTT platform's monthly plans. 🏙️ Interestingly, Delhi & Kolkata were among the top 6 cities. Lines between "Bharat" and "India" will blur if you have a good product. 📈 This further fuels our ambition of building a new-age media & entertainment powerhouse! #Eloelo #Monetization #News #IndiaKaLiveAdda

An incredible event from Indian Venture and Alternate Capital Association (IVCA) – “Bharat Vapsi” in Bengaluru, 🇮🇳 “The Prodigal daughter (Indian start-up) returns” as some global audience will relate to more. 3 important facts as we deliberated at the conference with amazing speakers: (1) 8,000 start-ups return domiciled to India just in the last 12 months (a fearful reminder of the 2013 - 16 India outward movement, some of which is being corrected now; hope this is not just a new fad) (2) Less than 15% of capital for the ecosystem is from domestic sources (3) Regulations and capital markets are evolving fast to accommodate for all this, i.e. expect some bumps along the way Strategic matters for all stakeholders (founders, start-ups, VC’s, IPO market investors, M&A ecosystem), technical (compliance, tax, legal) and tactical issues were discussed. Some interesting sessions with: 🎯 Prashanth Prakash Dr. Ekroop Caur Amit Pandey (Atma Nirbhar Capital) 🎯 Siddarth Pai (statistics and humour galore for the topic at hand) 🎯 Anjali Bansal Lavanya Ashok Smita Goel (Bharat Vapsi of talent, start-ups) 🎯 Vishal Gupta (UPI, PhonePe’s growth and new frontiers like insurance) Some key takeaways (only boilerplate, hit the speakers up / DM for details, won’t get it that easy 😀 ) 💡 Regulated sectors have different considerations like in FinTech 💡 Nothing out of bounds for India now (manufacturing widgets to space Tech) 💡 Timing matters (TravelTech examples of Makemytrip, Yatra, Ixigo) 💡 Foreign Capital vs Domestic %'s can’t be instrumented to perfection as nationalistic as one position may sound 💡 Growth of the ‘innovation sector’ is important all the way from funding to exits (capital sources aside), i.e. it’s more nuanced and case to case 💡 If you can solve for Tier 2/3 India price and cost factors, you can solve for most things, just requires a different founding team type and vision 💡 Global products are being built across multiple dimensions (PhonePe) and entrepreneurs need to approach the markets with that view from Day 0 Some sessions that I missed but heard raving reviews from Reeba Chacko KT Chandy Harish Sekar Abhishek Krishnan   Thanks for great curation and organisation Rajat Tandon Sunitha Prasad Nikita Shukla WaterBridge Ventures enjoyed being part of this. Loved meeting so many movers and shakers, colleagues from the ecosystem - Krishnakumar Natarajan Sunil Goyal Nitin Sharma Tejesh Chitlangi

Excited to be participating in this panel on food robotics alongside my absolute favourite Japanese company. I often say we hope we are able to leave the kind of impact Akio Morita left.

The investor fraternity came together for a dynamic VC Roundtable, chaired by Manish Kheterpal, Co-founder and Partner, WaterBridge Ventures, and Vice Chair, VC Council, Indian Venture and Alternate Capital Association (IVCA), at the 14th edition of Entrepreneur India 2024. Titled "The State of Fundraising in 2024-25: Is It the End of the Era of Easy Money, or Is a New Chapter Starting?," the session explored key trends and challenges in the current investment landscape. This insightful discussion took place at the Capital & Investment Summit held at Entrepreneur India 2024. As a partner at this gathering, Indian Venture and Alternate Capital Association (IVCA) is committed to supporting the next generation of entrepreneurs and C-suites in driving their brands toward the next growth phase. #EntrepreneurIndia2024 #CapitalSummit #VCRoundtable #Fundraising2024 #Innovation #FutureOfBusiness Ritu Marya Pearl Agarwal Nupur Garg Ravi Srivastava Ruchira Shukla Dhruv Dhanraj Bahl Amit Somani Ajay Jain Sagar Agarwal Deo Saurabh Amit Sharma Ishpreet Singh G Punit Shah Seema Chaturvedi Bikram Mahajan Karan Mohla Abhishek Mittal Ankit K. Vikrant Varshney Archana Jahagirdar Vijay Singh Amit Pandey Ashish Wadhwani Manu Chandra Dipanjan Basu Rishab Banerjee Deepak Gupta Niharika Bisht Paromita Sinha

Capital and Investment Summit Entrepreneur India 2024. Loved chairing this session along with Ritu Marya. An incredible set of 30+ panelists and delegates at the Oval Room at Bharat Mandapam. Diversity of topics covered for the VC industry. 🙌 "This was a masterclass on VC in India" - as per one delegate. That made my day and trip worth it 🏅 (Apologies for my friends who didn't make it to the picture) 🙇♂️ (please tag others) Ashish Fafadia Ruchira Shukla Amit Somani Karan Mohla Ashish Wadhwani Amit Pandey Nupur Garg Dipanjan Basu Manu Chandra Sandeep Murthy Pearl Agarwal Niharika Bisht Paromita Sinha Seema Chaturvedi

Customer feedback that’s music to our ears🎵💓 Day 2 at Spring Fair & Autumn Fair, and we couldn’t be more grateful and happy hearing customers say: “I’ve been coming to this show for 20 years. And I’ve not seen anything so different. The quality looks amazing. Your selection is on point. There’s no doubt you’re going to be hugely successful.” 😍 🎉 No exaggeration—the quote captures the sentiment of so many of our customers and visitors so far! If you’re at the show, visit us at stand G50-H51, Hall 20. Come by, say hello, and see why everyone’s talking about us! 👋 #AutumnFair #HomeDecor #NewCollections #SolidWood #Cushions #TradeShow #NEC #Birmingham #Furniture #Rugs #NewLaunch #HomeDecor #TrampolineAtAutumnFair #FullStackExperience

Fantastic Day 1 at Autumn Fair! 🍂🌟 We're thrilled to see new customers stopping by our stand (G50-H51, Hall 20) and placing orders! The response to our new collections has been incredible, and so has been the buzz around our gorgeous stone and bone inlay accent pieces! If you're attending the show in the coming days, don't miss out—drop by, say hello, and browse through our best sellers for yourself. We look forward to meeting you! 👋✨ #AutumnFair #HomeDecor #NewCollections #SolidWood #Cushions #TradeShow #NEC #Birmingham #Furniture #Rugs #NewLaunch #HomeDecor #TrampolineAtAutumnFair #FullStackExperience

We're shipping now! "Fires may rage, but what's life if you don't have fun!" Thanks to an incredible team! Signing off from China. #FromTheAssemblyLine Nymble Raghav Parwal Ajay Jayaraman YOGARAJ RADHAKRISHNAN Bhuvaneshwaran K Dane Joseph Haripriya Jagadeesh Rohit Natu Naganand Clevin Rodrigues Yeshwin Raju Rahul Srivastava Nagaraj M Sree Kumareson sushme gunalan Raghav Gupta