WaterBridge Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that focuses on investing in innovative technology startups in India and Southeast Asia. The firm partners with entrepreneurs to build high-growth companies by providing capital, mentorship, and access to a global network of resources.

WaterBridge Ventures

Rooted in India’s vibrant start-up scene, we are an early-stage Venture Capital firm passionately supporting tech- driven, India-centric start-ups. We aim to be the first institutional investor for these innovators, utilising our network and industry know-how to bolster their success.

We currently strategically invest in 8 sectors where we offer deep expertise and maximize human capital- Manufacturing Tech, Health Tech, Deep Tech, Consumer Tech, Global SaaS, Financial Services, Education Tech, and Climate Tech. With a commitment to continuous learning and honest feedback, we’re privileged to partner with entrepreneurs creating transformative businesses and rewarding outcomes to all our stakeholders.

Passion, purpose and process - the three pillars we're banking on in our journey to build India's #1 homegrown VC fund.

🌟 We’re proud to have hosted our LPs and founder-partners at the WaterBridge Ventures Conclave 2024 in Bengaluru last week. 🌟  

Huge shoutout to everyone who travelled from within India and abroad to make it in person to the event. For those who couldn't, we missed you! 

We express our gratitude to all our panelists for hosting insightful keynotes and engaging panel discussions.

As we continue to back game-changing founders building generational companies, we take this moment to acknowledge and thank the entire WaterBridge Ventures team for coming together to make this Conclave a grand success. 

We look forward to meeting with and partnering with more such founders who are building for Bharat, as well as for the world.

Anjali Ashish Manish Raj Kartik Sapna Ananyah Yash Abhishek Anubha Nihar Kaustav Abhinav Baba CA Rishabh CA Karan Kapoor

Exciting Update! 

We were honored to host key players in the animal feed industry at our factory! 

They got an exclusive look at how Loopworm is expanding and innovating to produce Consistently high quality Insect Protein and Fats !

With our strategic advancements in insect-based products for animal nutrition, we're poised for significant growth and impact in the market. 📈💼

Would you like to know more about us ? 

Please reach out to abhishekkhandelwal@loopworm.in or call at +91 7975149957 

Godrej Group Cargill CP Foods

#GodrejGroup #Shrimp #Aqua #poultry #Loopworm

Founders are the life-blood of every company, particularly in the early stages. For us, Abhik, Anushka and Varun had a founder-market fit like no other, when they started out building Trampoline.

Abhik Ghosh, co-founder & CEO, had 8+ years of experience across Amazon and Wayfair in the hardlines and home decor category in the UK and EU markets. In his most recent role at Wayfair, he was a Commercial Director / GM in the EU business owning the home decor, textiles & rugs, and outdoor P&Ls. He felt the gnawing whitespaces on the supply side tug at his heart, and decided to take on the challenges himself.

In his own words, “Most of the magic happens at the factory shop floor and the point-of-sale. But the industry and value chain has remained archaic. Trampoline’s tech play aims to provide independent retailers the data and personalisation to efficiently curate for their stores, while equally deploying tech enabled QC/QA and supply chain solutions for our manufacturer partners”. 

He teamed with Anushka Mahanti, co-founder & CCO at Trampoline. Anushka has 8+ years of experience across strategy and marketing across Amazon UK, where she worked as the head of brand and marketing at Freevee. She also worked at Arla Foods (a $12B Danish FMCG major), where she was the category and marketing lead and headed product launches globally.

She feels that “Combining India’s endemic raw materials and craftsmanship, with a global design language, we’re making data driven decisions on catalogue breadth, depth and forecasting, enabling Trampoline to cater to global businesses at scale. Design speaks volumes, pun intended, and we already see this play out with sophisticated global retailers.” 

The team is well-rounded with co-founder and COO Varun Deo, who bolsters the sourcing and supply chain side of the business. He has 7+ years of experience across roles at Wayfair (where he was the head of the UK Decor business), and Amazon, where he worked on the launch of Amazon's specialty retail stores in the UK. Prior to that, he has also worked on overseeing sales teams on a pan India level as a part of Bharat Serums & Vaccines. 

He is obsessed with delivering the best product quality while reducing lead times for customers. "Owning quality control end-to-end, with robust factory audits and inspections ensures there are no compromises on standards. Our efficient consolidation at source enables higher flexibility and lower MOQs for customers, while our warehousing in India and the UK allow us to manage and replenish stock with agility.” 

Wishing them luck, and all the success in their journey crafting India's foremost design-led B2B brand! As always, WaterBridge Ventures is committed to being their trusted advisors and co-creators in every aspect of building this institution, from Day 1.

Anjali | Manish | Ashish

Very proud moment as Eloelo gets featured by The Economic Times on how Virtual gifting is changing the landscape of the creator economy

Having seen the revenue growth first hand, sharing 3 things you should take away from this:-

1. Live streaming will be the largest vertical social entertainment category with virtual gifts replacing "like, comment, share"

2. There's a new breed of Gen-II creators who exclusively live stream, speak local languages (one of our Bengali creators Dolly got featured) and prefer to connect with audiences in an authentic manner

3. Live Games, Live Astrology, Live Talent shows are all large use cases within Live streaming with micro payments facilitating high frequency transactions

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#eloelo #virtualgifting #live

🌟 Exciting News! 🌟

Loopworm is thrilled to sponsor the 2024 Shrimp Summit, presented by The Center for Responsible Seafood - TCRS and co-hosted by Global Seafood Alliance and Society of Aquaculture Professionals

Even better, our Co-CEO, Ankit Alok Bagaria, will be speaking on Innovation on June 28th, 2024, in Chennai! 🗣️✨

👉 Register today! https://bit.ly/3Vwv65i

📧 Email us at abhishekkhandelwal@loopworm.in or visit our website www.loopworm.in for more information!

Don't miss out! 🚀🐛

#shrimpfarming #shrimp #Aquaculture #insectprotein #Innovation

🚀 We’re thrilled to finally announce we’ve raised $5 Million in seed funding, led by WaterBridge Ventures and Matrix Partners India. The round also saw participation from Alteria Capital with an additional $2 Million in venture debt. We’re geared to use the funds towards building our tech stack, doubling down on our GTM in the UK, and expanding our fantastic team!! 🚀 

We’re deeply aware of the pain points of independent retailers, as well as our manufacturer partners, and are working backwards from our customers to build a design-led, tech-enabled play, in a largely offline value chain. We’re grateful for the partnership and support from our investors and are excited for this phase of our growth! 🎉 

Anjali Sosale Avnish Bajaj Sudipto Sannigrahi Anurag Srivastava Raj Nayan Datta Abhinav Adlakha

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