Sramana Mitra: What are your thoughts on the Unions Square’s analysis of the unicorn phenomenon? How are you thinking about unicorns? Rebecca Kaden: We want our companies to be as big as possible. What piece of it are you curious about? Sramana Mitra: I’m sure you want all your companies to be as big as
During this week’s roundtable, we had two startups pitching. Both show excellent execution. ShipSafeUp first we had Andrews Chand from Noida, India, pitch ShipSafe, a marine vessel audit system that he has paying customers for. Excellent execution thus far and a very promising company. Cricket SportoNext Jyothish Prakash, from Kochi, India, pitched Cricket Sporto, a
Sramana Mitra: If you look at the 2018 deal flow, how many deals do you look at in a year? What are the trends in that deal flow? Swapna Gupta: We have a three-member India team. Between us, we end up looking at 200 plus deals a year. There’s always a flavor of the season
Sramana Mitra: The reason I’m asking is for a little bit of specifics. For example, one of the trends that I’m observing right now is there’s an increased emphasis on blending of business lending products of various kinds. This could be consumer lending. There’s a bunch of companies that are doing payday loans equivalent which
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Sramana Mitra: Technology consumer products and consumer electronics hasn’t really happened in India. It’s all been from elsewhere. China is very strong. Chinese products come into India fairly aggressively, right? The competitive landscape is very tricky. You’ve invested in about 25 companies. Why don’t we talk about a few case studies of what you have
Sarbvir Singh, Managing Partner at WaterBridge Ventures, talks about the firm’s India-focused investment thesis.