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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Sarbvir Singh of WaterBridge Ventures (Part 2)
Sramana Mitra: In the case where people have raised some money before, just raising money doesn’t qualify people for another round of funding. There need to be metrics. I was more interested in what those are. Sarbvir Singh: In those situations, they have the resources to build something out there. There are customers. In some
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Michael Smerklo of Next Coast Ventures (Part 2)
Sramana Mitra: What is the current fund size? $50 million is a small fund size to do $5 million to $10 million checks. Michael Smerklo: We ended up being way oversubscribed for fund one. We ended up being just under $90 million for fund one. It was twice larger than we expected. Sramana Mitra: To
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Michael Smerklo of Next Coast Ventures (Part 1)
Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Michael Smerklo was recorded in April 2019. Michael Smerklo, Co-Founder and Managing Director at Next Coast Ventures, talks about some of the ventures his firm has invested in and the philosophy in
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Sarbvir Singh of WaterBridge Ventures (Part 1)
Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Sarbvir Singh was recorded in April 2019. Sarbvir Singh, Managing Partner at WaterBridge Ventures, talks about the firm’s India-focused investment thesis. Sramana Mitra: Tell us about WaterBridge Ventures. What are your activities?
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Taylor Greene of Collaborative Fund (Part 5)
Sramana Mitra: The next question I have for you is a slightly broader question. Are you looking for unicorns? Taylor Greene: I think the short answer is yes. I’m always looking for unicorns. Historically, when you look at the math of venture capital, you need a unicorn in a fund in order to be a
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Daniel Ibri of Mindset Ventures (Part 5)
Sramana Mitra: What is the scale of the consumer internet population right now in Brazil? Daniel Ibri: We have passed the mark of more than a smartphone per person. That shows you that a huge number of the population is connected. We have very good broadband in most of the country. A lot of people
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Taylor Greene of Collaborative Fund (Part 4)
Sramana Mitra: In the thesis-driven situation, you are looking for a team that can execute on that thesis. In the opportunistic cases, they come to you with the ideas. If you like them and fit your world view, you would accept. Talk about a couple of ventures that you have invested in. Also just to
1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Daniel Ibri of Mindset Ventures (Part 4)
Sramana Mitra: Are you looking for unicorn-style investments or are you also interested in the smaller niche plays that are going to have smaller exits. Let’s say $50 million to $100 million exits. Daniel Ibri: We are interested in the smaller ones. I honestly believe that’s a very smart niche to be at this time.
