That One Idea by WaterBridge Ventures

Key moments in the episode: (00:00): Highlights (02:15): Neha's childhood growing up in a joint Marwari family in Bombay (04:54): Swetha grew up playing hockey for U16 Karnataka (07:40): Navneet's childhood growing up in a Punjabi, male-dominated society (12:56): The 4Ms in a woman's life - Marriage, Mobility, Motherhood, Medical Care (and Menopause) (16:35): Sisters in Sweat started with overflow...

Born in a tiny village in the district of Sikar in Rajasthan, Bisu spoke only Shekhawati (a Rajasthani dialect) till Class X. He learnt Hindi during his +2, and English after he joined IIT Jodhpur. Learning a new language accompanied every His was the first student intake batch, in 2008. The institute entrusted him to set up the labs, fests, competitions and culture. Initiative and institution was...

Born in a very small village near Rae Bareilly, Ranjeet used to read 100+ books a year. Language to him was a tool to unite minds. But millions of (non-English speaking) Indians lacked a place to read and write in their own languages with dignity, discovery, and community. Ranjeet wanted to give every storyteller a voice in their own language Today, Pratilipi has created a language-first storytell...

Prashant was born in an agrarian family in a village near Kanpur. His tryst with entrepreneurship started at the age of 18, when he started a customised T-shirts business.  Prashant started AppsForBharat / Sri Mandir App in 2020, following his deep insight that Indians are culturally bound together by their faith. Yet, nothing existed in India's $60B FaithTech/Digital Devotion market that could br...

After graduating from IIT Kanpur, Rohit joined Toppr, where he shaped one of India’s pioneering EdTech successes. Rohit eventually joined Lal Chand Bisu, his colleague at Toppr, at Kuku FM as a Product Lead. In 2020, while in lockdown, Rohit started Seekho, which now has over 20 lakh paying subscribers, and on its way to becoming Bharat’s ‘Netflix for Learning’. Relevant Links: WaterBridge Venture...

HomeLane is India’s premier end-to-end home interiors platform for Urban India, disrupting an $18B market using technology and predictable, cost-efficient execution. Buying a home is hard enough, but with HomeLane, setting that up wouldn’t be.  So far, HomeLane has delivered 45K+ homes in 29 cities across India, working with 600+ in-house designers. With $114M raised in capital from marquee invest...

CBREX orchestrates enterprise talent acquisition by digitizing and automating recruitment agency partnerships globally. It enables companies to hire niche and specialised talent at an unforeseen speed and scale, even for roles open across geographies, at benchmark-defying price points.  Gautam is a 2X entrepreneur, having built TVA Infotech to become India's largest IT recruiting company. TVA was...

Founded in 2019, Lentra digitizes end-to-end lending processes for banks and NBFCs. The company has empowered 50+ financial institutions in India, including HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and Tata Mutual Fund, through API-driven modular architecture that creates unique customer experiences, prompts increased access to new client bases, reduces NPAs and improves operational efficiencies. Lentra's 24/7 platf...

Deepak brings a refreshing perspective to the world of public-market investing with his humour, sharp analyses and candid opinions. To many, market commentary is as exciting as a mutual fund’s T&C. Deepak Shenoy is the antidote. He turned a humble blog into a ₹2,000+ crore asset management powerhouse, serving returns of 27%+ annually to 1400+ PMS and AIF clients. Deepak also authored “Money Wise”,...

Founded in Oct '22 Stable Money is one of India’s leading fixed-income companies through which retail Indians can invest in safe instruments that also give high returns. Backed by marquee investors, Stable Money raised $15M in Series A in 2024. Today, it has over 1 million downloads on Google Play and offers fixed deposits and bonds to customers. Born in a small town in Maharashtra, Saurabh always...

We’re excited to have Abhik Ghosh, Anushka Mahanti and Varun Deo, co-founders of Trampoline, with our host Anjali Sosale, Partner at WaterBridge Ventures, to kickstart Season 4 of That One Idea! Trampoline is B2B cross-border home decor platform, delivering a full-stack experience across the value chain – from curation, design, sourcing, consolidation and quality control to logistics. Trampoline r...

In this episode, we have Anjali Sosale, Partner at WaterBridge Ventures, chatting with Ayushi Gudwani, founder and CEO of FS Life. FS Life, (previously  @FableStreet  ) is a house of brands running three brands: FableStreet - a premium western-wear clothing brand for women, Pink Fort ( @PinkfortByFableStreet  ) - a modern Indian wear brand reimagining traditional clothing for women, and March - a...

In this episode, we have Abhinav Adlakha, part of the investment team at WaterBridge, chatting with Neeraj Menta, co-founder of SuperK.  SuperK is a franchised grocery retail chain for small towns with a population between twenty thousand and five lakhs. It empowers unorganised kirana stores to offer modern retail experiences to small-town shoppers and allows entrepreneurs to easily own and operat...

In this episode, we have Anjali Sosale, Partner at WaterBridge Ventures, chatting with Akash Gupta, co-founder and CEO of Zypp Electric.  Zypp Electric is India’s leading tech-enabled EV-as-a-service platform, making last-mile delivery and logistics in India sustainable and emission-free. The company currently counts leading consumer internet companies such as Amazon, BigBasket, Zepto, among its c...

In this episode, we have Anjali Sosale, Partner at WaterBridge, chatting with Saurabh Pandey, co-founder and CEO of EloElo.  Eloelo is a live social entertainment platform, offering live video chat, live streaming, and live games, where users can interact with hosts through comments, gifts, emojis, audio and video. EloElo’s vision is to become the most trusted space for content creators on the int...

In this episode, we have Anjali Sosale, Partner at WaterBridge Ventures, chatting with Chaitanya Ramalingegowda, co-founder of Wakefit.  Chaitanya graduated from the National Institute of Engineering, Mysore in 2002 and did his MBA from ISB Hyderabad in 2005. Wakefit is an innovation-driven sleep and home solutions company, aiming to revolutionize the quality of sleep among Indians. After building...

In this episode, we have Anjali Sosale, Partner at WaterBridge, chatting with Vimal Sharma, founder of SMOOR.  SMOOR opens up a world of True Couverture Chocolates made with authentic and high-quality ingredients concocted by master chocolatiers from around the world. Vimal’s passion for crafting SMOOR’s premium range of products stems from his extensive travels across the globe and exposure to be...

In this episode, we have Anjali Sosale, Partner at WaterBridge, chatting with Akshay Singhal, founder and CEO of Log9 Materials. Log9, founded in 2015, is India's leading battery technology company, the only one to have ground-up developed Lithium-ion cell (both LFP and LTO) technologies for gigafactory production. Log9 is pioneering the development of specialised battery technology from cell to p...

In this episode, we have Anjali Sosale, Partner at WaterBridge Ventures, chatting with Rajiv Kumaar, CEO of Adster, and Ketan Chandak, CPO of Adster. Adster focuses on helping mobile app & web publishers monetize better through hyperscaling their revenue from Ads. With over 2 decades of experience in building Ad Tech platforms, the Adster founding team has a unique understanding of challenges face...

In this episode we have Anjali Sosale, Partner at WaterBridge chatting with Varun Sadana, co-founder of Supertails. Supertails.com’s full-stack platform offers pet supplies, online vet consultations, and online behavioural training. Varun, who is a pet parent himself, has always felt that the industry has not paid enough attention to the pet parenting journey and that there is a lack of an organis...

In this episode of Founder Foreward, we have Anjali Sosale, Partner at WaterBridge Ventures, in conversation with Shruti Kapoor, Founder and CEO of Wingman. Having been a VC for most of her career, Shruti took the plunge into the arena from the sidelines when she decided to found Wingman. Her passion and enthusiasm resonated strongly with Murali and Srikar as they quit their fancy jobs in Silicon...

In this episode of Founder Foreward, we have Anjali Sosale, Partner at WaterBridge Ventures, in conversation with Girish Redekar, Co-Founder of Sprinto As they embarked on a new beginning in the same market, Girish and his classmate cum co-founder Raghuveer consciously decided that this time they wanted to be on the revenue side of the equation for clients v/s the cost side. It was a pleasure spea...

In this episode of Founder Foreward, we have Anjali Sosale, Partner at WaterBridge Ventures, in conversation with Nisarg Shah, Founder and CEO of Affable.ai. Affable is a data-driven influencer marketing platform. He co-founded the company with Swayam Narain in 2007 as a part of Entrepreneur First Singapore. The platform leverages advanced machine learning and big data analytics to help brands fin...

As a part of the fourth edition of Fast Forward, we are thrilled to launch Founder Foreword, a captivating series of conversations that takes you on a remarkable journey through the minds of industry leaders who have transformed their seed-stage ventures into scalable businesses. Founder Foreward offers an exclusive peek into the stories, experiences, and invaluable insights of these trailblazing...

In this episode, we have Anjali Sosale, Partner at WaterBridge Ventures, in conversation with Rahul and Nikhil Boggaram of Yellow Metal. Yellow Metal is an asset-backed credit company that disburses gold loans in less than 30 minutes in the privacy of your home. Focused on rural India, Yellow Metal seeks to provide low-cost loans to small farmers and business owners who are otherwise not part of t...