E47: Anjali Sosale (Partner, WaterBridge Ventures)
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Anjali Sosale is a Partner at WaterBridge Ventures, an early-stage VC firm based out of Bangalore and Delhi. Anjali began her career at EY, going on to becoming the Vice President over the course of a ten-year stint, before moving on to Myntra where she led their Brand Accelerator Program for three years.
In this episode, we will cover:
Impact of the Covid second wave on investments (2:20)
Challenges founders are facing especially wrt their workforce and bench strength (7:25)
Anjali’s journey into VC (15:11)
Thesis evolution in general within the consumer world (27:33)
Covid induced trends within consumer sectors (32:00)
Learnings from building communities in India (43:36)
How does community “fit” into a fund’s thesis? (50:01)
Fund-raising during the second wave and thesis development (1:00:43)
Red flags during fund-raising –– for founders (1:07:01)