E47: Anjali Sosale (Partner, WaterBridge Ventures)

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)