Pre-seed to Series A fund research profile
WaterBridge Ventures is an India-focused early-stage investor that looks for technology-led businesses serving large, under-digitised markets. Its current portfolio framing highlights AI and deeptech, digital economy and infrastructure, and IP-led manufacturing and distribution across Bharat, India and global opportunities.
At a glance
Research profile
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Investment lens
WaterBridge Ventures uses a pre-seed to series a approach across Consumer, AI, SaaS.
Current evidence
WaterBridge’s current public platform reports 36 investments and 5 exits, and its 2024–2026 updates reference portfolio activity across companies including Fairdeal, ZET, Chalo, CityMall and Atlan.
Strategy
Pre-seed to Series A
Sector focus
Consumer, AI, SaaS
AIF structure context
Indian venture capital and angel-fund strategies are commonly structured as Category I AIFs. Verify the specific vehicle and registration before investing.
Current signal
WaterBridge’s current public platform reports 36 investments and 5 exits, and its 2024–2026 updates reference portfolio activity across companies including Fairdeal, ZET, Chalo, CityMall and Atlan.
Investor questions
WaterBridge Ventures is covered in Rupeia's venture capital research universe. The current public record describes the strategy as Pre-seed to Series A, with a sector focus of Consumer, AI, SaaS. The profile should be read with the linked source trail and Typical route: Category I AIF context.
The profile displays only company or asset names attributable to WaterBridge Ventures in the reviewed public sources: Fairdeal, ZET, Chalo, CityMall, Atlan. It does not represent a complete current portfolio unless the manager has published one.
The manager’s portfolio page reports 36 investments, five exits and combined portfolio value of $4B. It also publishes founder accounts describing long-term support; these are platform-level signals, not a disclosed fund-level IRR or DPI. These signals are not a substitute for fund- and vintage-specific net performance, realised distributions and audited or administrator-supported reporting.
Public fund size: WaterBridge has registered three Category II AIF trusts; industry reporting describes combined AUM around $150M and Fund III as the latest registered vehicle. A final corpus figure is not asserted without a close announcement.. Public terms or access information: Pre-seed to Series A, with an early-stage focus and themes across AI/deeptech, digital infrastructure, and IP-led manufacturing/distribution. Ticket sizes and reserve policy are not consistently disclosed.. Current fees, minimum commitment and availability must be confirmed for the exact named vehicle in its fund documents.
The current source record names Sarbvir Singh, Manish Kheterpal. Verify current roles, departures, attribution and key-person provisions before relying on the team history for a new commitment.
Review stage concentration, follow-on reserves, company failure rates, dilution, exit timing and the gap between paper valuations and realised distributions. The current open diligence point is: Portfolio verification; fund size confirmation.
2026: WaterBridge’s current public platform reports 36 investments and 5 exits, and its 2024–2026 updates reference portfolio activity across companies including Fairdeal, ZET, Chalo, CityMall and Atlan.
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