Singh: 80% of mature Waterbridge Fund I companies raised follow-on rounds
Sarbvir Singh · The most common mistakes founders make ? w/ Sarbvir Singh, Waterbridge Ventures · Sep 14, 2019 · at 9:11
Sarbvir Singh of Waterbridge Ventures details the follow-on financing success rate of their early portfolio investments.
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“Of the 16 companies, 10 companies have been around for more than a year, as in we've been investors in for more than a year. And in those 10, eight of those 10 have raised follow on funding. So Almost 80% you can say is the success rate in the first set of 10 companies.”
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