Manish Kheterpal

Managing Partner at WaterBridge Ventures

Speaker

Manish has over 2 decades of experience in VC and PE having led over US$750 Million of investments across India and the US. He is the Co-founder & Managing Partner of WaterBridge Ventures, an India based VC firm with > US$200 Million AUM.

His investments at WaterBridge include category leading start-ups across Consumer Tech (Commerce, Health, Mobility), Biotech, Enterprise AI, New Media, and Robotics. Some leading examples are Atlan, Chalo, Eloelo, Citymall, Magicpin, PocketPills, and Posha.

Earlier he has held senior investment roles at Rho Ventures (US, Canada), Actis (South Asia), and Providence Equity Partners (India), and operating roles in Tech, Product marketing in Telecoms with Ciena, Infosys, and Nortel Networks.

Manish is involved in Indian alternates ecosystem initiatives as a member of the Executive Committee & Co-chair of IVCA’s (Indian Venture Capital and Alternates Association) VC Council.

Manish is an engineer from IIT Delhi and an MBA from Stanford University.