# Waste Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> Waste Ventures is a vc firm based in India. 8 investments on record, latest Jun 2013. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/waste-ventures (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Waste Ventures

Last cheque observed Jun 2013. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

Quiet VC firm

Growth Series A Series B Recycling

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 8 on record

Since the last cheque **4876** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$51M** Rounds led **0 of 8** Sole investor **1 rounds** Exits **1 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 63%**

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## Waste Ventures highlights

- 01 8 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Growth and Series A: 67% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 1 rounds, median undisclosed
- 04 1 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Sectors:** Recycling
- **Based in:** New Delhi, India
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **8 appearances**

- **2013** 1 round
- **Jun** **[Enerkem](https://millionrounds.com/company/enerkem)** Growth · CA **$49M** With 4 others
- **2012** 1 round
- **Aug** **[Renmatix](https://millionrounds.com/company/renmatix)** Series C · US · pevc.dowjones.com **$75M** With 2 others
- **2011** 4 rounds
- **Oct** **[Recyclebank](https://millionrounds.com/company/recyclebank)** US **Undisclosed** With 8 others
- **Jun** **[Enerkem](https://millionrounds.com/company/enerkem)** Growth · CA · gigaom.com **$60M** With 4 others
- **May** **[Harvest Power](https://millionrounds.com/company/harvest-power)** Series B · US · masshightech.com **$6.3M** With 9 others
- **May** **[agnion Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/agnion-energy)** US · finsmes.com **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **2010** 1 round
- **Feb** **[Enerkem](https://millionrounds.com/company/enerkem)** Growth · CA · altassets.com **$54M** With 5 others
- **2009** 1 round
- **Dec** **[Harvest Power](https://millionrounds.com/company/harvest-power)** Series A · US · fis.dowjones.com **$10M** With 2 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **1 in all**

**[agnion Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/agnion-energy)** Bought by ENTRADE Energiesysteme AG **Undisclosed** Jun 2013

An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

## The cheque

Growth Series A Series B

Median round joined **$51M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **-**

Led 0 of 8 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** 1 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Jun 2013
- **Exits:** 1 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Growth *3*
- Series A *1*
- Series B *1*
- Series C *1*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2009 2013

Often in the room with

- [Cycle Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cycle-capital) 4
- [Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins-caufield-and-byers) 4
- [Braemar Energy Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/braemar-energy-ventures) 3
- [Rho Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rho-capital-partners) 3
- [Waste Management and Cycle Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/waste-management-and-cycle-capital) 3
- [Generation Investment Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/generation-investment-management) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Waste Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Cycle Capital** Private equity **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cycle-capital)[**Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins-caufield-and-byers)[**Braemar Energy Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/braemar-energy-ventures)[**Rho Capital Partners** Private equity **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rho-capital-partners)[**Waste Management and Cycle Capital** Growth equity **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/waste-management-and-cycle-capital)[**Generation Investment Management** Private equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/generation-investment-management)[**Munich Venture Partners** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/munich-venture-partners)[**The Westly Group** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/westly-group)

## Quick answers about Waste Ventures

### What does Waste Ventures invest in?

Waste Ventures invests most often at Growth and Series A (67% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Recycling.

### How active is Waste Ventures?

8 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Jun 2013.

### How big are Waste Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $51M.

### Does Waste Ventures lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 8 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Waste Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (63%) and Canada (38%).

### Is Waste Ventures investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Jun 2013.

### Who does Waste Ventures invest alongside?

Most often Cycle Capital (4 rounds together), Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (4 rounds together) and Braemar Energy Ventures (3 rounds together).

### What kind of investor is Waste Ventures?

Waste Ventures is a VC firm based in New Delhi, India.

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