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TiE Global Summit 2024

The Kalaari Lounge at TiE Global Summit 2024 was a hub of energy, insights, and collaboration, bringing together founders, investors, and ecosystem enablers to celebrate and advance India’s startup landscape. Over two action-packed days—December 10th and 11th—Kalaari Capital hosted engaging discussions, networking sessions, and ecosystem meetups, reinforcing its commitment to empowering founders and fostering innovation.
EVENTS

Vertical Quick Commerce - Unbundling of the Horizontal Play

Almost a decade ago, customers bought everything from Flipkart. Ranging from books to clothes to electronics – literally everything from one platform.

Vision Meets Venture: Stories Shaping India's Techade

From stock market ticker, satellites in space to SaaS in an AI-first world, this edition of Venture Forward brings you our insights on these topics and more.
NEWSLETTERS

Why We Invested in Aeria

Globally, the CRE tech sector has flourished, with the market potential of tech solutions in CRE across the US, Canada, EMEA, and APAC totaling approximately $52 billion.
BLOGS

Why We Invested in Agrim

Agrim is a B2B marketplace platform that digitalizes the fragmented $44B agri-inputs industry in India.
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KALAARI PESPECTIVE

Why We Invested in Articulus Surgical

Every year, millions of patients in India undergo surgeries that leave them with longer recovery times, larger scars, and higher risks of complications—not because better surgical techniques don’t exist, but because they remain economically inaccessible.
BLOGS

Why We Invested in Baaz Bikes

Baaz Bikes provides an indigenous, end-to-end electric mobility platform consisting of in-house designed electric scooters, automated battery swapping stations, and management software
BLOGS

Why We Invested in Bombay Play

Bombay Play converts low-social casual games (like card games and puzzles) into live, multiplayer experiences to pioneer the fast-growing hypersocial gaming genre.
BLOGS

Why We Invested?

Zero Hour Conversation with A R Unnikrishnan

As AI models scale from millions to trillions of parameters, it is vital to have the right access to capital and compute to nurture a fast-growing AI ecosystem.
EVENTS

Zero Hour Conversation with Arvind Thakur

Arvind Thakur shared leadership lessons from decades in India’s IT industry — crisis reveals capability, values matter most in tough moments, differentiation comes from playing to your strengths and AI is fundamentally reshaping how businesses operate and create value.
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Zero Hour Conversation with Karthik Sankaran

Kalaari Capital’s recap of a talk with chip veteran Dr. Karthik Sankaran: semiconductors are becoming foundational as AI, EVs, and edge computing scale, and India’s design talent gives it a real shot in deep-tech—if it gets patient capital and a full ecosystem
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Zero Hour Conversation with Kirthiga Reddy

The session focused on leadership, reinvention, and India’s tech ecosystem.-
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Zero Hour Conversation with Narayan Manepally

Manepally spoke about how his started in Portland, when he brewed his first perfect batch of beer. Returning to India and finding only Kingfisher available everywhere convinced him that India deserved better craft beer, and he decided to make that happen himself.
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Zero Hour Conversation with Sarbvir Singh

Policybazaar CEO Sarbvir Singh says leadership is about team buy-in, not perfect decisions—even a flawed call works when people believe in it. He adds that networks shape careers and real growth comes from owning outcomes.
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Editions

Zero Hour Conversation with Shalini Govil Pai

Kalaari’s Zero Hour session with Google’s Shalini Govil-Pai and Raj Pai explored how AI is reshaping storytelling. The takeaway: tech can’t fix a weak story—audience resonance, curiosity, and relationships matter most.
EVENTS

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