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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.
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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
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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.
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Why We Invested in byteXL

Revolutionizing Engineering Education: Preparing Students for 149 Million New Global Jobs
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Why We Invested in Chara

Kalaari’s thesis on backing Chara, a DeepTech startup reinventing the electric motor with rare-earth-free, software-controlled SRM technology.
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Why We Invested in Clean Electric

Clean Electric manufactures energy storage solutions featuring patent-filed, direct liquid-cooled battery packs designed to eliminate thermal runaway and reduce cell degradation.
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Why We Invested in Convin

Convin disrupts the B2C SalesTech market by using automated, vernacular conversational intelligence to eliminate manual quality assurance and feedback dependencies for over 2.5 million sales reps across
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Why We Invested in Creative Galileo

Creative Galileo targets a massive, underserved early childhood education market with a gamified learning multiverse that transforms passive screen time into personalized foundational skill building
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Deconstruct Raises $8 Million Series A

We’re excited to share that our portfolio company, Deconstruct, has raised a $8 million Series A round co-led by V3 Ventures, DSG Consumer Partners with participation from L’Oréal’s corporate venture capital fund – BOLD and existing investors Kalaari Capital, Beenext.
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Digantara Raises $50M in Series B

We’re excited to share that our portfolio company, Digantara, has raised a $50 million Series B round.

Eloelo Raises $13.5 Million Series B

We’re excited to share that our portfolio company, Eloelo, has raised a $13.5 million Series B round led by Play Ventures with participation from GamesKraft and existing investors Kalaari Capital, Courtside Ventures, Waterbridge Ventures, MIXI, Griffin Gaming Partners and Rocket Capital.
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Energy Storage: Can India Keep Its Clean Power for When It Is Needed?

In this edition, we explore why storage is becoming critical, how different technologies solve different use-cases, why storing energy for days is harder, and where startup opportunities lie.
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Founder Spotlight: Hiver

Niraj Ranjan Rout and Nitesh Nandy, co-founders of Hiver, detailing their early entrepreneurial journeys and the inspiration behind optimizing email for team collaboration.
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From Law Grad to VC Fellow: Navigating the Unlikely Path

I remember the raised eyebrows and surprised looks when I announced my career shift from law to venture capital. It was a stark reminder of the unconventional path I had chosen.
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From Startup Trenches to Venture Capital

After a brief stint at an early-stage proptech and climate tech VC, two years ago I decided to take the plunge and apply to the Kalaari Fellowship. I was excited by the opportunity to shift closer to the ecosystem and build depth in venture, grounded in real operating experience rather than theory.
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From working with Social Impact Startups to Venture Capital

“The secret of life is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.” — Paulo Coelho In 2020, the email arrived – I hadn’t made the cut for Kalaari Capital’s fellowship program. Four years and countless experiences later, I’m writing this as part of Kalaari’s 2024 fellowship batch. That initial rejection didn’t mark the end of my path – it was merely a redirect.
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