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Why we invested in HireBound

Across enterprises, staffing firms, and high-growth startups, hiring remains one of the most manual and time-sensitive workflows. Most organizations have digitized tracking (ATS, spreadsheets, portals). The actual work still happens outside the system: interpreting requirements, chasing candidates, running screening loops, and coordinating interviews across multiple stakeholdersThe workflow is full of drop-offs and coordination debt. Candidates don’t complete applications, or they drop because communication is slow or unclear. Recruiters spend hours on searches and repetitive screening, and then lose days in scheduling ping-pong. The result is predictable: qualified candidates exit the funnel, hiring managers see low-quality shortlists, and offers fail at the joining stage.
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Why We Invested in Hyperbots

Over the last two decades, automation technologies have transformed most business functions for large enterprises across the globe.
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Why We Invested in JB Air

JB Air is building a consumer-electronics brand for Indian homes, and we believe it is uniquely positioned to define this category for the next generation of Indian consumers.
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Why We Invested in kindlife

kindlife captures a rapidly expanding clean beauty and wellness market driven by conscious, millennial consumers seeking sustainable, ethically sourced products.
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Why We Invested in LXME

Today, Indian women not only mean business – they are also good business. Helping 560M women achieve financial independence is GREAT business.
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Why We Invested in Matters.AI

When Data Became the New Perimeter In the last decade, data stopped being a byproduct—it became the business itself.
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Why we Invested in Maximize Money

Maximize Money is building India's universal savings and loyalty infrastructure, replacing fragmented discount channels with an automated "SaveMax" engine that stacks coupons, gift cards, and rewards into a single click.
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Why We Invested in MeshDefend

The Market Shift: From fragmented systems to intelligent operations, enterprises face growing pressure to ensure data resilience and operational efficiency.
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SaaS from Scratch: Saahil Goel on Building Shiprocket: 7 Years of Pivots, ₹10L to India's Largest E-Commerce Enablement Platform

Every founding story has a pivot. Saahil Goel had seven years of them and built India's largest e-commerce enablement platform on the other side.

SaaS from Scratch: Sashi Narahari of HighRadius on Bootstrapping, Enterprise SaaS, and Why He Raised Too Late

Sashi Narahari built HighRadius to a $3B valuation without taking outside capital for years, then admitted it was a mistake. This is what he'd do differently, and why.

Smart Glasses: Unlocking the Next Frontier in AR

Imagine it’s 2030. You’re driving around and spot a house for sale. With a single glance, you instantly know its listing price, property taxes, and can even see a virtual tour of the interior—without reaching for your phone or asking a single question.
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Space, EVs, Fintech, and the Founders Rewriting India's Rules

From 15-minute EV charging and satellites tracking space traffic to a fintech founder who bootstrapped for 11 years, this edition of Venture Forward covers the innovations, investments, and ideas pushing India's next frontier forward.
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The ₹4 Problem — A CXXO Report

For every ₹100 deployed into Indian startups, women founders see ₹4.
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The Builders, The Believers

It takes exceptional people and an ecosystem that brings together founders, researchers, investors, and operators to build the next generation of India’s technology companies. At Kalaari, this belief continues to shape how we think about building India’s technology future. We recently opened applications for the next batch of the @Kalaari Fellowship program, which we have been running for a decade now to induct extraordinary talent into the venture capital industry. Read about this in the latest edition of 𝘝𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥.
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The EO Report: Value Chain, Opportunity and Where India is Headed

Earth observation has an $80B opportunity across agriculture, defense, maritime, and a range of other industries -- but only $6B of this opportunity has been captured. Investments, however, are steadily rising.
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The Future of AgriTech in India

Agriculture and allied sectors contribute roughly 14% ($276 Bn in 2020) to India’s GDP. Yet we have to date not witnessed a tech unicorn emerge from the sector, despite having over $600M in VC funding over the last 5 years.
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