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Why We Invested in Samosa Party
Samosa Party scales India’s massive, unorganized $40B street food market by establishing a capital-efficient, delivery-first QSR brand backed by predictable cloud kitchen unit economics.
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Why we invested in SimpliContract
Kalaari Capital explains its thesis for leading a $1.8M seed round in SimpliContract, an enterprise Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) startup tackling a market growing from $1.5B to $5.2B by 2027.
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PERSPECTIVE
Why We Invested in Studio Sirah
Studio Sirah targets an under-penetrated whitespace in India by building culturally resonant, high-quality midcore and hardcore gaming IPs inspired by Indian mythology.
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Why We Invested in SuperBryn
Voice AI has advanced by leaps and bounds in recent years. The potential of voice AI has been evident ever since Siri, Alexa and the likes became the go-to interface for millions of people around the world.
Why We Invested in Swift
Swift is building the infrastructure layer for India's D2C commerce ecosystem, simplifying fulfilment and enabling one-click checkout to reduce cart abandonment and improve conversion rates.
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KALAARI PESPECTIVE
Why We Invested in Tring
Tring capitalizes on India’s deeply rooted celebrity culture by providing an execution-heavy platform that democratizes access to underserved, long-tail creators and regional stars
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Why We Invested in Triple Tap Games
You might remember games like Temple Run (2011) and Subway Surfers (2012)—two instantly recognizable endless runner games. Then came Flappy Bird (2013), which skyrocketed to over 50 million downloads in less than a year.
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Why we invested in Zluri
Zluri is an enterprise SaaS Management Platform (SMP). Its main function is to help organizations discover, manage, and optimize their third-party subscription software applications from a single dashboard.
In Episode 02 of The Hindsight, Vani Kola speaks with Nishchay AG, Co-founder of Jar, about building one of India’s leading fintech startups focused on savings and investing. The conversation covers consumer behavior, habit formation, fintech growth, distribution, product-market fit, and building for the mass market in India.
PODCASTS
Hyperbots Raises $6.5 Million Series A
We are excited to share that our portfolio company, Hyperbots, has raised a $6.5 million Series A round co-led by Arkam Ventures and Athera Venture Partners, with participation from JSW Ventures and existing investors Kalaari Capital, Sunicon Ventures.
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India Alpha: The Techade of Opportunity
At the peak of its Golden Era, India was the beating heart of the global economy, contributing a staggering one-third of the world’s GDP. It was a land of innovation and abundance—the world’s sole diamond hub, a treasure trove of silk and spices, and the birthplace of groundbreaking scientific ideas like the decimal system and zero.
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India’s Push for a Globally Competitive Earth Observation Stack
In this edition of Kalaari’s DeepTech Dispatch we unpack Earth observation – what Earth observation is, its growing relevance, the tech stack that powers it and the emerging start-up opportunities.
NEWSLETTERS
Kalaari at 20: What Comes Next
From robotic surgery in Indian OTs and autonomous hiring to the ₹4 problem in women's funding and India's shift from AI consumer to AI builder, this edition of Venture Forward marks 20 years of Kalaari and the next chapter just beginnin
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Kalaari Fellowship Diary: Sana Gupta
Looking in from the outside, it seemed like I was living a dream life: After graduating from UCLA, I got a great job as a consultant in Los Angeles. But deep down, I felt this nagging sense of unfulfillment and the guilt that came along with it.
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Kalaari Fellowship Diary: Soumya Yadav
After five transformative years at IIT Kharagpur (Dual Degree), my professional journey began as an operator role at Flipkart. As a business development manager within Flipkart, I managed the Appliances section portfolio, focusing on pricing strategies, demand planning and the growth of the concerned SKUs.
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Kalaari Konverse 2025
This is our annual investor and startup mixer. Held every year, the flagship event brings ogether visionaries, investors, and ecosystem enablers to collaborate and shape the future of India's tech and venture landscape.
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