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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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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.
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Why We Invested in Zocket

Zocket allows users without marketing expertise to create social media content and launch digital ad campaigns across platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and Google in less than 30 seconds.
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Wired for Impact: Women in Ind(AI) Report

AI will define the future. But who defines AI? As India races ahead in building its AI ecosystem, Wired for Impact: Women in (Ind)AI — a CXXO and Kalaari Capital report explores how women are participating, leading, and reshaping India’s AI journey, and where the biggest gaps remain.
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The Hindsight: How Snabbit's Ayush Agarwal Built India's First On-Demand Home Services Platform

Snabbit founder Ayush Agarwal joins Vani Kola to unpack how he built India's first on-demand home services platform by solving a problem no customer could articulate and no competitor thought to look for.
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The Hindsight: How SpotDraft Built the AI Layer for Legal Teams

Shashank Bijapur, the founder of Spotdraft, joins Vani Kola to talk about how he built an AI-powered contract lifecycle platform that is now trusted by legal teams from India to the US.
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The Imperative of Security in IoT Environments

Imagine waking up to the aroma of freshly brewed coffee, your thermostat perfectly adjusting the temperature, and lights illuminating your path as you step out of bed.
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The Kalaari Fellowship Application is Live

Applications for the Kalaari Fellowship are open. The 2-year, full-time, immersive apprenticeship-style program is an opportunity to break into the venture ecosystem.
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The Quantum Trifecta: India's Race Across Three Clocks

In this edition, we unravel quantum technology, three parallel races in sensing, communication, and computing converging into one strategic moment, and where India’s startups can build.
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The Rare-Earth Chokepoint: Designing Around Dependence

In this edition, we unravel rare-earth elements - what they are, their importance and the opportunity for startups as globally industries hunt alternatives for China’s control on rare-earths.
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The Second-Order Effects of Indian Commerce

Why live commerce, agentic checkout, and loyalty look different once you examine the pre-purchase, purchase, and post-purchase layers
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The State of AI and Cybersecurity in 2025

AI is rewriting cybersecurity faster than enterprises can respond. Our new Kalaari report captures what CISOs are actually struggling with, and where they believe the next wave of cybersecurity companies will be built
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