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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.
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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