Deep insights, inspiration, founder stories, and comprehensive reports.
How Jar Built a Savings Habit App for India
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.
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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.
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 Fintech Opportunity Hidden in SME Banking Ft. Mabel Chacko | Open Financial Technologies
In Episode 03 of The Hindsight, Vani Kola speaks with Mabel Chacko, Co-founder of Open, about building one of India's leading neobanks for small businesses and startups. The conversation covers the early struggles of convincing banks to partner with them, finding unexpected distribution channels, building culture during rapid scaling, and keeping the customer at the center of every major decision.
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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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The Future of India's Vernacular Opportunity
90% of internet users in prefer to consume content in their local language. The next big opportunity in India is . We kickstarted our session on Clubhouse with of and of , hosted by , MD of .In this episode, we discuss the vernacular opportunity in India and how it's shaping India’s digital ecosystem.Hindustan Hamara focuses on conversations with the shapers of India's digital future. Every session we talk to individuals who are shaping the future of India's digital innovation landscape.For more updates on our sessions, follow Kalaari on Clubhouse: If you have any suggestions, please reach out to us at podcast@kalaari.com. We would love to hear from you.
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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 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 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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