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SaaS from Scratch: Dheeraj Pandey of Nutanix and DevRev on Building Category-Defining SaaS from India

Nutanix co-founder Dheeraj Pandey joins Vani Kola to unpack how he built a $20 billion company by betting on distributed systems and what he'd do differently if he were starting today.

SaaS from Scratch: Founder Playbook | 2025 Edition

What separates category-defining SaaS companies from the rest? As Indian SaaS grows from $2B in 2018 to $17B in ARR now to become the world’s second-largest SaaS ecosystem, this question matters more than ever.

SaaS From Scratch: From Zero to Category: How Fareye Built a Market That Didn't Exist

Kushal Nahata built Fareye in a category no one had defined and had to convince buyers, investors, and an entire industry that a better way was possible. Here's the playbook for building something the market doesn't know it needs yet.

SaaS From Scratch: How Darwinbox's Rohit Chennamaneni Built an HR Tech Unicorn to Take On SAP and Workday from Hyderabad

Rohit Chennamaneni left McKinsey not with a grand plan, but with a frustration consulting advice never stuck, and a product could fix that. Nine years later, that frustration became Darwinbox, India's homegrown HR tech unicorn competing with SAP, Oracle, and Workday on their own turf.

Saas From Scratch: RateGain's Bhanu Chopra on TAM Expansion and Building Category-Defining SaaS

RateGain founder Bhanu Chopra joins Vani Kola to unpack how he built a $90 billion TAM travel tech company by entering a niche no investor would have bet on and expanding it into a category no one saw coming.

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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Why We Invested?

Why We Invested in Articulus Surgical

Every year, millions of patients in India undergo surgeries that leave them with longer recovery times, larger scars, and higher risks of complications—not because better surgical techniques don’t exist, but because they remain economically inaccessible.
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Why We Invested in Baaz Bikes

Baaz Bikes provides an indigenous, end-to-end electric mobility platform consisting of in-house designed electric scooters, automated battery swapping stations, and management software
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Why We Invested in Bombay Play

Bombay Play converts low-social casual games (like card games and puzzles) into live, multiplayer experiences to pioneer the fast-growing hypersocial gaming genre.
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Why We Invested in byteXL

Revolutionizing Engineering Education: Preparing Students for 149 Million New Global Jobs
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Why We Invested in Chara

Kalaari’s thesis on backing Chara, a DeepTech startup reinventing the electric motor with rare-earth-free, software-controlled SRM technology.
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Why We Invested in Clean Electric

Clean Electric manufactures energy storage solutions featuring patent-filed, direct liquid-cooled battery packs designed to eliminate thermal runaway and reduce cell degradation.
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Why We Invested in Convin

Convin disrupts the B2C SalesTech market by using automated, vernacular conversational intelligence to eliminate manual quality assurance and feedback dependencies for over 2.5 million sales reps across
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Why We Invested in Creative Galileo

Creative Galileo targets a massive, underserved early childhood education market with a gamified learning multiverse that transforms passive screen time into personalized foundational skill building
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