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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.
NEWSLETTERS

The ₹4 Problem — A CXXO Report

For every ₹100 deployed into Indian startups, women founders see ₹4.
REPORTS

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.
PODCASTS

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.
PODCASTS

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.
PODCASTS

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.
PODCASTS

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.
BLOGS

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.
NEWSLETTERS

Why We Invested?

Why We Invested in Modulus Housing

India is undergoing one of the world’s largest infrastructure buildouts. With over $1.3 trillion allocated under the National Infrastructure Pipeline and an estimated $5.8 trillion real estate market by 2047, the construction sector is poised to contribute 15.5% to India’s GDP – up from the current 7.3%.

Why We Invested in NudgeBee

Over the last decade, enterprise software has moved decisively to cloud-native, multi-cloud, containers, and microservices. The way enterprises build software has fundamentally changed. The way they operate it has not.
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Why We Invested in Pascal Ai

In the 1960s, Eugene Fama developed the Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH), which argues that financial markets are informationally efficient—meaning asset prices always reflect all available information.
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Why We Invested in Peer Robotics

Peer Robotics heuristics-based tech stack enables out-of-the-box, flexible material handling deployment without heavy integration costs
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Why We Invested In Portl

Kalaari Capital breaks down its investment in Portl — an AI-driven connected fitness device tackling India’s biggest workout pain points: adherence, personalization, space, and access.
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Why We Invested in Pype AI

Pype AI scales hospital front-desk operations by deploying deeply integrated, voice-led autonomous agents that eliminate administrative overhead and reduce patient no-shows
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Why We Invested in Resilience AI

2023: A Year of Unprecedented Climate Disasters The past year has underscored the escalating urgency of addressing climate resilience.
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Why we invested in Resolve360

A digital-first physiotherapy platform addressing the $17 billion rehabilitation market by shifting from session-based temporary relief to outcome-focused, long-term pain recovery.
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