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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: Building the India Space Stack

Sanjay Nekkanti, the founder of Dhruva Space, was still in college, when he kept hearing the same thing: Satellies were a governmetn-only game in India. A population of over one billion and not a single private company to show for it? Sanjay set out to build the whole stack: satellites, launch infrastructure, and ground infrastructure.
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The Hindsight: 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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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 Hindsight: The Fintech Opportunity Hidden in SME Banking

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 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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Why We Invested?

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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