Kalaari Capital
Venture capitalBengaluru · Seed–Series B · 34 people tracked
Also known as KALAARI CAPITAL ADVISORS PVT LTD
Investment thesis
Kalaari Capital positions itself as a founder-first, early-stage investor known for spotting trends early and backing the first generation of Indian consumer internet startups. The firm emphasizes long-term partnership, supporting founders through the full journey by celebrating successes and helping solve problems as they arise. Its portfolio spans consumer internet, edtech, SaaS, fintech, and long-cycle deep-tech areas such as space surveillance, reflecting a willingness to commit patient capital to ambitious, differentiated companies building at scale.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 7, 2026.
Team · 34 people
from the firm's website & public directories
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What they invest in
from 32 of 79 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×16SaaS ×10Consumer ×6Enterprise Software ×6E-commerce ×4Fintech ×4Cleantech ×3Cybersecurity ×3
HQs:India×10United States×4United Kingdom×1
Investments · 79 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBaaz Bikes manufactures electric scooters and swappable batteries for gig workers and last-mile delivery services in India.
EnergyHardwareMobility & TransportationDelhi, IN
Anubhav Sharma
Aeria builds digital tenant experience solutions for commercial real estate, focused on improving tenant and employee engagement, satisfaction, and retention.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwarePropTechSaaS
Priyanka Gera(Founder & CEO)Piyush Kateja(Co-Founder & Director)Awnish Kumar(Co-Founder & Head of Engineering)
Bombay Play develops hybrid casual mobile games focused on social, multiplayer play with friends.
ConsumerGaming
Oliver Jones(Co-founder)Abhas Saroha(Co-founder)
Chara develops synchronous reluctance motor systems and intelligent controllers that avoid rare-earth magnets, using sustainable materials to reduce energy costs and CO2 footprint.
CleantechHardwareMobility & Transportation
CleanElectric develops EV battery packs featuring rapid-charging and swappable technology across multiple product series for two-, three-, and four-wheeler vehicles as well as stationary energy storage.
CleantechEnergyMobility & Transportation
Toondemy provides NEP and EYFS aligned smart book sets, AI-powered learning tools, and a unified school app for preschool and kindergarten education (Preschool, Nursery, Junior KG, Senior KG).
AI & Machine LearningEdTechSaaS
CreditVidya offers automated employment verification that confirms employment details in under a minute, replacing manual checks and office visits.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Space surveillance and intelligence company focused on protecting and defending sovereign and allied interests across contested operational domains.
Equilibrium Earth builds carbon removal infrastructure using multiple pathways such as mangrove afforestation, sustainable paddy farming, and industrial-scale biochar production from agricultural residues and invasive biomass.
AgTechCleantechClimate Tech
Fanon is a platform for fan-made fiction where users discover fandoms and read or create alternate-universe stories.
ConsumerCreator EconomyMedia & Entertainment
GuardianLink builds AI systems and blockchain infrastructure for enterprises, including agentic AI stacks, model training pipelines, RAG systems, and Layer 2 blockchain tooling, wallets, and DeFi/DApp frameworks.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Enterprise Software
Hiver is an AI-native customer service platform that unifies email, chat, Slack, voice, social, and WhatsApp into one workspace, with AI Agents that triage tickets, draft replies, and run multi-step resolutions across connected tools like Salesforce, Shopify, Jira, and NetSuite.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Hyperbots offers an agentic AI platform with finance-specific "co-pilots" that automate accounts payable and receivable tasks such as invoice processing, accruals, procurement, payments, sales tax verification, vendor management, collections, and cash application.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Industrybuying is India's leading B2B e-commerce platform offering industrial and office supplies from over 8,000 global brands across 25 categories, serving over 1.5 million business customers.
B2B MarketplacesE-commerceEnterprise SoftwareIndia, IN
Kindlife is an Indian online retailer selling curated skincare and fitness-nutrition products, offering K-beauty and dermatological brands (such as Beauty of Joseon, COSRX, SKIN1004, CeraVe, Bioderma) and protein/nutrition brands (SuperYou, MyFitness) with direct sourcing and authenticity certification.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerceWellness & Fitness
Matters.AI builds an autonomous AI security engineer for the data and AI layer that detects, analyzes, and resolves data misuse across hybrid clouds, endpoints, microservices, and AI pipelines.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & Infrastructure
MeshDefend builds an AI agentic platform ("AI-Ops") for data infrastructure, using autonomous agents to automate tasks, analyze and resolve issues, and improve security posture.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & Infrastructure
Tejas(Co-founder)Ravi(Co-founder)
Last-mile grocery e-commerce delivery platform in India
Modulus Housing is an IIT-Madras certified company that designs, manufactures, and installs modular and foldable prefabricated buildings, including emergency shelters, temporary offices, mobile facilities, and healthcare spaces.
Advanced ManufacturingConstruction TechPropTech
Peer Robotics develops collaborative cobots for manufacturing environments, designed to work alongside human workers to automate repetitive tasks while enhancing productivity.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningHardwareRoboticsNew Haven, US
Resilience AI develops Resilience360, enterprise software that scores and flags physical climate and disaster risk at the asset, portfolio, and infrastructure level for businesses, governments, and agencies.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechEnterprise Software
Samhita R(Founder & CEO)Sundeep Reddy Mallu(Founder)
Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Kalaari Capital invest at?
- Kalaari Capital invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B stages.
- What is Kalaari Capital's typical check size?
- Kalaari Capital typically writes checks of $800K – $25M.
- What sectors does Kalaari Capital focus on?
- Kalaari Capital focuses on Cleantech, Consumer, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, E-commerce, EdTech, Energy, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Media & Entertainment, New Materials, SaaS, Space Tech.
- Where is Kalaari Capital located?
- Kalaari Capital is headquartered in Bengaluru, IN.
- Does Kalaari Capital lead rounds?
- Kalaari Capital typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamInside the Mind of Rajesh Raju MD Kalaari Capital Investor into Myntra, CultFit, Dream11 and more
Golf and Beyond Show · Rajesh Raju
PART 1 | Five powerful entrepreneurship lessons from Kalaari Capital's Vani Kola | Pathbreakers
Forbes India · Vani Kola
Why Business Plan DON'T MATTER! | Vani Kola, Managing Director, Kalaari Capital #Shorts
The Neon Show · Vani Kola
Sports, Media and Entertainment: Episode 2 with Vani Kola, MD and Founder of Kalaari Capital, India
Microsoft APAC · Vani Kola
Effect of COVID-19 on Impact Investing I Vani Kola, Managing Director, Kalaari Capital
Wadhwani Foundation · Vani Kola
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