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Bengaluru · Seed–Series B · 35 people tracked
Also known as Kalaari · KALAARI CAPITAL ADVISORS PVT LTD
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Investment thesis
Kalaari Capital positions itself as a founder-first, early-stage investor 'championing India's Alpha' by backing audacious founders building iconic companies. The firm emphasizes long-term conviction and hands-on partnership through a company's inflection points. Its focus spans India's emerging technology opportunities, with notable interest in deeptech, space situational awareness, AI-native enterprise tools, cybersecurity, cloud operations, manufacturing, healthcare robotics, earth observation and consumer internet. Kalaari runs programs such as the CXXO fellowship and KStack, and publishes research on India's startup ecosystem. It supports portfolio companies over multi-year horizons, celebrating wins and helping problem-solve challenges along the way.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 29, 2026.
Team · 35 people
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Founder mafia
The Kalaari Capital mafia →6 people who came through Kalaari Capital went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 79 of 107 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×31SaaS ×28Consumer ×15Enterprise Software ×15Fintech ×13E-commerce ×12Hardware ×9Healthtech ×9
HQs:India×44United States×13Bangladesh×1Germany×1Finland×1United Kingdom×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 44 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×172 founders×163 founders×74+ founders×4
Where their founders studiedfrom 56 founders with education data
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi ×8Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur ×7Indian Institute of Management Bangalore ×5Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani ×3Stanford University ×3Stanford University Graduate School of Business ×3The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) ×3Carnegie Mellon University ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 53 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×21Business & Management ×18Engineering ×13Finance & Accounting ×6Economics ×5Design & Architecture ×3Law ×2Physics ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 56 founders with career history
Flipkart ×6Goldman Sachs ×4LinkedIn ×3Microsoft ×3Embibe ×2Knolskape ×2Lendingkart ×2Observe.AI ×2
2 founders hold a PhD · 14 hold an MBA (of 62 with degree data)
Investments · 107 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 32025 · 82024 · 52023 · 62022 · 122021 · 52020 · 32019 · 12018 · 32017 · 42016 · 12015 · 153 dated
Opendoor offers instant cash offers for residential properties through real estate agents, allowing sellers to choose between a fast sale or list the home later.
B2B MarketplacesE-commerceMarketplacesPropTechPhoenix, US
Eric Wu(Founder)inJD Ross(Founder)Keith Rabois(Founder)inKaz Nejatian(Chief Executive Officer)inIan Wong(Founder)
Co-investorsA*Access Technology VenturesAirTree VenturesAndreessen HorowitzBlue LionBlue Lion Global+42 more
Articulus Surgical develops minimally invasive surgical robotic systems designed for India's Tier 2 and Tier 3 hospitals, where infrastructure and space are constrained.
Deep TechHealthtechMedical DevicesRoboticsBangalore, IN
Saurya Mishra(Founder)in
Co-investorsAngelMD
Baaz Bikes manufactures electric scooters and swappable batteries for gig workers and last-mile delivery services in India.
EnergyHardwareMobility & TransportationDelhi, IN
Co-investorsRakuten CapitalAdvantedge FoundersAlteria CapitalTrifecta Capital Advisors
Lxme is an investment platform offering curated mutual fund portfolios and SIP plans designed for women, featuring low entry points starting at ₹100.
ConsumerFemTechFintechSaaSIndia, IN
Priti Rathi Gupta(Founder)inRidhi Kanoria Doongursee(Co-founder)in
Shopalyst provides technology and data infrastructure for product discovery across digital apps and content.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureE-commerceMarketing Tech
Girish Ramachandra(Founder)in
India's leading digital lending platform for MSMEs
Palo Alto, US
Akash Gehani(Founder)inSampad Swain(Founder)inMandar Dandekar(Director)Aditya Sengupta(Founder)Harshad Sharma(Founder)
Board seatVani Kola· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsFundamentumGMO VenturePartnersBEENEXTBlume Ventures
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)inPiyush Kateja(Co-Founder & Director)inAwnish Kumar(Co-Founder & Head of Engineering)in
Co-investorsFoundamental
AgNext is a deep-tech company that uses AI, diagnostics, and automation to make food quality measurable in real time, providing objective quality assessment and traceability across procurement, processing, and supply chains.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningFoodTech
Co-investorsAlpha Wave GlobalNovo Holdings
Agrim provides a just-in-time e-commerce platform that connects local agricultural retailers with a curated inventory of 30,000+ agri-inputs products, improving supply chain efficiency for small farm retail businesses across India.
AgTechB2B MarketplacesE-commerceSaaSGurugram, IN
Co-investorsAccionCapria VenturesIndia QuotientTrifecta Capital AdvisorsAccion Venture LabOmnivore+1 more
AirPay automates dental insurance verification and claims processing for dental practices, eliminating administrative burdens on staff and improving patient experience.
Enterprise SoftwareHealthtechSaaS
Derek Giddon(Founder)inDaniel Horowitz(CTO)
Co-investorsWavemaker Three-Sixty Health
India's leading e-waste and lithium-ion battery recycling company.
Co-investorsGranite Hill
BlueStone is an omnichannel jewellery retailer selling certified fine jewellery such as rings, earrings, pendants, mangalsutras, bangles, and engagement rings online and through stores.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerce
Gaurav Singh Kushwaha(Founder)inGaurav Singh Kushwaha in(Founder)Sudeep Nagar(Founder)Vidya Nataraj(Founder)
Co-investorsAccelAlteria CapitalBlackSoilIndia Foundation Fund Series I (A Scheme Of Multiply Ventures IndiaInfo Edge VenturesIron Pillar+4 more
Bombay Play develops hybrid casual mobile games focused on social, multiplayer play with friends.
ConsumerGaming
Oliver Jones(Founder)inAbhas Saroha(Founder)in
Co-investorsAdvantedge FoundersLeo Capital VenturesLumikaiLeo Capital
byteXL offers a technology education platform, including its Nimbus coding environment, that trains engineering and computer science students in skills such as programming, data science, and AI.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechFuture of Work
Co-investorsMichael and Susan Dell Foundation
CashKaro is an India-based cashback and coupons platform where users shop at partner online retailers such as Amazon, Flipkart, Myntra and Nykaa via its app or site to earn cashback, which can be withdrawn to a bank account, UPI, or as gift cards.
ConsumerE-commerceRetail TechGurgaon, IN
Swati Bhargava(Co Founder)inRohan Bhargava(Co Founder)in
Co-investorsKorea Investment Partners
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
Bhaktha Keshavachar(Founder)in
Co-investorsArkam VenturesExfinity VenturesIIMA Ventures
Chhaya is a digital InsurTech platform offering health insurance to Bangladeshi families, covering medical emergencies and accidents with fully online signup and claims.
Digital HealthFintechInsurTech
Co-investorsDekko ISHO Venture CapitalArkam VenturesAthera Venture PartnersJSW VenturesSunICON Ventures
Clean Electric develops hardware and software solutions for energy storage systems, managing battery design, deployment, and lifecycle management to support the transition to renewable energy.
CleantechEnergyHardwareMobility & TransportationBangalore, IN
Co-investorsIIMA VenturesInfo Edge VenturesLok Capitalpi VenturesInfo Edge
Climes builds Carbon-OS, a carbon accounting and emissions data platform that traces every tonne of CO₂e back to source documents for audit and regulatory purposes.
CleantechClimate TechSaaSDelhi, IN
Anirudh Gupta(Founder)in
Co-investorsPeak XV PartnersAvaana CapitalSequoia Capital
Convin builds AI-powered conversation intelligence and speech analytics software that records and analyzes customer conversations for customer-facing teams such as contact centers and sales teams.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales Tech
Atul Shree(Founder)in
Co-investorsBharat Founder's FundCapria VenturesIndia QuotientTitan CapitalJSW VenturesSparrow Capital
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
Co-investorsEast VenturesFMG Capital
An employment verification platform that automates the process of confirming employment details for customers, reducing fraud and manual verification workload.
AI & Machine LearningFintechHR TechSaaS
Pochadri Arigain
Cult.fit operates a fitness platform offering group classes, gym memberships, at-home workouts, sports facilities, nutrition coaching, and wellness services across multiple centers in India.
HealthtechWellness & FitnessBangalore, IN
Co-investorsAccelSouth Park CommonsTrifecta Capital AdvisorsChiratae VenturesGreat Oaks Venture CapitalJoyance Partners+4 more
CURE operates a booking platform that connects pharmacies with delivery service partners to generate online orders.
B2B MarketplacesHealthtechSaaSBerlin, DE
Manuel Aberle(Founder)in
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesArtis VenturesFJ LabsJ12 VenturesStella CapitalAccel+23 more
cult.fit offers fitness memberships (cultpass) providing access to group classes, gyms, at-home workouts, and sports facilities, along with weight-loss coaching, workout gear, and wellness services.
ConsumerSports TechWellness & FitnessBangalore, IN
Mukesh Bansal(Founder)inAnkit Nagori(Founder)
Co-investorsBetter CapitalChiratae VenturesEndiya PartnersEpiq Capital Investment Advisory LLPExfinity VenturesIndia Foundation Fund Series I (A Scheme Of Multiply Ventures India+4 more
cult.fit offers fitness memberships that give access to group classes, gyms, and at-home workouts, along with sports sessions, weight-loss coaching, diabetes care, and wellness services.
ConsumerDigital HealthWellness & FitnessBangalore, IN
Ankit Nagori(Founder)Mukesh Bansal(Founder)
Co-investorsExfinity Ventures
The Deconstruct sells skincare products, including a hydrocolloid acne pimple patch formulated with 2% salicylic acid, 0.2% tea tree oil, and ingredients like Centella Asiatica and niacinamide to treat pimples.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerceWellness & Fitness
Malini A.(Founder)in
Co-investorsDSG Consumer PartnersV3 VenturesBEENEXTBold Capital Partners
Rahul Rawat(Founder)inTanveer Ahmed(Founder)inAnirudh Sharma(Founder)
Co-investorsAditya Birla VenturesGlobal BrainVenture Catalyst SpaceBlume VenturesPeak XV Partners
Dream11 is a fantasy sports platform operated by Sporta Technologies where users create fantasy teams to play games based on real-world sporting events.
ConsumerGamingSports TechMumbai, IN
Harsh Jain(Founder)inBhavit Sheth(Founder)
Co-investorsAlpha Wave GlobalThink InvestmentsChrysCapitalDST GlobalRedBird Capital PartnersSteadview Capital+4 more
Pune, IN
Sandeep Deshmukh(Founder)inShitiz Bansal(Founder)in
Co-investorsAvataar Venture PartnersSoftBank Vision Fund
Bengaluru-based live social entertainment platform combining video and audio streaming with gaming and creator micropayments.
Bengaluru, IN
Akshay Dubey(Founder)Saurabh Pandey(Founder)in
Co-investorsBetter CapitalCourtside VenturesFundamental VCLumikaiPlay VenturesWaterBridge Ventures+3 more
Emergent is a Silicon Valley–based venture capital firm that invests in early-stage Enterprise AI and software companies.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSilicon Valley, US
Co-investorsLevel VenturesBetter CapitalBlume VenturesFoster VenturesPICUS CAPITALPointOne Capital
Equilibrium Group is a global developer of decentralized technologies and operates a venture capital arm investing in blockchain, cryptocurrency, and Web3 infrastructure projects.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeep TechFintech
Olli Tiainen(Chief Executing Officer)inVesa-Ville Piiroinen(Chief Technology Officer)Otto Wirkkala(Chief Financial Officer)in
BoardVille Tapani(Chairman of the Board)
Co-investorsWintermuteAvaana CapitalPeak XV Partners
Equilibrium develops carbon removal systems that integrate ecological restoration with technical infrastructure, focusing on long-term stewardship across forests, coastlines, and soils.
AgTechCircular EconomyCleantechClimate TechImpact & Social Good
Co-investorsAvaana CapitalPeak XV Partners
Figr is an AI-driven product design tool that analyzes a team's product data and usage patterns to recommend UX and onboarding improvements grounded in proven design patterns.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureSaaSDelhi, IN
Chirag Singla(Founder)in
Co-investorsAntlerGolden Sparrow Ventures, Llc
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
Gupshup provides an AI-powered conversational messaging platform that lets businesses automate, personalize, and scale customer conversations with AI agents across multiple channels.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaS
Beerud Sheth(Founder)inRakesh MAthur(Founder)
Co-investorsCRV (Charles River Ventures)InvestXLead Edge CapitalSquareOne CapitalTenaya CapitalThink Investments+4 more
Haptik provides AI-powered voice and conversational agents for customer service, including multilingual voice agents for enterprise support.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Swapan Rajdev(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardNeville Taraporevala(Director)Vijay Srinivasan(Director)
HealthPlix provides an online and offline electronic medical record (EMR) platform and clinic management software for doctors and healthcare facilities in India, including prescription tools, teleconsultation, and specialty-specific modules across 16 medical specialties.
Digital HealthHealthtechSaaS
Co-investorsAvataar Venture PartnersChiratae VenturesLightspeed India PartnersLightspeed Venture PartnersJSW Ventures
HerKey is an online platform offering job listings, sessions, events, and community features aimed at women's career development.
FemTechFuture of WorkHR Tech
Neha Bagaria(Founder & CEO)in
HireBound provides three autonomous AI agents plus a CRM orchestration layer that handle candidate sourcing, multilingual screening calls, and technical and cultural assessments for recruitment.
AI & Machine LearningHR TechSaaSGurgaon, IN
Sharad Vij(Founder)in
Co-investorsAntler
Hiver is a SaaS customer service platform that turns Gmail shared inboxes into an omnichannel, AI-assisted help desk.
Co-investorsKae CapitalMars Growth Capital
Hiver Omni is an AI-powered omnichannel platform for customer support teams that unifies email, chat, Slack, voice, WhatsApp, and SMS into one interface, with AI agents handling complex multi-step requests and integrations pulling real-time customer data from CRM, project management, and collaboration tools.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Niraj Ranjan Rout(CEO and Co-founder)inNitesh Nandy(CTO and Co-founder)in
Co-investorsAlexander Geza Marcus PejacsevichLiquidity CapitalKae CapitalMars Growth Capital
The site publishes reviews, guides, rankings, and tips about online web slot games, aimed at online casino players.
GamingMedia & Entertainment
Co-investorsIndia QuotientInnoVen CapitalSIDBI Venture Capital
Hyperbots offers an agentic AI platform designed for finance and accounting teams that processes unstructured financial documents and structured ERP data to automate invoice processing, approvals, and general ledger coding with up to 99.8% accuracy.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSDover, US
Rajeev Pathak(Founder)inRam Jayaraman(Founder)in
Co-investorsArkam VenturesAthera Venture PartnersJSW VenturesSunICON Ventures
IndustryBuying is a B2B e-commerce platform for procurement of industrial, MRO, and office supplies, offering over 1 million products from 8,000+ brands across 25+ categories to business customers in India.
Advanced ManufacturingB2B MarketplacesE-commerceEnterprise SoftwareIndia, IN
Swati Gupta(Founder)inRahul Gupta(Founder)
Co-investorsElevation CapitalTrifecta Capital AdvisorsBEENEXT
Jar is an Indian fintech app that helps users save money by investing in digital gold, positioning itself as a simplified savings tool for everyday consumers.
ConsumerFintechSaaS
Misbah Ashraf(Founder)inNishchay AG(Founder)
Co-investorsAdvantedge FoundersArkam VenturesCapria VenturesEmphasis VenturesEximius VenturesKube VC+19 more
JB makes HEPA 13 air purifiers with activated carbon and pre-filter stages that capture fine airborne pollutants, sold for home and room use in India.
CleantechConsumerHardware
Jumbotail runs a B2B marketplace platform connecting India's mom & pop grocery retailers (kirana stores) and supermarkets with brands and staples producers, offering products across staples, packaged foods, personal care, and home care.
B2B MarketplacesLogistics & Supply ChainRetail Tech
S.Karthik Venkateswaran(Founder)inAshish Jhina(Founder)inKarthik Venkateshwara(Founder)
Co-investorsArkam VenturesBarrel VenturesBlackSoilCapria VenturesDiscovery Ventures III Gmb H & Co. KGSC Ventures+4 more
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
Manasa Garemella(Founder)inRadhika Ghai(Founder)in
Co-investorsTDV PartnersTitan Capital
Koo.bz develops manufacturing technology for footwear production, combining expertise in apparel design and additive manufacturing to build a scalable footwear factory in the United States.
Advanced ManufacturingCreator EconomyDeep TechE-commerceHardwareVentura, US
Co-investorsAntlerNuVenturesPathbreaker Ventures3one4 CapitalAccelBlume Ventures+2 more
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
Keshava Murthy(Founder)inHarsh Sahu(Founder)in
Co-investorsBetter CapitalEndiya Partners
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 & InfrastructureBengaluru, IN
Ravi(Co-founder)inRavi Chitloor(Founder)Tejas Pandit of MeshDefend(Founder)in
Mettl provides a platform for recruiting and assessing software developers through coding tests, simulations, and live proctoring.
Developer ToolsEdTechHR TechSaaS
Anirban Barman Roy(Chief Revenue Officer (Corporate))Sharad Sharma(Chief Product Officer)inAmit P. Singh(Chief Technology Officer)in
Last-mile grocery e-commerce delivery platform in India
Anant Goel(Founder)Anurag Jain(Founder)Ashish Goel(Founder)Yatish Talavdia(Founder)
Co-investorsElevenX CapitalMayfield FundUnilever VenturesBEENEXTBEENOSBertelsmann India Investments+6 more
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
Bengaluru, IN
Ashutosh Lawania(Founder)inMukesh Bansal(Founder)Raveen Sastry(Founder)Vineet Saxena(Founder)
Co-investorsAccelOrios Venture PartnersPremji InvestHelion Venture Partners
Norwest is a venture and growth equity investment firm that backs companies across biotech, life sciences, fintech, proptech, consumer, and B2B SaaS sectors.
Palo Alto, US
Co-investorsThe Venture Reality Fund
NudgeBee provides an agentic AI platform for day-2 cloud operations, offering pre-built AI assistants and a no-code automation builder that investigate incidents to a cited root cause, cut cloud and Kubernetes costs, and automate operations behind human approval gates.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper Tools
Pascal AI provides AI-powered investment research infrastructure for funds and corporates, automating the analysis of financial documents and data to surface actionable investment insights.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSNew York, US
Vibhav Viswanathan(Co-Founder & CEO)inMithun Madhusudan(Co-Founder & Chief AI Officer)in
Co-investorsAntlerNorwest Venture Partners
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
Rishabh Agarwal(Founder)in
Co-investorsAxilor VenturesConnecticut InnovationsDraper AssociatesSupermorpheusTechstars
Portl is an Indian fitness technology company that makes AI-powered smart mirror devices for strength training and personalized workouts at home.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareSports TechHyderabad, IN
Armaan Kandhari(Founder)in
Buying club for manufacturing SMEs.
Debabrata Majumdar(Founder)R Narayan(Founder)Snehashish Bhattacharjee(Founder)
Co-investorsAccelAthera Venture PartnersInternational Finance CorporationInventus Capital Partners
Pype provides AI-powered voice and WhatsApp agents that handle patient communications such as appointment reminders, scheduling, post-discharge follow-ups, chronic care check-ins, and billing reminders for hospitals and healthcare providers.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechSan Francisco, US
Ashish Tripathy(Founder)inDhruv Mehra(Founder)Dhruv Mehra Ashish Tripathy(Founder)
RED.Health operates a network of ambulances and paramedic services across India, providing emergency medical logistics and transport for hospitals.
AI & Machine LearningHealthtechLogistics & Supply ChainSecunderabad, IN
Co-investorsAurum Venture PartnersBlackSoilHyderabad AngelsJungle VenturesPegasus India Evolving Opportunities FundHealthQuad+1 more
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)Sundeep Reddy Mallu(Founder)inAnshu Sharma(Founder)
Co-investorsJava Capital
Resolve360 offers online physiotherapy and rehabilitation through video consultations, connecting patients with qualified physiotherapists for personalized treatment plans they can follow at home.
Digital HealthHealthtechWellness & FitnessMumbai, IN
Samosa Party is an Indian food brand offering 15+ varieties of samosas alongside items like burrito rice bowls, wraps, chole bhature, chaats, pav bhaji, and desserts, all made fresh and preservative-free.
ConsumerFoodTechBangalore, IN
Co-investorsLVX VenturesMars Shot VenturesSupermorpheus
ScoopWhoop is a digital media company that publishes online stories and editorial content.
Media & Entertainment
Co-investorsAdvantedge Founders
Signzy provides identity verification and onboarding software that lets companies verify, onboard, and monitor users, with tools for phone/email/device checks, identity and business verification, AML sanctions and PEP screening, transaction monitoring, and digital contracting.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityFintech
Ankit Ratan(Founder)in
Co-investorsArkam VenturesCapria VenturesGemba Capital Venture PartnersStellaris Venture Advisors 2 LlpVertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.8i Ventures+1 more
SimpliContract offers an AI-native Intelligent Contract Management platform that structures contracts into searchable data, orchestrates the contract lifecycle from intake through execution, and monitors post-signature obligations, SLAs, pricing, and renewals.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLegalTechSaaSPleasanton, US
Guru Venkatesan(Founder)inMakesh Kumar(Founder)inJinaraj Patinjakkara Gopalan(Co-Founder & CTO)in
Co-investorsArka Venture LabsEMERGENT VENTURESFoster VenturesPICUS CAPITAL
Krishna Kumar(Founder)inArchana Krishna(Founder)inP. R. Krishna Kumar(Founder)
Co-investorsGSV VenturesMayfield Fund
Skit provides AI agents that intelligently manage debt collection communications across SMS, voice, and email.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Sourabh Gupta(Founder)in
Co-investorsExfinity VenturesFundamental VCSenseAI VenturesIAN FundWestBridge Capital
SpotDraft is a contract management platform that lets sales teams create, track, and manage contracts such as NDAs, MSAs, and order forms directly within their CRM.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechLegalTechSaaSSales Tech
Madhav Bhagat(Founder)inShashank Bijapur(Founder)inShruthi Raoin
Co-investors100x Entrepreneur Fund500 GlobalArkam VenturesCapria VenturesPremji InvestQualcomm Ventures+4 more
Tech-enabled Emergency Response Services provider with transportation solutions for hospitals, corporates, and patients (operates as Red.Health).
Co-investorsHealthQuadHealthXCapitalAvaana CapitalHyderabad AngelsN+1 Capital
Studio Sirah develops midcore, India-first video games that draw on Indian mythology, history, and cultural heritage combined with strategic gameplay and progression systems.
GamingBengaluru, IN
Prateek Shah(Founder)inAbhaas Shah(Founder)
Co-investorsLumikai
SuperBryn is an evaluation and observability platform for voice AI agents, offering pre-deployment testing, production monitoring across the STT-LLM-TTS pipeline, and failure tracing.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaS
Neethu Mariam Joy(Founder)in
Co-investorsCarya Venture Partners
Swift provides an e-commerce operations platform for online sellers, offering single-click checkout, fraud/RTO anomaly detection, shopper communication management, smart courier allocation, and warehousing across India.
E-commerceLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSBengaluru, IN
Debanshu Sinha(Founder)in
Co-investorsFirst Cheque
Swift builds an agentic AI platform that automates nurse scheduling and staffing workflows, handling shift-fill, swaps, and coverage tasks for nursing and support teams.
AI & Machine LearningHealthtechHR Tech
Co-investorsAlloy PartnersWellstar
Consul is a payouts platform that lets businesses send USDC stablecoin payments to a global workforce using only a recipient's email, which provisions a claimable wallet without wallet addresses, bank details, or crypto knowledge.
Crypto & Web3FintechFuture of Work
David Lalor(Founder)inRakeeb Hossain(Founder)in
Swipe Technologies operates Float, a cross-border business payment platform, and Accounteer, a cloud-based accounting and bookkeeping service for companies and independent professionals.
FintechLondon, GB
Jesse Ahin(Founder)
Co-investorsMorph CapitalPassion CapitalY CombinatorAdesegun Sun BasorunAsymmetry VenturesHorizon+8 more
Tring is an India-based celebrity marketing marketplace that helps brands discover, book, and manage celebrities and influencers—including actors, cricketers, comedians, singers, and digital creators—for endorsements, event appearances, social media promotions, and ad campaigns.
Creator EconomyMarketing TechMarketplaces
Triple Tap Games is a mobile games development studio that builds hyper-casual and hybrid casual titles for players worldwide.
ConsumerGaming
Karan Khairajani(Founder)in
Co-investorsEximius Ventures
Urban Ladder is an online furniture and home decor retailer operating in India.
ConsumerE-commerceRetail TechMumbai, IN
Co-investorsPeak XV PartnersTrifecta Capital AdvisorsSequoia CapitalSteadview Capital
Bengaluru full-stack fintech that manufactures and socially distributes credit, insurance, and savings products for emerging-middle-class families in 5,000+ small Indian towns through a network of local financial advisors and an in-house AI stack.
Bengaluru, IN
Vishal Chopra(Founder)inHimanshu Gupta(Founder)in
Co-investorsBlackSoilPICUS CAPITALSony Ventures Corporation3one4 Capital
WinZO is a Delhi-based mobile entertainment platform offering casual and skill-based games in multiple Indian languages.
Co-investorsCourtside VenturesGriffin Gaming PartnersMakers FundLionTree
YourStory is a media and editorial platform that chronicles and amplifies stories of entrepreneurs and changemakers across India's startup ecosystem.
Deep TechEdTechHardwareMedia & EntertainmentMobility & TransportationMumbai, IN
Satya Chakravarthy(Professor)Pranjal MehtaShradha Sharma
Co-investorsSpeciale InvestQualcomm Ventures3one4 Capital
Zivame is an online retailer of women's intimate apparel, including lingerie, shapewear, and bralettes.
Direct to ConsumerE-commerceFemTech
Co-investorsTrifecta Capital Advisors
Zluri offers IVIP (Identity Visibility and Intelligence Platform), which discovers and inventories human and non-human identities across SaaS, cloud, and on-premises systems and maps their access paths through a unified identity graph.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Sethu Meenakshisundaram(Founder)inChaithanya Yambari(Founder)inChaithanya Yembari(Founder)Ritish Puttaparthi(Founder)Ritish Reddy(Founder)Ritish Reddy Puttaparthi(Founder)
Co-investorsCrane Venture PartnersEndiya PartnersFalconX VenturesLightspeed India PartnersLightspeed Venture PartnersMassMutual Ventures
Zocket offers an AI-native brand operating system called BrandOS that combines brand intelligence, creative, content, performance, and reputation management into one platform.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS
Co-investorsKettleborough VC
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Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Kalaari Capital made?
- Kalaari Capital has 107 tracked investments, 3 of which have exited, including 12 dated in the last 24 months.
- 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 $1M – $5M.
- What sectors does Kalaari Capital focus on?
- Kalaari Capital focuses on Advanced Manufacturing, AI & Machine Learning, Cleantech, Climate Tech, Cloud Computing, Consumer, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, E-commerce, EdTech, Energy, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Healthtech, Media & Entertainment, New Materials, Robotics, 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.
- Who does Kalaari Capital co-invest with?
- Kalaari Capital most often shares deals with Arkam Ventures, Capria Ventures, Trifecta Capital Advisors, among 152 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamInvestor Mindset in 30 Seconds 💸 | Rajesh Raju – Kalaari Capital
Golf & Beyond with Chetan · Rajesh Raju
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Golf & Beyond with Chetan · Rajesh Raju
TiE Summit: Sampath P Of Kalaari Capital Sheds Light On AI And The Outlook For India Story
ET NOW · Sampath P
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