Kalaari Capital
Bengaluru, India · Invests in Asia · Website
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Empowering visionary entrepreneurs to build unique solutions that reshape how Indians live, work, consume, and transact. Kalaari backs potential over pedigree — first-time founders welcome — focusing on tech-driven Indian market opportunities from Pre-Seed through Series A.
Likely not a fit for
Pure-play hardware without software moat, non-tech-enabled businesses, companies with no India market connection
How they invest
- Lead or follow
- Usually leads
- Typical decision
- ~1 month
- Warm intro
- Not required
- Involvement
- Takes a board seat
- Fund status
- Actively deploying
- Assets under mgmt
- $650M
- Decision process
- Partnership vote
Partners & team
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Dream11 is a fantasy sports app where users create teams based on real matches and compete for cash prizes. It's legal and safe to play. Millions use it globally.
Myntra is an online shopping platform for women, men, and kids fashion. It offers a wide range of clothing, accessories, and footwear at affordable prices.
Upstox is an online trading platform in India that offers services for investing in stocks, mutual funds, IPOs, and various financial instruments. It provides tools for trading, investment education, and a user-friendly interface for both investors and traders.
Jumbotail is India’s leading B2B Marketplace and New Retail Platform for food and grocery, fundamentally reengineering the food and grocery value chain using technology, data science, and design.
The Bluestone Company specializes in high-quality stone products, offering a variety of bluestone options for construction and landscaping. Their product range includes bluestone treads, pavers, and coping, catering to both residential and commercial needs.
Simplilearn is a global leader in digital skills training, offering a wide range of online courses and certification programs designed in collaboration with leading universities and corporations.
Hiver is an AI-powered customer service platform that enhances email management, customer service, and live chat through automation and collaboration tools.
Recent activity
- Apr 2026
NudgeBee
Seed · Lead
- Mar 2026
FANON
Pre-Seed · Lead
- Feb 2026
HireBound
Seed · Lead
- Feb 2026
Articulus Surgical
Seed · Lead
- Dec 2025
SuperBryn
Pre-Seed · Lead
- Dec 2025
Modulus Housing
Series A · Lead
Kalaari Capital in the news
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Kalaari Capital opens applications for investor fellowship programme
3 days ago
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Resilience AI raises $1 million from Kalaari Capital in Seed Funding round
24 days ago
Ex-Tech Mahindra Exec Rajashree R Joins Kalaari Capital
2 months ago
Former Tech Mahindra executive Rajashree R joins VC firm Kalaari Capital
2 months ago
Ashish Dave sets up new venture capital firm Sanskrit Capital amid VC industry reset
3 months ago
VCs eye deeptech fund launches to leverage RDI capital
3 months ago
AI startups don't enjoy SaaS-era margins: Here’s what Kalaari Capital's Harshit Kumar says founders should
3 months ago
NudgeBee Raises $3 Million in Seed Round Led by Kalaari Capital to Advance AI for Cloud Operations
4 months ago
NudgeBee Raises $3 Mn To Automate Cloud Operations With AI Agents
4 months ago
NudgeBee raises $3 Mn in seed round led by Kalaari Capital
4 months ago
Social Media Platform Fanon Raises $1 Mn Led By Kalaari, Gruhas To Scale Platform
5 months ago
Who gets to write the cheques? The gender gap in venture capital
5 months ago
Mozark Raises $40 Million Series B to Expand Real-World Digital Experience Testing Globally
6 months ago
Kalaari Capital-backed Mozark raises $40 mn in Series B
6 months ago
When Capital Concentrates Around Pattern-matched Familiarity, It Creates Blind Spots: Vani Kola, Kalaari Capital
6 months ago
Venture Capital’s gender gap: Why women remain scarce in India’s investment leadership
6 months ago
Women founders receive just Rs 4 for every Rs 100 raised by men: Kalaari CXXO Report
6 months ago
Indian AI recruiting platform HireBound raises $2 million from Kalaari Capital, others
6 months ago
HireBound Raises $2 Mn Seed Round Led By Kalaari Capital For Expansion
6 months ago
AI recruitment startup HireBound raises $2M in seed round led by Kalaari Capital
6 months ago
Deeptech medical device startup Articulus Surgical raises funding from Kalaari Capital
6 months ago
Medical robotics startup Articulus Surgical raises funding from Kalaari Capital
6 months ago
Medical robotics startup Articulus Surgical raises funding from Kalaari Capital
6 months ago
India’s Digantara raises $50M for space-based missile defense tech
8 months ago
SuperBryn has secured 1.2 million dollars in pre seed funding led by Kalaari Capital’s CXXO initiative, giving the Bengaluru based voice AI startup fresh momentum as it builds reliability infrastructure for real world voice agents. Backing also came from angels i
9 months ago
Pype AI raises $1.2 mn led by Kalaari Capital
9 months ago
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