Seed and Series A focus, sector-agnostic. Runs the Kalaari Fellowship, a two-year full-time program building future VC/entrepreneurial leaders through mentorship and hands-on investment analysis. 157+ company portfolio with 8 unicorns and 3 IPOs to date.
Kalaari Capital is an early-stage, sector-agnostic venture capital firm based in Bengaluru, originally founded in 2006 as Indo-US Venture Partners by Vani Kola and Vinod Dham, and rebranded in 2012. The firm invests in Indian tech startups building for the domestic market or building in India for global markets, at seed and Series A, with a hands-on approach to finance, legal, business development, and customer-access support post-investment.
Why Kalaari Capital?
One of India's oldest dedicated VC firms (since 2006, as Indo-US Venture Partners). Runs its own structured 2-year fellowship program to train future VC talent, unusual among peer funds. 8 unicorns including Snapdeal and Cult.fit in its portfolio.
How to pitch
No public cold-submission form highlighted; sources deals through its partner network.
