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Kalaari Capital

Founders Vani Kola

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Total investments 239
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$10M
Portfolio companies 129
Rounds per year 19.92
Lead investments 40
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.46
Exits 20
Key employees 9
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • E-Commerce
  • Internet
  • Software
  • Financial Services
  • Information Technology
Summary

Kalaari Capital is the famous VC, which was founded in 2011. The company was established in Asia in India. The main department of described VC is located in the Bangalore.

The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 4 of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Mobile, Internet. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Snapdeal, Workday, Alien Technology. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - India. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund.

The fund is constantly included in 7-12 investment rounds annually. The top activity for fund was in 2015. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. Opposing the other organizations, this Kalaari Capital works on 23 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. The real fund results show that this VC is 19 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies. The typical startup value when the investment from Kalaari Capital is 100-500 millions dollars. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2017. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars.

We also calculated 5 valuable employees in our database.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the Kalaari Capital, startups are often financed by New Enterprise Associates, SAIF Partners, Blume Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are New Enterprise Associates, SAIF Partners, Nexus Venture Partners. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by InnoVen Capital, New Enterprise Associates, Tiger Global Management.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

ElecTorq Technologies

Automotive
$8M21 Nov 2023 New Delhi, Delhi, India

AuditCue

Information Services
SaaS
$1M10 Oct 2023 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

eloelo

E-Commerce
Retail
Video
$22M20 Sep 2023 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Zluri

SaaS
$20M13 Jul 2023 Singapore, Central, Singapore

Digantara

Satellite Communication
Space Travel
$10M20 Jun 2023 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

HerKey (formerly JobsForHer)

Communities
E-Learning
Information Technology
Recruiting
$4M26 Apr 2023 Bangalore, Karnataka, India

SimpliContract

Artificial Intelligence
SaaS
Software
$3M12 Apr 2023 Bangalore, Karnataka, India

HealthPlix

Artificial Intelligence
Health Care
Wellness
$20M15 Mar 2023 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Studio Sirah

Gaming
Video Games
$2M25 Jan 2023 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
News
WeRize Raises USD8M in Series A Funding

– WeRize is a Bengaluru, India-based socially distributed financial services platform.
– The company raised USD8M in Series A funding.
– The round was led by 3one4 Capital, Kalaari Capital, Picus Capital and Orios Venture Partners.
– The new investment will be used to accelerate growth and expand operations.

SimpliContract Raises $1.8M in Seed Funding

– SimpliContract is a Bengaluru, India-based AI and SaaS-based contract lifecycle management (CLM) platform.
– The company raised $1.8M in seed funding.
– The round was led by Kalaari Capital with participation from Picus Capital, Arka Ventures, and Digital Sparrow Capital.
– The new investment will be used to expand the company’s engineering, AI research, and marketing efforts.

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Total investments 239
Average round size 10M
Rounds per year 19.92
Peak activity year 2022
Lead investments 40
Follow on index 0.46
Exits 20
Group Appearance index 0.79

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

ElecTorq Technologies

Automotive
$8M21 Nov 2023 New Delhi, Delhi, India

AuditCue

Information Services
SaaS
$1M10 Oct 2023 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

eloelo

E-Commerce
Retail
Video
$22M20 Sep 2023 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Zluri

SaaS
$20M13 Jul 2023 Singapore, Central, Singapore

Digantara

Satellite Communication
Space Travel
$10M20 Jun 2023 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

HerKey (formerly JobsForHer)

Communities
E-Learning
Information Technology
Recruiting
$4M26 Apr 2023 Bangalore, Karnataka, India

SimpliContract

Artificial Intelligence
SaaS
Software
$3M12 Apr 2023 Bangalore, Karnataka, India

HealthPlix

Artificial Intelligence
Health Care
Wellness
$20M15 Mar 2023 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Studio Sirah

Gaming
Video Games
$2M25 Jan 2023 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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