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Vani Kola
Managing Director
•Kalaari Capital
About
Vani is the Founder and Managing Director at Kalaari Capital, one of India’s leading early stage venture capital firms with $650 million in assets under management. Having been a successful entrepreneur in Silicon Valley for 22 years, Vani now works with entrepreneurs to build high-value enterprises.
She typically leads Series A investments and has invested in 30 companies over the last decade such as Snapdeal, Myntra, Urban Ladder, Dream11 and Curefit. Over the last decade, Vani has built immense goodwill in India’s entrepreneurial community. Her founders describe her to be a tough but fair board member who believes in setting high expectations of operational excellence and organization building.
Recognition
Vani is recognized as one of the most influential voices in the country’s vibrant startup ecosystem. Her investment philosophy includes recognizing and mentoring young, ambitious first-time entrepreneurs and helping them scale up. Through these years, she has demonstrated significant returns to her investors and enabled new paradigms for Indian consumers.She won TiE Delhi-NCR 5th Edition of Women Entrepreneurship Summit Award on 20 July 2018, in Delhi. As part of the first ever startup awards launched by Economic Times, Vani was awarded the Midas touch award for best investor in 2015. She also won the NDTV Women of Worth award for leadership excellence in business and entrepreneurship.
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