If you are even a wee bit familiar with the venture capital investing space in india, it is hard to miss out on one name in particular, vani Kola, Managing Director of Kalaari Capital. Born and educated in hyderabad, Vani got her bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering at Osmania University and then left to get a masters degree from Arizona State University, spending 22 years in the US. Kola co-founded Kalaari, after successfully building and selling two companies, Certus and Rightworks in Silicon Valley.
In 2006, she returned to Bangalore, founding Kalaari Advisors in 2006 to create an early-stage venture ecosystem in india. To date, Kalaari Advisors has funded more than 50 companies in india. vani focuses on technology companies, leveraging india’s domestic growth to create high growth enterprises.
No wonder, she has been identified as one of the top 10 entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley, and was listed as one of the most powerful women in Indian business by Fortune india last year.
