From robotic surgery in Indian OTs and autonomous hiring to the ₹4 problem in women's funding and India's shift from AI consumer to AI builder, this edition of Venture Forward marks 20 years of Kalaari and the next chapter just beginnin

From stock market ticker, satellites in space to SaaS in an AI-first world, this edition of Venture Forward brings you our insights on these topics and more.

From rare-earth-free motors and space surveillance to agentic AI and cybersecurity, this edition of Venture Forward brings you Kalaari's 2025 reflections, latest portfolio milestones, and what India's next innovation wave looks like from the inside.

From 15-minute EV charging and satellites tracking space traffic to a fintech founder who bootstrapped for 11 years, this edition of Venture Forward covers the innovations, investments, and ideas pushing India's next frontier forward.

Building a deeptech company is not the work of years - it is the work of decades. It requires patience when outcomes are uncertain, and often the current generation builds on the work shaped by changemakers who have built enduring institutions.

It takes exceptional people and an ecosystem that brings together founders, researchers, investors, and operators to build the next generation of India’s technology companies. At Kalaari, this belief continues to shape how we think about building India’s technology future. We recently opened applications for the next batch of the @Kalaari Fellowship program, which we have been running for a decade now to induct extraordinary talent into the venture capital industry. Read about this in the latest edition of 𝘝𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥.

In this edition, we unravel rare-earth elements - what they are, their importance and the opportunity for startups as globally industries hunt alternatives for China’s control on rare-earths.

In this edition of Kalaari’s DeepTech Dispatch we unpack Earth observation – what Earth observation is, its growing relevance, the tech stack that powers it and the emerging start-up opportunities.

In this edition, we unravel India's SHANTI Bill - how a law named "peace" has sparked India's entry in a $214B energy race, why AI's power hunger is the trigger, and where startups can build.

In this edition, we unravel quantum technology, three parallel races in sensing, communication, and computing converging into one strategic moment, and where India’s startups can build.

In this edition, we unpack Physical AI - the technology stack powering it, the deployment challenges holding it back, and where the next generation of startup opportunities are emerging

In this edition, we unpack the two levers India has for cutting its carbon emissions while still growing as an economy, and the opportunity for startups as the country opens up its carbon market

In this edition, we explore why compute is moving into space, what makes orbital AI fundamentally different, and where the startup opportunities lie.

In this edition, we explore why storage is becoming critical, how different technologies solve different use-cases, why storing energy for days is harder, and where startup opportunities lie.