15 Facts About Vani Kola

Vani Kola is the founder and managing director of Kalaari Capital, an Indian early stage venture capital firm.

Vani Kola was listed as one of the most powerful women in Indian business by Fortune India in 2014.

Vani Kola attended Osmania University in Hyderabad, where she studied electrical engineering and was "one of six girls among 400 engineering students".

Vani Kola earned her Bachelor of Engineering before leaving India in the late 1980s to pursue her Master of Engineering from Arizona State University in the United States.

Vani Kola was then the founder and CEO of Certus Software.

Vani Kola is a technology-focused early-stage investor and works with entrepreneurs to build global companies, leveraging India's domestic growth to create high growth enterprises.

Vani Kola has led investments in e-commerce, mobile services, education and healthcare.

Vani Kola was recognised as one of the most powerful women in Indian business by Forbes in 2014.

Vani Kola was awarded with the TiE Delhi-NCR 5th Edition of Women Entrepreneurship Summit Award on 20 July 2018, in Delhi.

Vani Kola won the NDTV Women of Worth award for leadership excellence in business and entrepreneurship.

Vani Kola has been identified as one of the LinkedIn Top Voices in 2016.

Vani Kola has been profiled in numerous books and was named as one of Fortune India's 'Most Powerful Women in Business' in 2018 and 2019.

Vani Kola is a Heartfulness trainer and is actively involved in supporting the Heartfulness Institute, a non-profit organisation focussed on human transformation through yoga and meditation.

Vani Kola is married to Srinivas Vani Kola and has two daughters.

Vani Kola ran marathons and climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in the 2000s.