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Lesson from my journey
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Harshit Kumar
Early-stage investing is, at its core, an act of imagination. You are not evaluating what a company is today; you are trying to see what it could become. I work closely with founders building in ConsumerTech, partnering with them often at the idea stage or when the product is still taking shape.
What excites me most is partnering with founders who bring a deep personal understanding of the problem they are solving and the resilience to keep iterating through uncertainty.
I spend my time at the intersection of technology, changing consumer habits, and new forms of commerce.
I have been with Kalaari for 5+ years, and my seven years in venture and startups have shaped how I think about the "zero to one" phase. Before joining Kalaari, I was part of the founding team at TravClan, a seed-stage startup where I worked on strategy and product. Building from scratch, with limited resources and no roadmap, taught me what early-stage founders actually face and what kind of support genuinely helps.
Consumer fascinates me because it is where technology most visibly reshapes behaviour at scale - how people spend time, discover products, and build habits. It is dynamic, culturally driven, and constantly evolving, making it one of the most compelling spaces to build in.
I am particularly drawn to founders who understand these shifts intuitively and are able to translate that insight into products people come back to. What excites me most are the earliest conversations, when the path is still unclear and conviction is the only real asset on the table.
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