India's leading venture capitalist Vani Kola on how to make it against the odds
âTo use a trite metaphor, you see the growth of someone from caterpillar to butterfly,â says venture capitalist Vani Kola, describing the thrill of funding start-ups. But the thrill goes deeper, âYou have a chance to make a difference. Venture capital allows for a ringside view into somebodyâs deepest compulsions to create something. I never know when I am going to hear about someone taking it into the crescendo of wow. I donât know how I got to be so lucky.â In the insular, competitive world of venture capital finance, Kola, founder and MD of Kalaari Capital, ha...