Harshit K.

Kalaari Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in tech enabled early stage startups across Seed and Series A. Involved in all the stages of an investment process - sourcing, evaluation, transaction closure, portfolio management. Sector of focus: ConsumerTech, Consumer Brands & B2B Commerce Please feel free to reach out at harshit@kalaari.com

• Traded US Fed Fund derivatives contracts as well as Euribor futures on CME • Executed trading strategies in market including Fly and Spreads • Got well versed with Bloomberg and Reuters Terminal • Got basic introduction to Algorithmic Trading

• Kae Capital is a sector agnostic VC fund that invests in early stage technology companies which bring about innovative solutions for the existing gaps in the markets. • Sourced and evaluated early stage start-ups across sectors including Consumer Internet, B2B Commerce and Consumer Brands. • Assisted Portfolio companies in Business Operations and worked on Internal Processes.

• Analysed and implemented trading strategies on the Indian Equity Markets based on research paper on Momentum Strategy by Jegadeesh and Titman respectively and presented a report on the same. Read F-Score, G-Score by Piotroski and Mohan Ram. • Helped ISB Professors with their ongoing research work by working on Short Term Reversal strategy. • Evaluated the returns of the companies listed on BSE and NSE based on historical data (from Prowess dx) by coding in languages like R and Python based on the trading strategy. • Explored the basics of finance by learning courses on Financial Markets, Trading Strategies, Portfolio and Risk Management, Bloomberg Market Concepts, Tutorials on Prowess Dx. • Experience with trading software like Morning Star, Bloomberg Terminal and Prowess.

• Analysed public companies and their stocks fundamentally and recommended a Buy, Hold or Sell status. • Created a report on Banking, Pharmaceutical and Housing Finance Sectors. • Cleared the NISM V-A Mutual Fund Distributors Certification Examination. • Got well versed with the basic Fundamentals of Asset Allocation and different types of Investments.

• A unique online platform to provide tourists and travellers Student Companions taking them to conventional and unconventional tours. • Designed the whole product and idea along with the other Co-Founders. • Won 1st, 2nd and 5th Prize in B-Plan Competitions at IIFT, NSIT and IIT Roorkee respectively. • Took care of the operations, financial and legal issues of the company. Closed it down after 1 year of operation.

• Marketing the newly launched BetterButter Android Application. • Contacting Culinary Schools for a contest via the BetterButter App. • Designed various Investor presentations and other promotion campaigns.

Courses: Strategic Management, Negotiations, Economics For Business, Managing People in Organisations, Managerial Accounting, Group Dynamics for Teams, Information System & Operations Management.