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Exits a setback for Kalaari, but not a show-stopper

The VC firm, headed by venture capital veteran Vani Kola, is in the middle of raising $290-million fund

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Ranju Sarkar
Exits of two partners, Bala Srinivasa and Prashanth Aluru, at Kalaari Capital may dampen the VC firm’s ability to sew new deals, but will not hurt its plans to raise a new fund. 

The VC firm headed by venture capital veteran Vani Kola is in the middle of raising a $290-million fund.

Srinivasa and Aluru, both junior partners at Kalaari Capital, have resigned from the venture capital firm, according to separate media reports. Observers in the venture capital industry say the ‘‘exits are a setback for Kalaari, but not a show-stopper, as Kola is the primary driver.’’

‘‘It creates some