What is Vani Kola?
{{Infobox person | name = Vani Kola | image = Vani Kola - Indian Venture Capitalist.jpg | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = Vani Kola in 2020 | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|51|2015|03|07|mos=1}} | birth_place = [[Hyderabad]] , [[Andhra Pradesh]] (now [[Telangana]]) | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (DEATH date then BIRTH date) --> | death_place = | nationality = Indian | other_names = | occupation = [[Venture capital|Venture capitalist]] | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = }} '''Vani Kola''' is an Indian [[venture capitalist]]. She is the founder and managing director of Kalaari Capital, a venture capital firm. Vani was listed in the ''[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]'' magazine's Most powerful women in Indian business list for the year 2014<ref>{{cite news|title=Vani Kola Listed in Fortune most powerful women in Indian Business|url=https://www.businesstoday.in/management/executives/sbi-arundhati-bhattacharya-forbes-powerful-women-india-2014/story/212155.html|work=Business Today|access-date=23 March 2015|issue=November 2014}}</ref> , 2018<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fortuneindia.com/mpw/vani-kola?year=2018|title=34: Vani Kola, 54: Most Powerful Women in India 2018|work=Fortune India|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-01}}</ref> and 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fortuneindia.com/mpw/vani-kola?year=2019|title=47: Vani Kola, 55: Most Powerful Women in India 2019|work=Fortune India|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-01}}</ref> == Early life == She was born in 1964 in [[Hyderabad, India]]. She completed her engineering education from Osmania University.<ref name=ETbio>{{cite web |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-08-14/news/65524665_1_kalaari-capital-vani-kola-mukesh-bansal |title=ET Startup Awards 2015: Vani Kola, Kalaari Capital wins Midas touch aw