Bala Kamallakharan

Companies they are listed as backing

Portfolio

• CLARA
• ChatLingual
• CloudTags
• Dattaca Labs
• Drync
• Edify
• Genome Compiler
• Guide to Iceland
• Kindara
• Mattermark
• Notion
• Polymorph
• Promptly
• SoundBetter
• VerbalizeIt
• WorkBright
• ivee
• Blinkfire Analytics
• Brewbot
• Cheddar Up
• Cuseum Techstars 15
• FLOWVR meditation
• Mapkin
• ONtheGO Platforms
• ParkiFi
• buuteeq

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  Give First · 25 Nov 2025 · 49 min

  Starting and Closing a Bank in 3 Months with Bala Kamallakharan

  WithBala Kamallakharan

  About this episode

  In this episode of the Give First podcast, Brad Feld talks with Bala Kamallakharan, founder of Startup Iceland and a driving force behind the country’s modern startup ecosystem. Bala shares the remarkable story of moving to Mumbai to build an Icelandic bank in 2008, only to watch the entire… More on the show's page

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