CASE STUDY · 2023 · SALES · AI

Kalendar AI raised $3.2M — Village Global led the first check.

An AI SDR that operates 24/7 — GPT-powered prospecting that sends personalized email at scale.

FOUNDER

Ravi Vadrevu

SECTOR

Sales · AI

STAGE

Pre-seed → Seed

FIRST CHECK

$300K · Village Global

RAISED

$3.2M

FEATURED IN

TechCrunch

The challenge

Ravi was building one of the first GPT-3-native sales tools. The product worked. The traction was real. What he didn't have was a path to tier-1 venture firms — the kind that could anchor a real seed round and signal credibility to the rest of the market.

What MatCap did

Personally introduced Ravi to Eric Ries.
Sent intro requests to top-tier VCs — Flybridge, Village Global, Basecamp Fund, Hustle Fund, CRV, Bowery Capital, First Round, Floodgate, and others.
Surfaced him through the broader MatCap ecosystem — podcast, network, events.

The outcome

$300K from Village Global as the first check.
$3.2M total seed round with Village Global, Eric Ries, Asymmetry, Locus, and Metaplanet.
Featured in TechCrunch.

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