A 24-year-old Bengaluru startup founder just bought a ₹1.8 crore apartment, and he refuses to call the win his own. Kanna Narayan, who leads the legal tech venture Legalit, sees the purchase as a collective victory rather than a solo achievement.
The milestone lands amid a broader wave of young Indian founders converting early stage grit into tangible assets. Narayan’s story resonates because property ownership at 24 remains rare, especially for someone who weathered a difficult childhood and an unstable home environment.
He traced the emotional weight of the moment directly to that upbringing. “When we got the keys, my first instinct wasn’t to post a photo of the flat. I kept thinking about the years before this, the period when nothing was working out with a dysfunctional household. A home like this was the ultimate dream,” Narayan said.
He insisted on spreading the credit across his circle. His mother encouraged him daily during stretches with no certainty. His first employees bet on an unproven product and a founder with no track record. Celebrating alone struck him as dishonest.
Social media responses poured in quickly. Followers congratulated him on the apartment while noting the consistency behind the outcome. One wrote, “You’ve been putting in the work, love to see it!” Another added, “Been rooting for you, this is amazing!”
Narayan’s path to this moment began well before Legalit. His LinkedIn shows he studied law at St. Joseph’s College of Law from 2020 to 2025, followed by data science coursework at Manipal University Jaipur. During his school years, he built Android applications including VeBrowser and HowToTech, a platform for helping senior citizens use technology that earned Infosys recognition.
His professional background spans technology, business development, and political consulting. He held roles at Nokia, Sphinx Tech, NK Law Associates, and Report Cyber Crimes, along with political assignments at I-PAC and the DMK. Meanwhile, alongside running Legalit, he invests in the startup Ayen.
Narayan framed the apartment as an opening chapter. “This is just the beginning,” he wrote, signaling that more milestones from his team will follow.
