When was Nestor founded?

Nestor was founded in 2018 and raised its 1st funding round within a year of its incorporation.

Where is Nestor located?

Nestor is headquartered in San Francisco, United States.

How many employees does Nestor have?

As of Apr 30, 2026, the latest employee count at Nestor is 64.

Is Nestor a funded company?

Nestor is a funded company, having raised a total of $2.12M across 2 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Seed round, raised on 2018.

When was the latest funding round of Nestor?

Nestor's latest funding was a $***** Seed round on Dec 07, 2022, with participation from 2 investors.

Where does Nestor rank among its competitors?

Nestor ranks 24th amongst 126 active competitors, of which 32 are funded. It stands 11th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Profinda, which secured $3.99M in May, 2025.

Who are the top competitors of Nestor?

Nestor's top competitors include Prismforce, Augmentir and Gloat. Among them, Profinda secured the most recent funding round in May, 2025.

Nestor - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Company Details

Cloud-based HRMS platform for enterprises. It is an AI-based coaching assistant which provides a solution such as skill development, coaching practice, employee engagement, and performance management and identifies unhealthy behaviors and risks in the company, workforce analytics, workflow automation, budget management, etc

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Key Metrics

Founded Year

2018

Location

San Francisco, United States

Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$2.12M in 2 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Seed, Dec 07, 2022, $*****

Investors

Y Combinator & 3 more

Ranked

24^th among 126 active competitors

Employee Count

64 as on Apr 30, 2026

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Nestor is associated with 1 legal entity given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Documents
MARIONETTE STUDIO, INC. CIN: 6902591 , United States, Active	May 25, 2018	-	-	-

Nestor has raised a total funding of $2.12M over 2 rounds. Its first funding round was on 2018. Its latest funding round was a Seed round on Dec 07, 2022 for $*****. 2 investors participated in its latest round. Nestor has 4 institutional investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Nestor:

Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Dec 07, 2022	2370019	Seed	4090001	8137022	8583222	3686145
2018	1073	Seed	7927	2568	Y Combinator	3929

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The founders of Nestor are Adrian Pironescu and Raluca Apostol. Bogdan Apostol is the CEO of Nestor.

Here are the details of Nestor's key team members:

Adrian Pironescu: Co-Founder & CTO of Nestor.
Raluca Apostol: Co-Founder & CPO of Nestor.
Contact Info: 1 email address
Bogdan Apostol: CEO of Nestor.

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Nestor's employee count trend

Nestor has 64 employees as of Apr 26. Here is Nestor's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Nestor include Prismforce, Augmentir and Gloat. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Nestor, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Prismforce 2021, Mumbai (India), Series A	Provider of AI-powered talent supply chain software for tech services	$15.4M	Peak XV Partners	63/100
2nd	Augmentir 2018, Horsham (United States), Series A	Provider of an AI platform for digitizing and optimizing frontline processes	$10.5M	Gardner Lewis Asset Management, Pritzker Group ... & 3 others	63/100
3rd	Gloat 2015, New York City (United States), Series D	Cloud-based platform for skill mapping & resource allocation	$192M	Generation Investment Management, Magma Venture Partners ... & 9 others	62/100
4th	Retrain.ai 2020, New York City (United States), Series B	Cloud-based platform for workforce analytics	$34M	Square Peg Ventures, Radical Ventures & 7 others	62/100
5th	365Talents 2015, Lyon (France), Acquired	Talent management platform provider	$14.9M	Ventech, Citizen Capital & 9 others	62/100
6th	Profinda 2011, London (United Kingdom), Series A	Provider of AI-powered workforce optimization and resource management software	$7.74M	Notion, Nextlaw Ventures & 45 others	58/100
7th	WYWM 2016, Sydney (Australia), Series A	Employee skill mapping solution for enterprises	$5M	Alium Capital, Perennial & 3 others	57/100
8th	Fuel50 2011, New York City (United States), Series B	Skill based talent ecosystem for enterprise	$33.1M	PeakSpan Capital, Rincon Venture Partners ... & 7 others	56/100
9th	Spire 2007, Bengaluru (India), Series C	AI-based talent re-visioning solution suit provider	$68.8M	Agnus, Tenshi Partners & 54 others	53/100
10th	TalentGuard 2007, Austin (United States), Series B	Cloud-based talent management software	$8.9M	Live Oak Ventures, Juvo Ventures & 4 others	53/100
24th	Nestor 2018, San Francisco (United States), Seed	Cloud-based HRMS platform for enterprises	$2.12M	Eleven, Y Combinator & 2 others	37/100