About YourNest
YourNest is a venture capital firm founded in 2011. It is primarily based out of Gurugram, India. As of Apr 2026, YourNest is an active investor, having invested in 60 companies, with 1 new investment in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Seed round in India based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to High Tech and HealthTech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Aliste Overall, YourNest portfolio has seen 1 unicorn and 9 acquisitions including key companies like Uniphore, SmartQ and Arya.ai. A lot of funds co-invest with YourNest, with names like SanchiConnect sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. YourNest has team of 29 people including 2 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Count
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed, Series A & 1 more
Portfolio Unicorns
Portfolio Soonicorns
Deals in last 12 months
YourNest's List of Top Investments
YourNest has a portfolio of 60 companies, one of which is a Unicorn. Their most notable investments are in Smart Software Testing Solutions and MoMark.Their portfolio spans across India, United States, Singapore and 1 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, HealthTech and 21 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 1 more. Here is the list of top investments by YourNest:Manufacturer of interactive educational robots designed for child learning development. These devices provide access to games, stories, and educational content focused on problem solving, critical thinking, and social interaction. The hardware includes automated movement capabilities and integrated light displays to facilitate engagement. Users manage device settings and content access through a mobile application. The product line includes various models and accessories intended to support skill building in science and mathematics.
Key facts about Miko Technologies
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: Mumbai (India)
- Annual Revenue: ₹100 - ₹500 Cr as on Mar 31, 2024
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series D
- Total Funding till date: $102M
- Employee Count: 486 as on Jun 30, 2026
- Investors: Accelerator Ventures, Innoven Capital and 118 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Aug 16, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Dozee
Platform offering remote patient monitoring using AI-driven contactless solutions. It provides contactless vital signs monitoring systems and related software. The companys sensor technology captures micro-vibrations emitted from the body. The data is then processed into biomarkers. The resulting information is accessible through secure applications. The system uses ballistocardiography and artificial intelligence-based algorithms.
Key facts about Dozee
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: Bengaluru (India)
- Annual Revenue: ₹10 - ₹50 Cr as on Mar 31, 2025
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $41.9M
- Employee Count: 244 as on Aug 31, 2025
- Investors: Thecarlylegroup.fr, General Catalyst and 73 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Apr 30, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Uniphore
Provider of a business artificial intelligence platform with agentic and model layers. Business AI company that unlocks the agentic enterprise with a complete, composable AI platform spanning agents, models, knowledge, and data. Its platform, the Business AI Cloud, bridges the AI divide between consumer AI and enterprise AI combining the simplicity of consumer AI with the rigor, security and scalability required for the enterprise. It allows business users to effortlessly harness AI and deliver results immediately, while providing CIOs the foundation to deliver powerful AI applications that are embedded into workflows, trained on enterprise data. It delivers on the promise of AI as a transformative force for business. Customers include leaders across industries, like Skechers, LastPass, Atlassian, HP, Allstate, Sony, and more. Through strategic collaborations with industry leaders like KPMG, Cognizant, Rackspace, Databricks and Snowflake, it helps organizations move beyond experimental AI pilots to production-grade deployment operationalizing AI agents across internal and client-facing workflows at scale. Sectors includes Native AI, High Tech, Artificial Intelligence, Agentic AI, MarketingTech, Cloud Infrastructure, Generative AI.
Key facts about Uniphore
- Founded Year: 2008
- Location: Palo Alto (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series F
- Total Funding till date: $961M
- Employee Count: 885 as on Jun 30, 2026
- Investors: Next Round Capital, Mubadala and 136 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series F, Oct 22, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. CredRight
Fintech service provider offering lending solutions for businesses. It is a digital lending platform that provides unsecured loans to micro and small businesses that subscribe to chit funds. It provides collateral-free MSME loans for businesses.
Key facts about CredRight
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: Hyderabad (India)
- Annual Revenue: ₹50 - ₹100 Cr as on Mar 31, 2025
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $26.2M
- Employee Count: 980 as on Feb 28, 2025
- Investors: BlackSoil, Abler Nordic and 55 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Mar 27, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. SmartQ
Provider of technology-enabled food and beverage services for institutions. The company delivers food services to corporate, university, and event clients. It offers digital cafeteria management, subsidy management, and hygiene monitoring. The company also provides food curation, catering, and transactional data analytics.
Key facts about SmartQ
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: Bengaluru (India)
- Annual Revenue: ₹100 - ₹500 Cr as on Mar 31, 2025
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $2.24M
- Employee Count: 780 as on Jan 31, 2025
- Investors: YourNest, Unicorn Nest and 17 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Mar 14, 2018, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
YourNest's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
YourNest has invested in 60 companies over the last 14 years, with an average of 4 new investments annually in the last 10 years. In 2025, it made 11 investments, while as of Apr 2026, it has made 4 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Leanworx and most recent follow-on round was in Aliste.Year | No. of Investments | ||
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1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 4 | 4 |
2025 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
2024 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
2023 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
2022 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
2021 | 9 | 10 | 19 |
2020 | 3 | 10 | 13 |
2019 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
2018 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
2017 | 1 | 11 | 12 |
YourNest's Investments by Stage
YourNest has made 52 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $1.54M, 4 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $3.68M and 1 investment in Angel stage with an average round size of $367K.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 52 |
Series A | 4 |
Angel | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
YourNest's Investments by Sector
YourNest has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Vertical SaaS, FinTech and Consumer. Notably, it has invested in 58 Tech companies, 51 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 43 Software companies and at least 29 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 37 |
High Tech | 24 |
Vertical SaaS | 13 |
FinTech | 10 |
Consumer | 9 |
Others | 86 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
YourNest's Investments by Geography
YourNest has made most investments in India (52), followed by United States where it has made 6 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
India | 52 |
United States | 6 |
Singapore | 3 |
United Kingdom | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
YourNest's recent investments
YourNest has made 4 investments in 2026 so far. Aliste and Deepmatrix are the latest among them.Here are the most recent investments by YourNest:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 16, 2026 | India | Seed | 6919 | [+1] | |
Mar 02, 2026 | India | Seed | 6996 | ||
Feb 23, 2026 | India | Series A | 7228 | [+1] | |
Feb 19, 2026 | India | Series B | 5391 | [+10] | |
Dec 21, 2025 | India | Series A | 6057 | [+6] |
Unicorns in YourNest's Portfolio
YourNest has 1 unicorn in its portfolio - Uniphore. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Uniphore which became a unicorn in 2022, 7 years after YourNest first invested in it.Here is a list of unicorns in YourNest's portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
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67 | Provider of a business artificial intelligence platform with agentic and model layers | 2008 | Palo Alto | Series F | ykgiqk{ |
Acquired companies in YourNest's Portfolio
9 companies from YourNest's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Argoid in Dec 2024 by Amagi for $*****.Here are YourNest's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 03, 2024 | Feb 24, 2021 | Seed | 8600 | |
Apr 19, 2024 | Dec 23, 2015 | Seed | 9257 | |
Mar 16, 2022 | Dec 31, 2020 | Seed | 5590 | |
Jan 14, 2022 | Nov 07, 2017 | Series A | 3362 | |
Dec 24, 2021 | May 31, 2012 | Seed | 6839 |
Team profile of YourNest
YourNest has a team of 29 members including 2 Partners, 2 Venture Partners and 5 Principals located in India. YourNest's team sits on the board of 1 company.Here is a list of top team members in YourNest:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
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Partner | Delhi | - | ||
Partner | India | - | - | |
Partner | Bengaluru | - | ||
Venture Partner | Delhi | - | ||
Venture Partner | Bengaluru | - | ||
Principal | Gurugram | |||
Principal | Gurugram | - | ||
Principal | Gurugram | - | ||
Principal | Gurugram | - | ||
Principal | Gurugram | - |
Co-investors of YourNest
Over the past 14 years, 1123 investors have co-invested in YourNest's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before YourNest: Sanjay Puri, Rajasthan Projects and 354 others have invested in rounds before YourNest. There are 3 companies where Sanjay Puri has invested before YourNest and 3 companies where Rajasthan Projects has invested before YourNest.
- Top Co-investors of YourNest: 262 investors entered a company along with YourNest. These include investors like SanchiConnect (7 companies).
- Invested after YourNest: A total of 505 investors have invested in YourNest's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Alteria Capital (3 companies), 360 One (3 companies) and Earlsfield Capital (3 companies).
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