There are two schools of thought on what has been termed as the ‘funding winter’: one says that it is very much here and will remain for some months; another group believes it is hype touted by pessimists. But the truth lies in data, in hard facts. And not just facts at a helicopter level
Team 100X interviewed some of the top investors across the globe about their venture investing journeys, startups, and India. Here, Girish Shivani, Executive Director and Fund Manager at YourNest India VC Fundshares his responses. Q1. What is your motivation to be in the venture investing business I am actually an accidental VC, serendipitously reached out to Sunil,
Financial Express | September 6, 2022 Consider this. More than six billion people across the world use smartphones and this number is forecasted to only grow further. Naturally, millions of businesses need to understand consumer behaviour to cater to the market effectively. Thus, having real-time consumer insights has become all-important. VTION was founded on this
Economic Times | August 17, 2022 Electric Vehicle (EV) fast-charging startup Exponent Energy said it has raised $13 million in funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with existing institutional investors such as YourNest VC, 3one4 Capital & AdvantEdge VC also participating. This is Lightspeed’s first investment in the EV space. (L-R) Arun Vinayak & Sanjay Byalal
August 03, 2022 | INC42 Reward points have become an effective marketing strategy for customer retention. But limiting their usage to in-app marketplaces means users miss out on judiciously using their rewards. While there are some credit card companies which directly adjust the value of the reward points in the upcoming billing cycle, the reality
In the continuing series on Nurture Capital Conversations, Venkat S. Raju, Venture Partner shared several insights on ‘Building Teams’ with the YourNest team during a visit to Gurgaon on July 26, 2022. Based on his own experience across various large global corporations and startups in different sectors and geographies, Venkat shared his top three perspectives
For a founder planning to raise pre-Series A funding, one of the most critical priorities while creating and running a startup is obtaining capital that will enable continued growth and development. This is called early-stage funding and is for conceptualising, incubating, experimenting, market research, product development, finding product market fit, attracting talent until a scalable/repeatable
Based on data from 2020, sales conversion across the world is at an average of 2.4-3.6%. The enterprise sales average is between 2-5%, which may seem satisfactory considering the long sales cycles and risk factors involved in B2B sales. However, with the trend in enterprise sales shifting to customers wanting curated experiences, this number may
YourStory | June 15, 2022 VTION Digital Analytics, a consumer behaviour intelligence platform, on Wednesday announced a Pre-Series A fundraise of $1.3 million led by YourNest Venture Capital and two other key investors. VTION provides Android smartphone based real-time behavioural data from a representative panel of consumers made available through real-time dashboards on a SaaS
ETTech | June 08, 2022 Pune: Cybersecurity startup SubCom (Subconscious Compute) said that it has raised $1 million investment in a seed-funding round from YourNest Venture Capital, ISV Capital and an existing investor, Entrepreneur First. The round also saw participation from Bikky Khosla, Chairman TradeIndia, Varun Alagh, Founder, MamaEarth, Harjot Gill, Founder, FluxNinja & Netsil,
