Nurturing Capital, Creating Connections, Building Value
This quarter took us from global stages in Singapore to homegrown innovation hubs across India. In this edition, we share reflections from key industry events, insights from evolving market landscapes, and moments that reinforced our belief.
SuperReturn Asia 2025: India Takes Centre stage
YourNest's Sunil Goyal, Managing Director & Fund Manager, and Sanchit Taneja, VP – Fundraise & Investor Relations, returned from an energising week at SuperReturn Asia 2025 in Singapore, the premier gathering for private capital leaders. Amidst a confluence of global LPs, GPs and innovators, Sunil took the stage to deliver a session on ‘Metrics that move the needle: exits, liquidity, and DPI’; though the session's title centred on returns, the substance of his talk struck a chord with YourNest's Nurture Capital philosophy, highlighting how genuine value creation ultimately drives meaningful outcomes.… Read More
This September, Sunil Goyal participated in a roundtable on India's DeepTech ecosystem. The gathering brought together fund managers, policy architects, and industry leaders, and what unfolded was a conversation that went far beyond typical investment discussions. The room grappled with a fundamental question- Are we building at the core or the peripheries?
Whilst India has made impressive strides in areas like drones and space technology, the dialogue challenged everyone present to think bigger, to map capability gaps across sectors, from semiconductors for EVs to the 25,000 components that make up jet engines. What struck him the most was the emerging consensus: capital alone won't accelerate DeepTech..… Read More
India's Impressive Secondary Market Evolution
At the IVCA Secondaries Conference in Mumbai, Shaifali Kapoor, Associate Principal – Investment Management from YourNest witnessed something unexpected. Walking in, she had anticipated the usual international players dominating discussions about India's evolving secondary landscape. Instead, the room buzzed with India-focused players like Kenro Capital, Foundation's Private Equity, Neo Asset Management, and others – signalling a fundamental shift in the ecosystem.
Speaking with Dominic Goh, Managing Director (HarbourVest Partners), Rohit Aggarwal, Senior Vice President – Head of Asian PE (Aksia), Swaroop Gudla, Principal (Headlands Capital), Alok Gupta, Partner – Head of India (Foundation Private Equity), Rohit Bhayana, Co-Founder (Oister Global), William Lo, Principal (Hamilton Lane), and representatives from HDFC Asset Management Company, the picture became clear: India's secondary market has finally come full circle. Funds raised in 2010 are now facing exit pressures, creating urgent demand for liquidity.
Sunil Goyal participated in a panel discussion on ‘Continuation Funds: Unlocking Liquidity and Delivering Value’. The session brought together leading industry voices to discuss the evolving landscape of continuation vehicles and their growing role in providing liquidity and value creation opportunities. Joining him on the panel were Jason Sambanju, Co-Founder and Partner (Foundation Private Equity), Chee Mun Cheng, Managing Director (57 Stars), William Lo, Principal, Private Equity Secondaries (Hamilton Lane) and Mamtesh Sugla, Managing Director (TPG NewQuest).
What is striking is the understanding why these funds have become so valuable now.… Read More
Building Beyond Boardrooms: Portfolio Mixer
Mid-October evening at Soi 7 in Cyberhub, Gurugram, YourNest hosted the Delhi NCR Portfolio Mixer—an evening that brought together our portfolio founders, investors, peer VCs and ecosystem partners under one roof.
The event centred around creating genuine connections within the community. Portfolio founders had the opportunity to engage with investors, VCs exchanged insights and experiences and, throughout the evening, new partnerships began to take shape organically… Read More
Tamil Nadu Global Startup Summit: Where Vision Meets Opportunity
This October, Bhargavi Mantri, Analyst – Deal Cultivation & Investment represented YourNest at the Tamil Nadu Global Startup Summit 2025 in Coimbatore—an event that exceeded every expectation. Her initial goal was straightforward: connect with as many DeepTech founders as possible and expand YourNest's dealflow. What she experienced went far beyond that.… Read More
Emerging Science, Technology and Innovation, Conclave: The Exciting Future of DeepTech
On November 4th, at the Emerging Science, Technology and Innovation, Conclave 2025 in New Delhi, Sunil Goyal participated in a panel tasked with an exciting challenge – narrowing down India's most promising DeepTech startups from 15 companies that represent not just innovation, but conviction.… Read More
IIT Madras: Nurture Capital in Practice
In November Venkat S. Raju Venture Partner at YourNest attended a deep-dive talk at IIT Madras hosted by IIT Madras Incubation Cell. The engagement brought together promising startups building at the intersection of hardware, software, and emerging technologies.… Read More
