YourNest Launches 300 Cr Fund For Startups


NEW DELHI: Early stage venture capital firm YourNest today announced the launch of its second fund with a corpus of 300 crore.

The YourNest India Fund II, which will tap into Indian HNIs, will focus on pre-Series A funding in 25-30 technology startups with globally-focused B2B and B2B2C models over the next 3-4 years.

Sectors of interest include Internet of Things, electronic system design, artificial intelligence, advanced robotics, enterprise software and mobile Internet.

The first close of the fund is expected in about 6 weeks, and the final close in 18 months.

YourNest has also brought Vivek Mansingh, a technology veteran and startup mentor, on board as a General Partner.

Annually, the portfolio plans to fund about 4-8 ventures.

"This will allow the fund to construct a concentrated portfolio where YourNest is able to co-create successful companies by mentoring and working closely with the startups," YourNest founder and CEO Sunil K Goyal said.

The first fund's (corpus of 90 crore) commitment period was over in end-March this year with an investment in 16 companies.

"The percentage invested is 70. In keeping with international best practices, the remaining 30 pct has been retained for follow-on rounds," he said.

Goyal added that while the initial commitment will continue to be in the range of 2 to 4 crore with each startup, there will be greater opportunity to continue investments in subsequent rounds.

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Source: PTI