# YourStory

> YourStory is a VC fund in Bangalore backing B2B, SEO and Content. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bangalore, India
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Feb 2020
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/yourstory-com/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/YourStoryCo
- Website: http://yourstory.com/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/YourStory.in

YourStory is a VC fund in Bangalore focused on B2B and SEO. YourStory.com is India’s largest media tech company for startups, entrepreneurs, investors, innovators and change makers. YourStory has been the single most definitive storytelling platform for entrepreneurs, innovators and change makers since 2008. Since then it has published over 20,000 stories of entrepreneurs. YourStory and sisterplatforms, HerStory, SocialStory, YS TV, YS Research and YS Pages have reached 60 million engaged readers. YourStory has been the most prominent startup ecosystem builder in India, hosting over 220 events across YS Meetups, TechSparks, MobileSparks and SheSparks. These events have had a direct impact on over 1.7 million people.YourStory is taking its boldest step yet as it embarks on its mission to reach out to the over 500 million Indians who will be online in 2017. This October YourStory will unveil India’s first tech product that will publish original stories in Indian languages. Even as the flagship English platform YourStory.com continues to grow rapidly, YourStory’s team will create original content in Indian languages starting with Hindi, Telugu, Bangla, Kannada, Tamil and Marathi.YourStory strongly believes in the democratisation of content and will give every Indian the power to tell their stories in their own language. Millions of Indians can narrate their stories through text, voice or video. To get an invite to access the new vernacular platform, register at india.yourstory.com.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for YourStory. Shizune tracks 8 team members at YourStory. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/yourstory-media-pvt-ltd?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| B2B | 1 | 100% |
| SEO | 1 | 100% |
| Content | 1 | 100% |
| Agentic AI | 1 | 100% |
| Content Marketing | 1 | 100% |

8 industries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dipti Nair | Editor-at-Large | 0 | — |
| Ezhilan Baskar | VP ,Startups & Technology | 0 | — |
| Francesca Ferrario | Writer | 0 | — |
| Harsh Kundariya | Contributing Author | 0 | — |
| Mayur Bhatt | Contributor | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pepper Content | Pepper Content is a content-mediation platform that connects talented writers to organizations that require content. Pepper offers customized content solutions by mediating content from the best talent pool of writers across the nation. | $306.1K | Seed | Feb 25, 2020 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Titan Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/titan-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does YourStory invest in?

YourStory invests primarily in B2B, SEO and Content startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact YourStory?

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### Who are the partners at YourStory?

The team at YourStory includes Dipti Nair (Editor-at-Large), Ezhilan Baskar (VP ,Startups & Technology) and Francesca Ferrario (Writer), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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