About LabelNest

Not a passion project.
A calculated response.

LabelNest is built by someone who spent years inside the best data companies in the world — and saw exactly what was missing. Not a gap. A decision. We decided to fix it.

Nov 2025
When Ankit left BlackRock to build this full-time
13
Current team members
39
Alumni — on the wall forever
1,000+
Hours of domain knowledge absorbed before writing a single line of code
What we do

Intelligence and capital
infrastructure for
emerging managers.

LabelNest is a private market intelligence and capital infrastructure company built for emerging managers globally. We operate NestLens — a multi-product platform giving fund managers, founders, and institutional operators the data, tools, and infrastructure they need to raise capital, deploy it intelligently, and build with confidence. Founded in Bangalore in 2025, we are building the intelligence layer that global players were never going to build for India and the markets that look like India.

Our vision

The system of record
for private markets.

Our vision is to become the system of record for private market intelligence and capital infrastructure for emerging managers globally. We believe every fund manager, founder, and operator — regardless of geography — deserves access to institutional-grade data at a price that does not exclude them. Data should be owned, structured, and explainable. Not rented forever from opaque global platforms that treat emerging markets as an afterthought.

Five founding principles
Data That Teaches Machines Right
Every dataset we build is structured to be understood, not just consumed. We believe AI is only as trustworthy as the data behind it. We build data that can be explained to an auditor, a regulator, or an LP — not just a model.
Owned, Not Rented
We build infrastructure that organisations can control. No black box vendors, no opaque pricing, no perpetual dependency on platforms that hold your data hostage. Data should belong to the people who generate it and the teams who use it.
Emerging First
The markets that global platforms treat as afterthoughts are our primary focus. Emerging managers, emerging founders, emerging markets — not because they are second priority, but because they are the most underserved and the most overlooked opportunity in institutional intelligence.
Human Accountability at Every Layer
Automation speeds up what humans have already figured out. Every workflow we run has a human review layer — not as a checkbox, but because accountability cannot be delegated to an algorithm. If something is wrong in our data, a person is responsible for fixing it.
Built to Last, Not to Flip
We are not building for an exit. We are building for the long-term institutional trust that data companies require. The organisations that rely on our intelligence need to know we will be here in 10 years. That shapes every product decision, every partnership, and every line of code.
The Journey
Fifteen months. Six products. One road.
From planning inside Preqin to shipping the full LabelNest ecosystem. Every stop below is a decision, a launch, or a pivot that shaped where we are today.
Start · Apr 2025
📐
Apr 2025
Planning begins
While still at Preqin (BlackRock), Ankit begins planning LabelNest's product architecture and market approach.
🚀
Nov 2025
Left BlackRock. LabelNest full-time.
Ankit leaves his VP role at BlackRock (post Preqin acquisition) to build LabelNest full-time. The public build begins.
👥
Dec 2025
NestHR live
People and operations OS for startups and colleges. PlacementOS included from day one.
🏷️
Jan 2026
AnnoNest launches
First annotation platform goes live.
🔀
Feb 2026
AnnoNest pivots — internal split
Multi-tenant AnnoNest paused and broken into purpose-built internal applications. Right call, not the easy one.
🎓
Mar 2026
First cohort + internal apps live
Fellowship launches. NestLabs and NestTech Cohort 1. All internal infrastructure fully operational.
🔭
Apr 2026
NestLens live — Exchange with 10+ sellers
Private markets intelligence platform live. Exchange marketplace open with verified sellers from day one.
🏦
May 2026
Capital Readiness initiated
Data room, investor tier scoring, and LP-GP matching begin development inside NestLens.
Jun 2026
NestLens completely live
All three modules fully live. Team at 13. 39 alumni. Website v2 deployed.
📍
Jul 2026 You are here
NestResolve multi-tenancy planned
QA and governance platform architecture scoped. Early access target: October 2026.
🔒
Aug 2026
Something exciting coming
Details soon. Get early signal →
🌱
Sep 2026
AnnoNest reborn with a new brand
The annotation platform returns — rebuilt, rebranded, and ready for the market.
Road ahead →
🏁 Start · Apr 2025
📐
Apr 2025
Planning begins
Still at Preqin. Ankit maps architecture.
🚀
Nov 2025
LabelNest full-time
Leaves BlackRock. Public build begins.
🏷️
Jan 2026
AnnoNest launches
First annotation platform goes live.
👥
Dec 2025
NestHR live
People and ops OS with PlacementOS.
🔀
Feb 2026
AnnoNest pivots
Broken into internal apps. Right call.
🎓
Mar 2026
First cohort + internal apps
Fellowship launches. Infra fully live.
🔭
Apr 2026
NestLens live
Intelligence + Exchange with 10+ sellers.
🏦
May 2026
Capital Readiness
Data room + LP-GP matching begin.
📍
Jul 2026 · Here
NestResolve planned
QA and governance scoped. Oct 2026.
Jun 2026
NestLens fully live
All 3 modules live. Team 13.
🔒
Aug 2026
Something exciting
Details soon.
🌱
Sep 2026
AnnoNest reborn
Rebuilt, rebranded, market-ready.
The road ahead →
Before we built

Built on understanding.
Not around it.

Our five founding principles above are not a values page — they are the decisions that shaped every product, every partnership, and every line of code. They came from years spent inside the data organisations LabelNest was built to answer.

1,000+
Hours of domain knowledge — absorbed before building
Before writing a single line of code, Ankit spent years inside Preqin, BlackRock, Microsoft, and CIOReview — watching how the world's best data organisations actually work. What was missing. What was broken. What was being charged for what could have been free. LabelNest is built on that understanding, not around it.
The people

Built by people with the right potential.
Not the right degree.

13 current team members. 39 alumni. 15 Nestling fellows. None hired because of where they studied.