Yatish Mishra
About Yatish Mishra
Yatish Mishra is based in Santa Clara, California. He holds a BS in Applied Physics with a specialty in Physical Electronics from UC Davis, according to Crunchbase and PitchBook.
He co-founded RagingWire, a colocation, managed services and cloud computing company, and served as its President and CEO. He later served as President and CEO of Xand, and then led Cornami, which works on scalable multi-core CPU processing for big data and high performance computing. Earlier roles include Vice President of IT at Photronics and Vice President of Engineering at Microlink Technologies. Crunchbase notes he was a finalist in the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year program in 2007 and 2010. It also says he holds US and European patents in IT systems automation and data center power design.
PitchBook and NFX Signal list him as an Operating Partner at Impact Venture Capital. They also list board roles at GigaIO, ScoreData and advanced.farm.
PitchBook classifies him as an individual angel investor. Public databases hold little detail on his past deals, and PitchBook records no investments for him. The deal confirmed in press coverage is his participation in Trmeric's seed round, announced on October 7, 2026.
Trmeric raised an oversubscribed $6.5M seed round led by Hitachi Ventures. Schema Ventures, CerraCap Impact Venture Capital, FalconX Ventures and Executive Venture Fund also took part. Yatish Mishra joined alongside fellow angels Gokul Rajaram and Shailesh Lakhani.
Trmeric, based in San Ramon, California, builds an agentic AI platform for managing enterprise transformation programs. Its press release says the platform already manages $1 billion in transformation initiatives.
A StartupFundraising.com profile says he focuses on pre-seed and seed-stage companies in IT infrastructure, AgTech, InsurTech, semiconductors and SaaS, mainly in North America and the EU. The same profile says he looks for strong teams, great products in large markets, and active customer engagement. NFX Signal lists him under seed and Series A AI and the San Francisco Bay Area. It shows an investment range of $500K to $2.5M with a $1.5M sweet spot. He has not confirmed this range publicly, so treat it as a third-party estimate.
- Trmeric: agentic AI platform for enterprise transformation; he joined its $6.5M seed round in October 2026.
- GigaIO: he holds a board seat, per PitchBook and NFX Signal.
- ScoreData: he holds a board seat, per PitchBook and NFX Signal.
- advanced.farm: he holds a board seat, per NFX Signal.
- crunchbase.com/person/yatish-mishra
- pitchbook.com/profiles/investor/166464-01
- signal.nfx.com/investors/yatish-mishra
- startupfundraising.com/investors/yatish-mishra-c3d615
- prnewswire.com/news-releases/trmeric-raises-6-5-million-led-by-hitachi
- finsmes.com/2026/10/trmeric-raises-raises-6-5m-in-seed-funding.html
- citybiz.co/article/915510/trmeric-raises-6-5-million-to-scale-agentic-
- crunchbase.com/organization/trmeric
Investing activity
Yatish Mishra appears in 1 AI deal tracked by the Lounge deals desk. The rounds are mostly Seed, with a median round size of $7M. The most recent is Trmeric (Seed, $6.5M, Oct 2026).
Yatish Mishra most often invests alongside Hitachi Ventures, Executive Enterprise Venture Fund, Gokul Rajaram and Schema Ventures, and the companies they back on Lounge are mostly in AI.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Yatish Mishra
Who is Yatish Mishra?
He is an angel investor and operating partner at Impact Venture Capital. He previously co-founded and ran RagingWire and ran Xand and Cornami.
Did Yatish Mishra invest in Trmeric?
Yes. He is named as an angel in Trmeric's $6.5M seed round, announced October 7, 2026 and led by Hitachi Ventures.
What check size does Yatish Mishra write?
He has not stated a check size publicly. NFX Signal lists a $500K to $2.5M range with a $1.5M sweet spot, but that is a third-party listing.
What stage and sectors does Yatish Mishra invest in?
A third-party profile says he backs pre-seed and seed companies in IT infrastructure, AgTech, InsurTech, semiconductors and SaaS. NFX Signal also lists seed and Series A AI.
What does Yatish Mishra look for in a startup?
A StartupFundraising.com profile says he looks for strong teams, great products in large markets, and active customer engagement.
Where is Yatish Mishra based?
Crunchbase lists Santa Clara, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Is Yatish Mishra an angel investor?
Yes. Yatish Mishra invests personally as an angel.
What AI companies has Yatish Mishra invested in?
Yatish Mishra's AI investments include Trmeric. The 1 round on Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.
What stage does Yatish Mishra invest at?
In the rounds tracked on Lounge, Yatish Mishra has invested at Seed, with a median round of $7M.
Who does Yatish Mishra co-invest with?
Yatish Mishra's most frequent co-investors on Lounge are Hitachi Ventures (1 deal), Executive Enterprise Venture Fund (1 deal), Gokul Rajaram (1 deal), Schema Ventures (1 deal) and FalconX (1 deal).