Employee social network Mesh raises funds from Y Combinator, others

One of Silicon Valley’s most influential startup incubators, Y Combinator, has backed Mesh, an internal social network for employees. Started in March this year by Saurabh Nangia, Rahul Singh, and Gaurav Chaubey, Mesh is building an internal social platform for companies that makes it easier for employees to track their daily and weekly tasks, manage long-terms goals, and get timely feedback from managers. “At present, corporates typically use two disparate platforms, one for managing their monthly and quarterly goals, and another one for managing their daily and weekly deliverables. We are offering both in a central place, thereby making performance management a simple, ongoing habit rather than a forced, periodic process” chief executive Saurabh Nangia told ET. Mesh also has a Facebook-like social feed that helps employees interact with their co-workers, to recreate a physical office environment. Over time, Mesh starts curating the user’s public profile showcasing their top strengths, competencies and contributions based on the progress made on their goals and feedback received from other employees. In the future, Mesh also plans to integrate data from third-party platforms like customer relationship management platforms onto the feed, Nangia said.