Qniverse Evolves Into a Parent Company With Four Distinct Brands

Four years ago, Utshah Sharma founded Qniverse with 13 people and a simple belief: quality should never be an afterthought. “All I had was passion about quality,” she said at the Qniverse Annual Gala 2026 on June 16 at Square Hotel, Pulchowk, Lalitpur.

That passion, apparently, compounds. The BW Disrupt 30 Under 30 alumna and 2024 CEO of the Year has since built an operation with over 80 people spanning three countries. And on the Gala, themed “Evolve. Elevate. Empower.”, Qniverse made its biggest structural shift public for the first time.

Qniverse is no longer just a QA company. It is now a technology ecosystem with multiple businesses, with “Quality” still being at the core of it all.

Most companies treat quality as a checkpoint. We made it the foundation and then we built on top it,”

— Utshah Sharma, Founder & CEO, Qniverse

Qniverse Expansion Overview

One DNA, four expressions

Qniverse now operates as a parent brand housing four distinct arms, each with its own identity while sharing the same quality-first philosophy. Think of it as how Facebook eventually became Meta. Facebook, the original product, did not disappear. It just became one part of something larger.

Qniversed is where it all started and remains at the heart of the organisation. It continues to deliver enterprise QA (quality assurance) services across the UK, Nepal, and India.

What the brand does exactly is help businesses ensure the reliability and performance of their software systems. And like every company these days, AI has been adopted into its quality engineering process.

Then there is Qnipay, originally developed through payroll projects delivered for clients. The platform then evolved into a standalone payroll and HR solution built on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.

Qnipay currently serves businesses in the UK market and has identified New Zealand as its next destination towards international expansion.

WhatNXT is Qniverse’s innovation and growth division, focusing on developing and scaling technology products designed for global markets. Let’s put it this way: if Qniverse is the company’s roots, WhatNXT is its ambitions.

Eddie Harford and Adam Gibson led the division and shared their vision for building products that can compete on an international stage. Eddie, here, is the CEO of Dogma Group, where he and Utshah co-founded Qniverse.

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The current portfolio of WhatNXT includes:

• Censo
• Coworker & Me
• Seven Peaks

Among them, Seven Peaks was introduced as a platform focused on Answer Engine Optimisation (AEO) and Generative Engine Optimisation (GEO).

Lastly, we have…

Qrius by Qniverse: The one worth watching

The one product that caught my attention the most is Qrius by Qniverse. What’s that, you ask? Well, to put it simply, it’s a certification programme. The difference, however, is structural.

Every student works on live Qniverse projects through externships with real clients, real deliverables, and real accountability. Yes! The students work on the same projects as the Qniverse team. The aim of it is to give them much-needed real-world exposure.

Not only that, but by the end of the course, students are offered actual job opportunities within the Qniverse ecosystem, which also includes the Dogma Group. One of their presentation slides captured it the best, which read:

Where the people who hire train the people they wish they could hire.

And, well, that checks out, as out of 20 students in the first batch, eight were directly hired by Qniversed at the end of the programme. In the meantime, the following are the programmes they are currently offering:

• QA Engineer
• AI for Everyone
• Project Management
• Enterprise Gen AI
• QA with Payroll Domain
• QA with Business Central Domain

Additional courses such as Python, Vibe Coding, Azure SecOps, Microsoft Dynamics 365, and a few others are also in development.

And the best thing about it is that, despite being a programme by Qniverse, which historically targeted global clients, Qrius specifically caters to Nepali youth.

Furthermore, Qrius has partnered with several colleges across Kathmandu and is expanding into other major cities in Nepal and Mumbai.

Qniverse Expansion: Conclusion

At last, it’s safe to say, exciting times are ahead with Qniverse! Qrius by Qniverse is providing Nepali graduates with opportunities for international tech work. WhatNXT has products in active build with Seven Peaks, just announced.

From a 13-person QA startup to a quality brand with four arms, three cities, and a pipeline that’s expanding even further, Qniverse’s trajectory has been something worth watching. We have had the privilege of watching it up close right from the beginning, and we are rooting for their future!

Have you gone through the Qrius programme? Do let us know which one you are considering in the comments below!