Shaping the Future of Investments with AI

Our Mission

At Growthsphere, our mission is the use of AI to generate precise, timely memos and reports, fostering quick, data-backed decisions significantly departing from traditional, labor-intensive methods. We also prioritize retrospective investment analysis, aligning past outcomes with future strategies for continuous improvement.

For most investors, state-of-the-art investment decision-making means building a process that connects disparate and unstructured deal-specific information with knowledgeable and experienced human analysts. 

This results in biased decisions with poor use of data. With GenAI and ExplainableAI, human assumptions can be captured into a system of decision-making, drive decisions, and analyze the results of these decisions to confirm the original investment thesis.

To do this, Growthsphere delivers an AI-driven SaaS system that includes the process, decisions, collaboration and post-decision analysis. With this system, biases & errors are eliminated, time-consuming tasks are accurately performed with data & AI, implicit assumptions are captured & mutated over time, and finally, patterns of success/failure of investments are analyzed to enable future investments.

Meet the team

Dr. Ashby Monk

Founding Advisor

Executive & Research Director at SLTI, working to advance institutional investment practices.

Previous Head of Research at Addepar, and Co-founder and President at RCI/Navigator.

Holds academic credentials from Oxford, University of Paris-1, and Princeton.

Rajeev Bharadhwaj

Chief Executive Officer

Rajeev is a seasoned entrepreneur with a history of leading companies to successful exits, including Ejasent (acquired by Veritas) and Griddable (acquired by Salesforce).

Founding CTO of Aryaka Networks a pre-IPO company

Expertise across data, SaaS, virtualization, and networking sectors.

Dr. Christopher Thomas

Chief Technology Officer

Former NLP Lead at Glint, acquired by LinkedIn, and Director of Applied Research & NLP at Kyndi.

Founding Director of Machine Learning at Atomic Search.

PhD from the Ohio Center of Excellence in Knowledge-Enabled Computing.

Our Investment Backbone

Strategic Investors

Specializing in technology investments, KDX Ventures supports startups with strategic capital and insights, aiming to drive growth and innovation.

With a focus on promising startups, UCR Investments provides both funding and deep industry knowledge to help companies reach their full potential.

Angel Investors

Jim Smith

Stereo Capital

As a General Partner, Jim leverages his expertise to guide tech startups from inception to market leadership.

Paul Constantinides

Salesforce

Paul's role as EVP Engineering brings a strategic edge to developing enterprise solutions that shape the future.

Sriram Samu

Kroger

At the helm of engineering, Sriram drives retail technology forward, improving customer engagement through innovation.

Saar Gillai

Semtech

A tech executive and board member, Saar offers strategic guidance to startups aiming for technological disruption.

Michael Shepherd

GrowthPoint and StealthPoint

As a founder & partner in Stealthpoint and Growthpoint, Michael focuses on venture capital and M&A.

Advisory Board

R Venkatanathan

Ex-Managing Director with 35 years in global financial markets, specializing in UHNW clients and FO portfolio management.

Mark Potts

Global tech executive, ex-HP CTO/VP, with expertise in AI, RPA, Blockchain, and leadership in ASX-listed tech companies.