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.
Tobin Kim
Chief Product Officer
Former Global Head of Product at Masttro, and Product Executive Leadership at Addepar and Bloomberg.
Started career in investment banking and private equity followed by a decade in long/short equity portfolio management.
MBA in Finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and BA in Economics from Johns Hopkins University.
Raj Kumar Yadav
Head, India
Seasoned professional with experience in data science and AI, having held leadership roles across multiple industries.
Specializes in building and managing teams to deliver innovative solutions in areas like GenAI, machine learning, and analytics.
Proven track record in driving business growth, P&L management, and strategic planning.
Our Investment Backbone
Strategic Investors
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
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
