About Us
Towards AGI Ventures is the acceleration and investment arm of the Towards AGI ecosystem, dedicated to identifying and accelerating the most promising startups in the field of Generative AI and foundational intelligence technologies.
We leverage the research depth, industry insights, and analytical frameworks developed under Towards AGI, including one of largest database of GenAI startups (AgentsX), a flagship intelligence mapping tool – Gen Matrix, and the rigorous evaluation methodology – Know Your Inference (KYI) to uncover high-potential ventures with the ability to shape the future of intelligent systems.
Our mission is to go beyond hype and surface-level metrics, applying a systematic, context-rich lens to back founders and startups who are not just building with AI, but redefining industries through meaningful, scalable, and responsible innovation.
We actively partner with technical founders, industry veterans, and domain experts to bring capital, credibility, and connections that accelerate growth. Whether you’re an early-stage innovator or an enterprise-aligned AI disruptor, Towards AGI Ventures offers the intelligence infrastructure and strategic foresight to help you scale with confidence.
Founder and CEO
Shen Pandi
Shen is a creator at heart with passion to solve business problems using data and AI. He is excited to share the learnings from his previous and current startup experience including success and failures, so that the first time founders can avoid the same mistakes.
Prior to the startup world, he have worked with leading consulting firms such as McKinsey, Deloitte, and EY, advising C-level executives and senior managers on digital, data, and analytics strategy across diverse industries and geographies. Shen has led and delivered multiple data and analytics projects, leveraging agile methods, business intelligence tools, and AI technologies.
Advisor
Souparna Giri
Souparna Giri is a global consulting leader with 25 years of experience in scaling Data & AI businesses across PwC, Capgemini, and Cognizant. He has successfully built multi-million-dollar practices, led global GTM strategies, and delivered enterprise-scale AI transformation programs. As a board advisor and venture mentor, he supports AI startups and scaleups in accelerating growth, securing funding, and expanding into UK/EU markets. With deep expertise in GTM, investment strategy, and ecosystem orchestration, Souparna connects founders to clients, VCs, accelerators,
and strategic partners—enabling success through market entry, revenue acceleration, investor readiness, and post-funding value creation. He currently leads global Data & AI business at Global consulting organisation and collaborates with UKAI, UK DBT, and Towards AGI Ventures to scale AI-native innovation.
Advisor
Indranil Das
Advisor
Steve Parry
Steve has a career of over 30 years in Information Management, with both large organisations and smaller specialist firms, providing consulting services in Digital Strategy to client organisations worldwide.
Steve has regularly presented at data management events worldwide, and written numerous articles and papers on data management topics. He is a co-author of the book ‘Crossing the Data Delta’.
Advisor
Mike Bradley
Mike is an award-winning expert in strategic, partner, and corporate development. He has consistently driven and delivered profitable growth for rapidly scaling technology and traditional businesses, from SMEs to multinational corporations, by leveraging cutting-edge innovation and commercial strategy. Mike works closely with CEOs, Managing Directors, and Founders to Shift the Needle on traction, growth, and enterprise value.
With a proven track record of structuring and executing high-impact partnerships and joint ventures, Mike has opened up access to major end-user accounts across diverse industries—working with, to, and through some of the world’s largest telecommunications companies. His strategic input has also extended to the education, charitable, and political sectors.
Advisor
Raj Jethwa
Raj helps forward-thinking organisations unlock scalable impact through AI and automation. With a track record spanning enterprise software across some of the most well known vendors he specialises in turning emerging technologies—like Agentic AI, workflow orchestration, and AI-first design—into tangible business value. A true proponent of connecting value creators and value consumers together through leveraging his powerful network.
Whether advising leadership teams, architecting go-to-market strategies, or exploring the next frontier of autonomous agents in business operations, Raj’s mission is clear: empower companies to operate faster, smarter, and more autonomously to help business leaders to work on the business rather than in the business.
