by Dr. Gopi Sundaramurthy
We find startup teams using a novel, data-driven approach.
In the early days of venture capital, deal sourcing was simple. The Bay Area’s Sand Hill Road was the epicenter of startup activity, and investors there had a natural advantage: proximity. Nearly every startup seeking funding came to them. But the world has changed. Over the past two decades, the startup ecosystem has exploded in scale and geography. Today, there are over 100,000 startup financings annually worldwide, with talent hubs and innovation stretching far beyond Silicon Valley. The result? An unprecedented challenge for investors: finding the best teams in an increasingly vast and dispersed market.
At Ensemble, we’ve built a solution. Recognizing that no single investor can meet every startup team or analyze every opportunity, we’ve created the world’s leading data science platform for startup team analysis. Every day, a wealth of data points is generated as startup talent interacts—through investments, job changes, promotions, and more. Our platform leverages these data points to build sophisticated network graphs and identify both quantitative and qualitative insights around the factors that lead to success. Using vast quantities of data, we draw empirical insights that enable us to find exceptional teams no matter where they are. It sounds like magic, but it works.
This approach redefines what’s possible in venture capital. Historically, the investors with the strongest networks and the best Rolodexes had an edge. Ensemble’s platform re-establishes that edge—but at scale and with precision. We qualify a dramatically larger pool of opportunities than any traditional sourcing method, ensuring we never miss out on transformative ideas. And by automating much of the legwork, we free up our team’s time to focus on what matters most: deep diligence and providing value to our portfolio companies.
In a world where no investor can claim to have “met all the teams,” Ensemble’s data-driven platform ensures that we’re meeting the right ones. We’ve replaced the geographical and social edge of Sand Hill Road with a technological edge, enabling us to find and back the best startups, wherever they are building. This is how we invest in the future.
IPO Alert: Groww goes public!
Ensemble-backed Groww goes public on NSE-India at $8.9B valuation Groww, one of Ensemble VC’s earliest data-driven investments, completed a successful IPO on the NSE, marking a major milestone for India’s retail investing market. Backed at the Series A pre-revenue, Groww exemplifies Ensemble’s strategy in action — identifying world-class teams early through its proprietary Unity platform.
Collin West to headline AlphaCore Wealth Summit 2025 in La Jolla
We’re heading to La Jolla for the 2025 AlphaCore Wealth Advisory Summit!In one week, our team will be on the ground at the AlphaCore Wealth Summit, one of the industry’s most forward-looking gatherings for wealth managers, allocators, and innovators. This year’s theme — Back to the Future — sets the stage for a conversation about how artificial intelligence and emerging technologies are reshaping wealth creation and capital deployment. If you’ll be there, we’d love to connect in person.
Why Ensemble is Backing Stablecore’s Mission to Bring Community Banks into the Stablecoin Future
Ensemble is thrilled to announce our investment in Stablecore, the infrastructure platform enabling banks and credit unions to offer stablecoins, tokenized deposits, and other digital asset services.
Gopi's Manifesto
In this excerpt from Ensemble’s Mid-Year Investor Letter 2025, Gopi Sundaramurthy, Founder and Head of Data Science, outlines a new model for investment firms in the age of AI. As one of the preeminent data scientists in venture capital, Gopi’s perspective is informed by over a decade of building data models for investors.
