In an interview with TimesTech, Ashutosh Kumar, Founder of GrowthJockey, shared insights into how the firm’s holistic venture-building approach is reshaping the startup ecosystem. With a tech-first strategy and AI-powered platforms like Intellsys.ai, GrowthJockey helps ventures navigate their growth journey from ideation to scaling, ensuring efficiency and market success across diverse industry verticals.
Read the full interview here:
TimesTech: How does GrowthJockey’s approach to venture incubation differ from technology conventional methods?
Ashutosh: A holistic, complete, and comprehensive approach to venture building differentiates GrowthJockey from conventional methods of building startups. GrowthJockey has productized its venture-building approach and with a focus on creating an agile ecosystem of technology and manpower, the firm is revolutionising both 0-1 and 1-100 growth journeys of new ventures. GrowthJockey focuses on building an evolving playbook which coupled with its expertise in design thinking and tech-focused solutions helps ventures achieve excellent product-market fit. By supporting venture building throughout their ideation to growth and scale phases, GrowthJockey takes away the pain of ventures to engage with multiple agencies and consulting partners. No wonder, GrowthJockey has emerged as a one-stop solution for all venture-building needs across industry verticals.
TimesTech: What role does technology play in GrowthJockey’s business model, and how does it contribute to its success of a Venture Architect?
Ashutosh: Technology is at the heart of GrowthJockey’s operating philosophy. By using its tech expertise, GrowthJockey helps ventures move swiftly from MVP to POC before finally achieving the optimum PMF. Take, for instance, Intellsys.ai which is the flagship platform of the firm. The AI-based infrastructure solution allows ventures to derive deep insights into strategic growth parameters. It combines AI with Data Visualisation tools and empowers ventures to achieve their targets with unparalleled agility. From aiding campaigns to forecasting demand and optimising processes, the codeless AI infrastructure platform can accomplish multiple tasks with exceptional ease and efficiency. GrowthJockey’s tech accelerators are also playing a crucial role in customising MVPs of ventures besides reducing the time required for their development. In addition, advanced real-time analytics offered by the firm help new ventures align their campaigns and optimise their strategies for creating, communicating, and delivering superior value to end consumers.
TimesTech: Can you explain how GrowthJockey integrates AI with business strategies through Intellsys.ai?
Ashutosh: Intellsys.ai, powered by a no-code AI infrastructure, is GrowthJockey’s advanced platform that revolutionizes data-driven marketing strategies. At its core is Copilot, an AI-powered engine that automates key marketing processes such as data collection, organization, and reporting. This enables marketers to shift their focus from manual tasks to strategic growth. For example, Copilot helps transform vast datasets into actionable insights in real time, empowering teams to make confident, data-backed decisions with agility.
Intellsys.ai seamlessly integrates diverse marketing channels into a cohesive strategy, ensuring ventures maximize efficiency and deliver a unified customer experience. The platform’s real-time monitoring and reporting capabilities allow ventures to track campaign performance and customer behaviors across 200+ data sources and 1000+ metrics, providing marketers with up-to-the-minute insights.
Intellsys.ai has already driven exceptional growth for ventures such as Lectrix, Dailybloom IBS, and Trumigo, demonstrating its ability to align AI capabilities with business strategies to achieve sustainable success.
TimesTech: How GrowthJockey is helping startups to grow in the competitive market using technology?
Ashutosh: By allowing startups to adopt a tech-first approach, GrowthJockey is helping ventures supercharge their 1-100 growth journeys. Its Double Diamond strategy powered by new-age innovations helps ventures sail through four critical phases – Discover, Define, Develop, and Deliver – of Ve. While Intellsys.ai enables businesses to automate their marketing and business strategies, tech accelerators help reduce lag in the development of MVP and POC for faster market launch. Further, startups also benefit from the real-time analytics offered by GrowthJockey, enabling them to quickly optimize their PMF and launch strategy. Moreover, the technology solutions of the firm are also proving instrumental in elevating the operating efficiency of business ventures, thereby equipping them with superior profitability in the long run.
TimesTech: What are some key success stories GrowthJockey has achieved with its clients like Indiabulls and Livguard?
Ashutosh: GrowthJockey’s position as a full-stack Venture Builder with in-house expertise in technology, strategy, and digital operations has enabled it to drive groundbreaking transformations for clients like Indiabulls and Livguard.
For Indiabulls, GrowthJockey played a pivotal role in transforming the company from a traditional lender into a full-scale NBFC leader. This was achieved through the seamless integration of legacy systems with modern digital infrastructure, enhancing operational speed, customer experience, and service delivery. The outcome was a next-gen digital financial services platform.
For Livguard, GrowthJockey led a comprehensive digital transformation initiative, introducing IoT-powered automation and real-time data-driven decision-making. By modernizing Livguard’s operational systems, the company achieved greater visibility into its supply chain, improved process efficiency, and unlocked predictive insights. This shift enhanced operational performance and supported Livguard’s pursuit of sustainable, data-led growth.
These success stories underscore GrowthJockey’s ability to drive end-to-end transformations for industry leaders by unifying AI, automation, and business strategy under one roof.
TimesTech: How do GrowthJockey’s multidisciplinary teams (Venture Architects and Venture Builders) collaborate to build successful ventures?
Ashutosh: GrowthJockey’s unique approach to venture building is fueled by cross-functional collaboration between its Venture Architects, Venture Builders, and Tech Accelerators. This model ensures every aspect of venture creation — from concept to execution — is handled under one unified framework.
Venture Architects are the strategic masterminds who conceptualize, design, and chart the business model. They identify growth levers, define operational blueprints, and ensure ventures are built for scale. Venture Builders bring the vision to life, with a focus on execution excellence and speed-to-market.
Where GrowthJockey truly differentiates itself is through its proprietary suite of over 20+ AI and tech-powered solutions. With tools like Intellsys.ai driving real-time marketing intelligence and Ottopilot enabling seamless venture scaling, the teams leverage data, AI, and automation to reduce development time and enhance precision.
This structured collaboration ensures ventures are built faster, smarter, and with a focus on long-term sustainability. By integrating strategy, design, technology, and execution, GrowthJockey provides a holistic approach that delivers faster go-to-market solutions and measurable business impact.
TimesTech: What are GrowthJockey’s future plans for expanding its operations and increasing the number of incubations?
Ashutosh: GrowthJockey is committed to significantly expanding its operations, with plans to increase its annual venture incubation rate from the current 10 ventures to 50 ventures within the next two years. We are also preparing to launch intellsys.ai, a copilot for performance marketers, by the end of this year. This platform is designed to enable ventures to leverage its features independently. Additionally, creating innovative products for ventures and tech accelerators remains a top priority for the coming years.
To further align with our long-term aspirations, we recently held a vision workshop where we began shaping our ambitious goals for 2030, solidifying our roadmap for sustained growth and innovation.
TimesTech: What specific growth plans does GrowthJockey have for expanding in 2025?
Ashutosh: In 2025, GrowthJockey aims to expand its operations across key global markets. To support this growth, we are committed to identifying, hiring, and developing exceptional talent within our venture-building and tech divisions. Additionally, we are enhancing our venture-building capabilities to position ourselves as the preferred incubation partner for both corporate entities and startups. We plan to increase our venture portfolio to over 50+ in the coming year and expand our industry reach.
