Speakers

Sajjad is the Head of Data Analytics and Machine Learning and member of the Investment Committee at GrowthCurve Capital. He joined GrowthCurve as a founding partner at the firm’s inception in 2021.

GrowthCurve Capital is a private equity firm focused on building world-class businesses by leveraging data, analytics, and machine learning, combined with a comprehensive approach to human capital, to accelerate growth and drive value creation. Founded by Sumit Rajpal, former Global Co-Head of the Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division, the firm focuses on control private equity investments primarily across the financial and information services, healthcare, and technology sectors.

Prior to joining GrowthCurve, Sajjad co-founded Two Six Capital, the Silicon Valley firm that pioneered Data Science for Private Equity. Sajjad’s arc at Two Six began as a startup entrepreneur in 2012 when he found 25 years of Ph.D. research developed by Wharton Professors Eric Bradlow and Peter Fader. Two Six was launched in 2013 with a team of Data Scientists and Data Engineers that applied this research to private equity investing.

The company evolved into a technology platform as the team deployed large-scale engineering and data science models to over $30 billion of global private equity deals closed across industry sectors. This technology platform was acquired in 2020 as an AI asset by West Monroe Partners at which point Sajjad concluded his Two Six tenure through its successful exit.

Sajjad’s work and Two Six have been profiled by Private Equity International, Mergers and Acquisitions magazine, Knowledge@Wharton, Private Equity Technology podcast, Forbes, FT Fundfire, Institutional Investor, and Business Insider.

He holds a B.A. from Bowdoin, where he double majored in Computer Science and Government and minored in Economics, and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School. He serves on the Board of AI and Analytics at Wharton.

GrowthCurve Capital:

GrowthCurve Capital is a private equity firm focused on investing in data-rich businesses with a proprietary approach that seeks to unlock the power of a company's data through the integration of AI, digital transformation, and human capital to accelerate growth and create sustainable value. Founded by Sumit Rajpal, former Global Co-Head of the Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division, the firm focuses on control-oriented private equity investments primarily across the technology and information services, healthcare, and financial services sectors.