About
Niraj Aswani is Co-Founder and CTO of nisquare.ai, where he works with businesses on adopting privacy-conscious Agentic AI solutions. He advises enterprises on end-to-end AI system design and leads technical due diligence for AI startups from pre-seed to Series B. He previously co-founded Klevu, an AI-powered eCommerce search platform, which was later acquired, and holds a PhD in Computer Science focused on natural language processing.
Invests in
AI & Machine Learning
Experience
- Niro AICo-Founder and CTOcurrent2026 — presentUnited Kingdom
- NisquareCo-Founder & CTO at NiSquare Ltdcurrent2025 — present
- Evli Growth PartnersIndustry advisorcurrent2025 — present
- MonetateAgentic AI Consultant2025
- Klevu OyCTO & Co-founder2013 — 2025St Albans, England, United Kingdom
- Ni-Square AnalyticsCo-Founder2013UK & India
- University of SheffieldResearch Associate2003 — 2013Greater Sheffield Area
- Indian Institute of Management, AhmedabadResearch Assistant2001 — 2002
Skills & more
Search6Due DiligenceStart-up ConsultingData PrivacyMental Health First AidMental Health CounselingNatural Language Processing59Text Mining46Information Extraction35Information Retrieval30Ontologies24Semantic Technologies23
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Machine LearningJavaComputational LinguisticsSemantic WebComputer ScienceLinked DataSemanticsText AnalyticsSentiment AnalysisArtificial IntelligenceLaTeXHadoopLanguages English · Gujarati · Hindi · Sindhi
- Certified Information Privacy Professional - Europe (CIPP/E) — IAPP
- Level 3 Award in Mental Health: Workplace First Aider — St John Ambulance
- Introduction to Counselling — The Counselling Foundation
From Niraj's professional profile.
Colleagues at Evli Growth Partners
Ainomaija Haarla
Investor at Evli Growth Partners
Ari Korhonen
Growth Partner at Evli Growth Partners
Ari-Pekka Salovaara
Investor at Evli Growth Partners
Jake Jyväsjärvi
Investment Analyst at Evli Growth Partners
Jere Blomqvist
Investment Manager at Evli Growth Partners
Juha-Matti Liukkonen
Investor at Evli Growth Partners
Juho Loippo
Investor at Evli Growth Partners
Juuso Koskinen
Associate Partner at Evli Growth Partners
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Niraj Aswani?
- Niraj Aswani is Co-Founder and CTO of nisquare.ai, where he works with businesses on adopting privacy-conscious Agentic AI solutions. He advises enterprises on end-to-end AI system design and leads technical due diligence for AI startups from pre-seed to Series B. He previously co-founded Klevu, an AI-powered eCommerce search platform, which was later acquired, and holds a PhD in Computer Science focused on natural language processing.
- Where does Niraj Aswani work?
- Niraj Aswani is Industrial Advisor at Evli Growth Partners.
- What does Niraj Aswani invest in?
- Niraj Aswani invests in AI & Machine Learning.
- Where did Niraj Aswani go to school?
- Niraj Aswani studied at The University of Sheffield (PhD, Designing a General Framework for Text Alignment -- Case Studies with Two South Asian Languages); The University of Sheffield (MSc, Advanced Computer Science); K.S. School of Business Mgmt (BSc in Computer Application & Information Technology, Computer Science).
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