ABOUT COSMOS

An operating history behind every investment decision.

Cosmos Group is a privately held investment and company-building group established in 2008.

OUR HISTORY

Built through direct experience.

Cosmos was co-founded in 2008 by Gaurav Aidasani and Manish Aidasani. It developed through direct experience creating and operating businesses across digital media, advertising, marketing, ecommerce and technology.

That operating history now informs both its private investments and its current applied-AI venture-studio direction.

COSMOS GROUP, IN BRIEF

Clear answers to common questions.

A concise overview of the group, its capital, operating model, geographic experience and current focus.

What is Cosmos Group?

Cosmos Group is a privately held investment and company-building group co-founded in 2008 by Gaurav Aidasani and Manish Aidasani. It combines private capital, operating experience and an international network to build, own and invest in technology-led businesses, with a current venture-studio focus on applied AI.

Does Cosmos manage external investors’ capital?

No. Cosmos deploys its own private capital and does not manage outside capital.

What does Cosmos build?

Cosmos builds technology-led businesses around real operating problems. Its current venture-studio focus is applied AI, combining software, workflow and domain expertise.

How does Cosmos invest?

Cosmos invests selectively where its operating experience, sector knowledge and international network can add value beyond capital. Structures may range from minority positions to active ownership roles.

Where does Cosmos have experience?

Cosmos has company-building and investment experience spanning the United States, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), and Asia-Pacific (APAC), supported by an international network.

What is the Cosmos applied-AI venture studio?

The venture studio originates opportunities, validates the commercial problem, assembles founding teams and provides capital and operating support to form applied-AI companies. Sociali.ai is its first publicly shown studio company.

PRINCIPLES

How Cosmos approaches company building.

Five principles create consistency across different opportunities, sectors and ownership structures.

Build from real problems

Start with an operating reality worth solving, not a technology searching for relevance.

Evidence before scale

Advance commitments as customer, product and economic evidence becomes stronger.

Capital with operating context

Pair funding with the judgment that comes from creating and operating businesses.

Clear ownership and accountability

Define who is responsible for decisions, execution and outcomes.

Long-term relationships

Work with people whose judgment, ambition and conduct can sustain a durable partnership.

LEADERSHIP

Principal-led.

Cosmos is led by its co-founders, with operating and investment decisions informed by experience accumulated across multiple company-building chapters.

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Co-Founder

Gaurav Aidasani

Gaurav is an entrepreneur and company builder with direct operating experience across digital marketing, media, ecommerce and technology. At Cosmos, he leads company creation, strategic direction and the group’s applied-AI venture-studio focus.

Co-Founder · Cosmos Group

Co-Founder

Manish Aidasani

Manish is an entrepreneur and private investor with experience across digital businesses and emerging technologies. He contributes to investment evaluation, strategic decisions and long-term portfolio development at Cosmos.

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INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE

Experience shaped across markets.

Cosmos brings company-building and investment experience spanning the United States, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), and Asia-Pacific (APAC), supported by an international network.

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Experience applied to what comes next.

Cosmos brings together a long operating history, private capital and a current focus on applied-AI company creation.

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