Kerala Man Who Went To The USA To Become An Investment Banker Now Runs An AI-Trading Firm That Lets You Buy Real Estate In Fractions

If there is something that took over the world in 2023, it has to be Artificial Intelligence.

It changed everything – but also the way people trade.

For years, trading was primarily driven by human instinct and old-school chart reading. But lately? Artificial intelligence has flipped the script.

“Now, algorithms don't just follow the market — they learn from it, adapt to new patterns, and even anticipate shifts before most humans can. It's a game-changer for institutional as well as retail investors, really,” Joss Cardozs, founder of HexaVentures, tells Startup Pedia in an exclusive interview.

Founded in 2017 and based in New York, HexaVentures is an AI-driven quantitative trading and real-world asset tokenization financial platform.

It effectively combines machine learning algorithms, real-time market analysis, and advanced risk management to deliver institutional-grade trading intelligence.

THE BACKGROUND

Hailing from Kerala, Joss Cardozs went to the University of Kerala to complete his undergraduate degree in BCom.

“I finished the last year of my undergraduate degree in the United States. This was almost 20 years ago. Then I did an MBA as well,”Joss tells Startup Pedia.

Right after pursuing his MBA , Joss Cardozs began his career in investment  firms like Barclays and Merrill Lynch in the United States.

But…when the global recession hit the world in 2008, the finance industry was one of the first industries to witness a slump.

“I knew I had to pivot from hardcore finance. So I decided to pursue an M.S in the field of Information Technology from Stratford University. It opened up a lot more options for me, eventually,” he says.

By 2014, Joss Cardozs decided to dive into entrepreneurship. With his experience in finance and information technology, he opened up an IT services company called Techgeek.

“Techgeek did, and continues to do really well in the space of helping business clients manage their productivity in a way that the peak is always maintained,” entrepreneur Joss Cardozs mentions.

In 2017, he decided to do something in finance again and established HexaVentures as a family office investment and venture capital firm.

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THE JOURNEY

In 2017, HexaVentures began as a basic finance and trading firm that helped companies invest in US equities, futures and crypto. In 2019, it moved into venture capital and started assisting new-age startups in getting access to venture capital funding and support.

“In 2020, there was a visible dip in the venture capital market. It was a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. But a different outcome was also the rise of retail trading,” startup founder Joss Cardozs says.

So, eventually, HexaVentures began focusing on private equity.

The breakthrough for the New York-based fintech firm came in 2023 with the rise of Artificial Intelligence.

“Almost immediately, I decided to think of ways to infuse AI into trading and somehow automate it far more than earlier. From 2023 to 2024, we hired AI and ML engineers, data scientists, and HFT consultants – and began building AI-based high-frequency hedge funds, stock option features, algorithmic trading features, etc,” the entrepreneur mentions.

It was in August 2025 that HexaVentures completed its revamp and relaunched in the United States as an AI-driven quantitative trading and real-world asset tokenization financial platform.

The revamped HexaVentures began with a founder-led funding that came from a variety of channels like company’s proceeds, private equity, loans, disbursements, and other investments from certain venture capitalists.

“What we had already been doing at HexaVentures was bringing together venture capitalists. It was a blessing in disguise, because then we didn't need to necessarily hunt for funds,”Joss Cardozs shares.

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HEXAVENTURES: THE AI SIDE OF TRADING

Unleashing next-gen financial innovation,

HexaVentures combines cutting-edge AI quantitative trading with revolutionary real-world asset tokenization. This directly empowers businesses and investors with institutional-grade financial technology.

Currently, HexaVentures, as a New York-based fintech firm and platform, offers –

AI trading signals that include real-time AI analysis and trade recommendations

Live market data including dynamic charts and real-time market analytics

“We move beyond traditional quant approaches by employing Quant 2.0 principles, like NLP for news sentiment analysis and reinforcement learning to update strategies as new market regimes emerge,”Joss adds.

Risk management that promises automated portfolio protection and alerts

One of its most distinguishing services is the Real-world Asset Tokenization feature that enables users and traders to convert real-world assets into digital tokens. These tokens can then give rise to fractional ownership of real estate and increased liquidity.

“This is something that is coming up as very promising in today's world. Real estate, ARTs and collectibles are more and more being looked at from a fractional ownership standpoint, where the same piece of plot, land, or house can be divided into multiple people who own it at affordable rates. Our Asset Tokenization service banks on the same,”Joss Cardozs says.

“RWA Tokenization will effectively plug the gap between conventional finance and decentralized innovation,” he adds.

Apart from Asset Tokenization, the New York-based fintech firm offers strategic guidance for fundraising, venture capital, angel investments, and growth capital solutions as well as growth acceleration services to budding businesses.

“HexaVentures is fully equipped with bank-grade security infrastructure with regulatory compliance for institutional and retail clients,” Joss Cardozs affirms.

Investors can access the platform through a cloud-native interface. This allows backtesting, paper trading, and live execution without managing excessive infrastructure.

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GROWTH

While currently HexaVentures is operational in the United States, its next market launch will be in Canada, London, and India by 2026 to 2027.

Recently, in August 2025, HexaVentures reached a valuation of $100 million during a successful internal funding round.

Joss Cardozs confirms that the New York-based fintech firm has seen 300% growth on a year-on-year basis.

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