Grant Steadman

Founder | Advisor | Investor | AI | Retail | Consumer Goods | #retail #AI #data #retailmedia #merchandising #AIstrategy #changemanagement #loyalty #datamonetization

📍 United States🔄 Updated October 2026💼 2 investments📅 2 years investing🗓 Last invested Feb 2024
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Investor & Advisor
Feb 2024
Uncrowd is a unique CX SaaS platform using thousands of unbiased data points to uncover the frictions and rewards your consumers experience when they shop with you. Even better, we do that for your competitors too so you know, without question, what you can change to win more shopper missions and crucially, what you can stop spending on with zero effect on your CX. We call this Relative Attractiveness and its the key to increasing your market share. Get in touch, we offer advice and an insider look at our platform.
late stageRetail
Investor & Advisor
Feb 2024
Uncrowd is a data business offering experience analytics We operate in Retail – specifically US Grocery We go into stores, and online, and capture objective OBSERVED data to understand and improve the reality of customers’ experiences We do this at BOTH strategic and operational levels Actionable data that drives dollar gains versus competitors, and through strategic, marketing, merchandising and operational performance improvement
Experience · 4 entries
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Founder (2)
2025
Co-Founder
Oct 2025
Astra Works helps retailers and brands accelerate AI transformation with clarity, speed, and measurable impact. We work alongside retail leaders to align strategy, people, process, and data - translating AI ambition into sustainable business performance. Our team combines deep retail expertise with hands-on experience across AI strategy, activation, and change management. Together, we help clients: - Define enterprise AI strategies and secure executive alignment. - Build scalable data, governance, and technology foundations. - Deliver AI programs that enhance operations, marketing, and merchandising performance. We are operators and trusted partners who turn AI from concept to capability, ensuring every transformation delivers real results.
2024
Investor & Advisor
Feb 2024
Uncrowd is a unique CX SaaS platform using thousands of unbiased data points to uncover the frictions and rewards your consumers experience when they shop with you. Even better, we do that for your competitors too so you know, without question, what you can change to win more shopper missions and crucially, what you can stop spending on with zero effect on your CX. We call this Relative Attractiveness and its the key to increasing your market share. Get in touch, we offer advice and an insider look at our platform.
late stageRetail
Investor & Advisor
Feb 2024
Uncrowd is a data business offering experience analytics We operate in Retail – specifically US Grocery We go into stores, and online, and capture objective OBSERVED data to understand and improve the reality of customers’ experiences We do this at BOTH strategic and operational levels Actionable data that drives dollar gains versus competitors, and through strategic, marketing, merchandising and operational performance improvement
2023
Reciprocal Advisory Ventures
FOUNDER & PRINCIPAL
Jun 2023
early stage