Apoorva Ranjan Sharma

Dr. Apoorva Ranjan Sharma is a prominent entrepreneur and investor in the Indian startup ecosystem, serving as Cofounder and Managing Director at 9Unicorns, India's first accelerator venture capital firm, and as Co-Founder of Venture Catalysts, the country's first integrated incubator. Dr. Sharma holds significant leadership roles as Board Member and Charter Member at TiE and as Executive Vice President and Partner at VentureNursery. Additionally, Dr. Sharma has experience as Vice President at Indian Angel Network. Educationally, Dr. Sharma earned a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Management from Amity Business School, with a focus on the role of business incubators in India's economic growth, and completed a diploma in Mentoring Startups from the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business in 2009.