Apoorva Sharma

Active Investor

Angel investor in Mumbai

Mumbai, Maharashtra

Apoorva Sharma, Angel investor in Mumbai is an active investor based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. This profile covers what Apoorva Sharma backs, at which stage, and how founders can reach out in 2026.

Dr. Apoorva Sharma is a Co-Founder and serves as Board Member at Venture Catalysts. He serves as President at TiE Mumbai. He also serves as a Board Member at vPhrase. He also serves as an Investment Committee Member at Spyre. He is a Co-Founder of Beams Fintech Fund. He served as an Executive Vice President at VentureNursery. He serves as an Advisor at GetVantage and Callify.ai. Dr. Sharma is the Co-Founder and serves as Managing Partner at 100Unicorns. He has been instrumental in developing the startup ecosystem since the early 2000s. He serves as a board member at Phase and has pioneered the establishment of incubators in India. He has established over a dozen incubators & accelerators, incubation funds, and family office funds, i.e. VentureNursery, Amity Innovation Incubator, Somaiya Incubator (RIDDLE), Mata Vaishno Devi University Incubator, and Indian Angel Network Incubator. He is the recipient of the prestigious Best Incubator Award given by the President of India, for the outstanding performance of JSS Incubator. Dr. Sharma has a Ph.D. in Incubation from Amity University, Noida, and a B.Tech in Engineering from HBTI, Kanpur, and a diploma in Mentor Studies from Berkley Institute of Management, University of California, USA. He also holds an MBA in Marketing & Finance from the Asia Pacific Institute of Management.