Sharad Sharma
Angel Investor @ IAN Group
Bangalore, India
Sharad Sharma is a seed investor at IAN Group in Bangalore focused on FinTech and Finance. Sharad Sharma is the Co-Founder of the iSPIRT Foundation. He attended Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University.
- Total investments:
- 12
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 33%
Last updated:
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Industries Sharad Sharma invests in
Stages Sharad Sharma invests in
Countries Sharad Sharma invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $372k–$653k
- Angel
- $245k–$600k
Investment Focus
Industry
- FinTech 3 (25%)
- Finance 2 (17%)
- Internet 2 (17%)
- Software 2 (17%)
- Online Portals 2 (17%)
Stage
- Seed 6 (50%)
- Angel 3 (25%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (8%)
Country
- India 8 (67%)
- Singapore 1 (8%)
- United States 1 (8%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Vebbler is a new personal networking startup for close relationships. It went into beta on July 23rd, 2013 in Mumbai, India and rolled out it's first Invites on 31st July, 2013.It is built with a mission to create a world where people can have more meaningful conversations with different relationships in their life, without one aspect oftheir life spilling into another.People across the World are radically shifting the way they share and express themselves online. They now understand that there are certain things that you cannot share in large open networks, which you could in more intimate groups. With parents, teachers, colleagues and even Bosses online today, there is a need for an evolved of way of connecting and sharing. Vebbler aims to address this problem of blind-sharing (sharing blindly without knowing which end users will be able to see your content) by creating layers for different relationships. They call it the 'Crowd Layering Model' and the company intends to implement it not only in the way people share, but across all features of the Site.In 30 days, Vebbler now has 5000 users from 51 countries and 370 cities. | Seed / Jul 17, 2018 | ||
| Minjar is a cloud solutions provider helping enterprises embrace cloud productively. Minjar provides cloud implementation and big-‐data consulting to help companies leverage the business value and benefits offered by on-‐demand computing.Minjar is a leading cloud solutions provider on Amazon AWS platform, managing 1000+ business applications,ensuring highest level scalability, reliability and performance of business applications for its clients. Minjar architects, implement and manage cloud applications for clients in the fortune 1000 list. | $2M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jul 06, 2017 | ||
| Wishberry is a rewards-based crowdfunding platform that enables users to raise funds for their creative and innovative ideas. The platform focused on topics such as arts, design, film, music, theatre, publishing, technology, games, and applications. | Seed / Jan 25, 2017 | ||
| Vebbler is a new personal networking startup for close relationships. It went into beta on July 23rd, 2013 in Mumbai, India and rolled out it's first Invites on 31st July, 2013.It is built with a mission to create a world where people can have more meaningful conversations with different relationships in their life, without one aspect oftheir life spilling into another.People across the World are radically shifting the way they share and express themselves online. They now understand that there are certain things that you cannot share in large open networks, which you could in more intimate groups. With parents, teachers, colleagues and even Bosses online today, there is a need for an evolved of way of connecting and sharing. Vebbler aims to address this problem of blind-sharing (sharing blindly without knowing which end users will be able to see your content) by creating layers for different relationships. They call it the 'Crowd Layering Model' and the company intends to implement it not only in the way people share, but across all features of the Site.In 30 days, Vebbler now has 5000 users from 51 countries and 370 cities. | $500K / Seed / Aug 09, 2016 | ||
| IntensAquatica is a fish farming startup in India. The startup is using technology solutions to increase yield from fish farms through intensive farming. The company is based in Bangalore, India. | $372.3K / Seed / Jul 14, 2016 | ||
| Amigobulls specializes in technology stock analysis. We do deep research on companies listed on NYSE and NASDAQ and provide stock analysis videos aimed at helping the individual investor take unbiased investment decisions. | Seed / Sep 22, 2015 | ||
| As a customer, you can send, receive and split payments (instantly from any bank to any bank) with your friends & colleagues on a daily basis for - * movies & events * food & drinks * outing & travel * gifting & experiences and any thing that you can think ofAs a business owner, you can start accepting digital payments aswell as route them smartly over UPI and IMPS at the lowest cost in an automated manner. - Accept payments using Bharat QR / SMS links over any payment mode - Distribute money automatically and instantly to your vendors / agents / employees - Authenticate eKYC using Aadhaar verification for any of your service providers and much more! | Seed / Jun 02, 2015 | ||
| Wishberry is a rewards-based crowdfunding platform that enables users to raise funds for their creative and innovative ideas. The platform focused on topics such as arts, design, film, music, theatre, publishing, technology, games, and applications. | $652.7K / Seed / Oct 21, 2014 | ||
| AdSparx is a technology platform that enables video content publishers to embed targeted in-stream ads in their products. It delivers targeted, high impact, high experience, frame-accurate video ads across all internet connected devices; and detects ""broadcast Ad breaks"" in real-time and supports streams with or without any Admarkers for replacement and monetization.Users can set their own rules for inventory sales, define ad campaigns with custom targeting and generate performance reports; access a single point of integration on all servers without the need for change in client apps; integrate ad networks for reporting and use competitive real-time bidding to maximize value of inventory; and more.AdSparx was launched by Ketan Barhate, Lilesh Ghadi, and Kunal Lagwankar and is based Great Neck, New York. | $600K / Angel / Jun 01, 2014 | ||
| LVX Ventures is an online funding platform that enables startups looking to raise seed capital to create investment ready profiles online, and connect to accredited investors. The platform also allows startups to get their business plans reviewed by its team as well as connect to mentors. It supports startups in the funding closure process through its commitment-to-closure package. Founded in 2013, LetsVenture uses its funding received from angel investors to expand and rope in more global investors. | $650K / Seed / May 13, 2014 | ||
| See all 12 investments → | |||
Co-Investors
About IAN Group
Started in April 2006, the Indian Angel Network is a unique concept which brings together highly successful entrepreneurs and CEOs from India and around the world who are interested in investing in startup / early stage ventures which have the potential of creating disproportionate value. The Network, in addition to money, provide constant access to high quality mentoring, vast networks and inputs on strategy as well as execution. The Network members, because of their background are better able to assess the potential and risks at the early stage.
IAN Group Contacts
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Mohit Goyal
Founding member and Director
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Rajnish Kapur
Managing Partner ( IAN Fund )
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Ajay Gupta
Investor
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Chintan Thakkar
Group CEO
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Dave Banerjee
Director
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FAQ
What does Sharad Sharma invest in?
Sharad Sharma invests primarily in FinTech, Finance and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Sharad Sharma invest in?
Sharad Sharma typically joins rounds of $372k–$653k at Seed and $245k–$600k at Angel. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Sharad Sharma's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Sharad Sharma took part in.
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When did Sharad Sharma last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Sharad Sharma closed in Jul 2018. Shizune tracks 12 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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