Vijay Sharma
Founder & CEO @ Paytm
New Delhi, India
Vijay Sharma is a seed investor at Paytm in New Delhi focused on Internet and Software. Vijay Shekhar Sharma is based out of New Delhi, Delhi, and is the Founder, Chairman, Managing Director, and CEO of Paytm. Vijay previously worked at India Today Group Online as a Tech Head. Vijay Shekhar Sharma attended Delhi Technological University.
- Total investments:
- 81
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 12%
Last updated:
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Industries Vijay Sharma invests in
Stages Vijay Sharma invests in
Countries Vijay Sharma invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $440k–$3.6M
- Angel
- $150k–$482k
- Series A
- $2.4M–$8M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Internet 10 (12%)
- Software 7 (9%)
- E-Commerce 7 (9%)
- Artificial Intelligence 7 (9%)
- News 6 (7%)
Stage
- Seed 40 (49%)
- Angel 6 (7%)
- Series A 6 (7%)
- Series B 6 (7%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 6 (7%)
Country
- India 47 (58%)
- United States 8 (10%)
- Singapore 2 (2%)
- Australia 1 (1%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Parallel Loop is a software engineering company that builds AI solutions, and custom software for startups and enterprises. | $6.6M / Seed / Oct 14, 2026 | ||
| Yoho is a footwear brand that focuses on creating ergonomic and breathable shoes for daily wear. The products are engineered to provide cushioning and arch support, ensuring comfort for extended periods. The brand emphasizes innovative design to enhance the overall walking experience. | $1.6M / May 23, 2026 | ||
| NORI is a travel products company that provides fashionable solutions for travelers, such as luggage bags and packing cubes. | $350K / Pre-Seed / May 11, 2026 | ||
| Temple develop a high-performance wearable for elite athletes. It focuses on brain-centred metrics. | $54M / Seed / Feb 27, 2026 | ||
| Naxatra Labs is a cutting-edge technology business committed to creating cutting-edge electric car motor solutions. Naxatra Labs is leading the charge to transform electric mobility in India and abroad with an emphasis on performance, efficiency, and dependability. | $3M / Seed / Dec 23, 2025 | ||
| Presentation AI provides photos, icons, charts, and more. everything design maker personal source to make all animation-like documents create stunning, on-point presentations within minutes our technology ensures that every single slide design is in coherence with the input text automagically is rendered device, instantly, more importantly, you getto share the presentation in the form of a simple link. | $3M / Seed / Jan 30, 2025 | ||
| Naxatra Labs is a cutting-edge technology business committed to creating cutting-edge electric car motor solutions. Naxatra Labs is leading the charge to transform electric mobility in India and abroad with an emphasis on performance, efficiency, and dependability. | Seed / Dec 23, 2024 | ||
| Yoho is a footwear brand that focuses on creating ergonomic and breathable shoes for daily wear. The products are engineered to provide cushioning and arch support, ensuring comfort for extended periods. The brand emphasizes innovative design to enhance the overall walking experience. | $3.2M / Series B / Oct 15, 2024 | ||
| Vahan uses Artificial Intelligence to match job seekers with employers inside messaging apps | $10M / Series B / Sep 19, 2024 | ||
| Vahan's AI-Driven virtual assistant helps field sales teams and frontliners do better work at scale. A web-based dashboard allows employers to track usage data that can be used for business intelligence. Their virtual assistant is completely customizable to align with employers' support, training, communication, and reporting needs. | $10M / Series B / Sep 09, 2024 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Paytm
Paytm is a payment gateway that provides payment services to merchants and allow consumers to make seamless mobile payments from cards, bank accounts, and digital credit among others. The company maintains an open culture where everyone is a hands-on contributor and feels comfortable sharing ideas and opinions.Founded on 2010, Paytm is owned byone of India’s mobile-internet firms, One97 Communications. Its investors include SoftBank, SAIF Partners, Alibaba Group, and Ant Financial.
Paytm Contacts
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Devendra Rane
SVP Technology and Engineering
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samir gupta
Vice President Of Product Management - Travel
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Saurabh Gupta
Product Director
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Abhay Sharma
Chief Business Officer - Bill Payments
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Harinder Takhar
CEO
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FAQ
What does Vijay Sharma invest in?
Vijay Sharma invests primarily in Internet, Software and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 81 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 Vijay Sharma invest in?
Vijay Sharma typically joins rounds of $440k–$3.6M at Seed, $150k–$482k at Angel and $2.4M–$8M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Vijay Sharma's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Vijay Sharma took part in.
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When did Vijay Sharma last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Vijay Sharma closed in Oct 2026. Shizune tracks 81 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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