Founder at Venture Catalysts · Joined 2016
View Live Interactive Profile →Apoorva Ranjan Sharma is listed as Founder on the Venture Catalysts team page, where his name is rendered "Dr. Apoorva Rajan Sharma". Forbes India names him as the founder of Venture Catalysts and as a co-founder of 9Unicorns, the accelerator fund launched in August 2019 alongside Anil Jain, Anuj Golecha and Gaurav Jain, and Inc42 describes him as cofounder of 100Unicorns and managing director of Venture Catalysts. Entrepreneur India reports that he started his own venture firm, Venture Nursery, in 2012 before Venture Catalysts. He is a co-founder of Beams Fintech Fund and was quoted as such in the April 2022 announcement of that fund's Rs 270 crore first close. Zauba Corp filing records show him appointed a director of Venture Catalysts Private Limited on 30 September 2016 under DIN 00873790. He is quoted as Venture Catalysts' founder in the January 2026 reporting of the firm's exit from Pee Safe. Education is left empty because the two sources found disagree: the ICAI MSME profile page states a PhD and a diploma in mentoring studies from UC Berkeley, while a third-party startup blog states a doctorate from Amity Business School and a diploma in mentoring from UC Berkeley Haas.