Aakanksha Sharma

General Catalyst India I IIML I SRCC

📍 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India🔄 Updated September 2026💼 4 investments📅 12 years investing🗓 Last invested Dec 2018
VC🌍 India
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Board Member
Dec 2018
One Solution for all your financial troubles! Lendbox is a leading Peer-to-Peer lending platform based in New Delhi,India. #GetWealthSoon In this growing global market, getting in touch with potential lenders and borrowers is challenging and this is where LENDBOX comes into play. LENDBOX is an online Marketplace where potential lenders invest in credit-verified borrowers. LENDBOX assists lenders throughout the process from risk assessment, verification, fraud checks, documentation, collections and recovery. We have some great offers lined up when you register with us. Do Follow us for more news and important announcements...
Board Observer
May 2018
Leixir Dental Laboratory Group is a network of full-service state-of-the-art dental labs which offer a complete range of leading-edge dental products. Our labs are located strategically to provide dentists with superior services. Our labs represent a perfect balance between innovative technology and traditional methods. We are the leader in state-of-the-art cosmetic and restorative dentistry, and our labs are committed to providing you the best, most up-to-date products and services. We offer a complete range of crown & bridge, implant, surgical guides, dentures and even provide intraoral scanners to our dentists. Our CAD/CAM systems enable us to create dental restorations, from the initial design to the completed case. Every Leixir Dental Group laboratory within our network provides the advanced technology and dental solutions to help grow your practice.
Board Member
Feb 2016
ftcash is a fast growing financial technology venture which aims to empower micro-merchants, small businesses, retail chains and home based entrepreneurs with the power of mobile payments. The vision is to enable offline payment transactions quickly by aggregating all payment methods including credit cards, debit cards and mobile wallets (such as Paytm, Mobikwik etc), PayPal under one channel. Started in June 2015, after a successful launch in Powai, ftcash expanded to all areas of Mumbai by acquiring over 1,000 merchants across various segments such as milkman, newspaper agents, travel agents, coaching institutes etc. The team comprises of CXOs from Deutsche Bank, KPMG, World Bank among others with a pedigree from Wharton Business School, Harvard University, SRCC, IIT Bombay etc. ftcash is backed by PayPal, as it was adjudged the winner at Start Tank Challenge. We were selected for the prestigious Village Capital program and featured on CNBC on their Young Turks Program. We were adjudged as the Winners among the HOT 100 Technology Startups by KPMG. ftcash has been widely covered in media across Times of India, Business Standard, YourStory etc. ftcash was funded by IvyCap Ventures and several marquee international angel investors. Please refer to www.ftcash.com for more details. Problem and ftcash Solution Please visit: https://youtu.be/8wBBGEnuBOk and https://youtu.be/EOlQkqOQ8co .
Experience · 9 entries
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2024
Principal
Aug 2024
We partner with the world’s most ambitious entrepreneurs to drive resilience and applied AI. We support founders with a long-term view who challenge the status quo, partnering with them from seed to growth stage and beyond. With offices in the US, Europe, and India, we have supported the growth of 800+ businesses, including Airbnb, Anduril, Anthropic, Applied Intuition, Commure, Glean, Gusto, Helsing, Hubspot, Kayak, Livongo, Mistral, Ramp, Samsara, Snap, Stripe, Sword, and Zepto. For more information, visit: www.generalcatalyst.com.
2020
Principal
Apr 2020
Venture Highway teams up with the next generation of entrepreneurs by providing guidance and capital to early stage nascent ideas in technology We are looking to team up with founders who demonstrate a passion and ability to create world-class businesses. If you’ve got the ability, drive, desire, passion, perseverance and all that ‘good’ (but really really painful) stuff then you’ve reached the right place.
2018
Board Member
Dec 2018
One Solution for all your financial troubles! Lendbox is a leading Peer-to-Peer lending platform based in New Delhi,India. #GetWealthSoon In this growing global market, getting in touch with potential lenders and borrowers is challenging and this is where LENDBOX comes into play. LENDBOX is an online Marketplace where potential lenders invest in credit-verified borrowers. LENDBOX assists lenders throughout the process from risk assessment, verification, fraud checks, documentation, collections and recovery. We have some great offers lined up when you register with us. Do Follow us for more news and important announcements...
Board Observer
May 2018
Leixir Dental Laboratory Group is a network of full-service state-of-the-art dental labs which offer a complete range of leading-edge dental products. Our labs are located strategically to provide dentists with superior services. Our labs represent a perfect balance between innovative technology and traditional methods. We are the leader in state-of-the-art cosmetic and restorative dentistry, and our labs are committed to providing you the best, most up-to-date products and services. We offer a complete range of crown & bridge, implant, surgical guides, dentures and even provide intraoral scanners to our dentists. Our CAD/CAM systems enable us to create dental restorations, from the initial design to the completed case. Every Leixir Dental Group laboratory within our network provides the advanced technology and dental solutions to help grow your practice.
2016
Vice President
Apr 2016
IvyCap Ventures Advisors Private Limited | SEBI Regn. Link :https://lnkd.in/gjWzCq72 Founded in 2011, IvyCap Ventures is one of Indias leading homegrown venture capital funds leveraging IIT and IIM alumni ecosystems to power the Indian startup ecosystem and build market leaders. Headquartered in Mumbai with presence  in Delhi, Bengaluru, the US, and Singapore, the company has managed assets of over USD 650 million (INR 6000 crore). It has made investments in 65+ companies across sectors such as HealthTech, ConsumerTech, DeepTech (SaaS, AI/ML, IoT), FinTech, EdTech, Emerging (AgriTech, EV), and others. The current portfolio includes the household names like Purplle, Snitch, BlueStone, Miko, MoM, Dhruva Space, Lissun, and more. It is a sector-agnostic fund stemming from the strong belief in people’s power to spark innovation & disruption. The firm believes in Investing in early-stage companies with differentiated business models and strong unit economics. It invests in early to growth stage startups (Seed Pre-series A, Series A, and Series B) that are building innovative technology-based products, services & business solutions and have the potential to scale and adapt to lead in a cut-throat market. IvyCap Ventures is India’s first homegrown VC fund to have successfully created a dragon company. Further, as a homegrown VC fund, it is proud to have IIT alumni as anchor investors and more than 25 institutional investors investing across the funds.  IvyCapVentures is built on strong governance supported by industry leaders & IIT/IIM faculty as the Board of Advisors. The firm takes pride in successfully creating India’s first Endowment Fund at IIT Delhi which was launched by Hon. President of India in Oct 2019 and is the only VC fund where a significant part of the Fund Manager’s profits goes back as Endowment to the IITs and IIMs.  SEBI Reg. No. see link → https://www.ivycapventures.com/
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