Dr. Apoorv Ranjan Sharma is the Co-Founder of Venture Catalysts, a seed investment firm. He is responsible for driving the strategic planning and overseeing the overall functioning of the organisation. He holds an Electrical Engineering degree from Harcourt Butler Technological Institute, Kanpur, and an MBA from Asia Pacific Institute of Management, New Delhi along with a Diploma in Mentoring Start-ups from University of California, Berkeley.