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Nitin Sharma

Nitin Sharma

Accelerator

Partner, Co-Head India & Global Web3 Lead, Antler India

NEA and Lightbox veteran co-building Antler India

Bengaluru, India$100K–$1.5M checks3 notable investments
Pre-SeedSeed
WebsiteLinkedIn𝕏@nitinsharma1Antler IndiaCrunchbase
AIConsumerFintechCrypto

Background

Nitin Sharma is Partner and Co-Head for India at Antler and Global Web3 Lead. He founded FirstPrinciples VC (35+ startups), was founding team principal at Lightbox Ventures, and invested in the US at NEA. A Wharton MBA, he advises NITI Aayog on frontier tech and serves on India advisory boards of AngelList and USC Viterbi. He has backed Fynd, Third Wave Coffee, Vyapar, and Kutumb.

Investment Thesis

Pre-seed conviction in web3, AI, and India consumer; 15 years backing unreasonable outliers.

Investment Focus

Stages

Pre-SeedSeed

Typical check: $100K–$1.5M

Sectors

AIConsumerFintechCrypto

Based in: Bengaluru, India (Asia)

Notable Investments

Fynd

fashion commerce, acquired by Reliance

Third Wave Coffee

specialty coffee chain

Vyapar

SMB accounting software

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Last updated: Jun 11, 2026