Akshat Sharma

Location

Berkeley, CA
New Delhi, India
Education
    University of California-Berkeley
    August 2022 - May 2025
    degree
    Bachelor's
    majors
    Computer Science
    Economics
Work Experience
    Berkeley Blockchain Xcelerator
    Investment Fellow
    Berkeley, CA, US
    November 2023 - present
    company
    Berkeley Blockchain Xcelerator
    title
    Investment Fellow
    overview
    - Selected as one of 8 investment fellows in one of the best university-based Blockchain Accelerators with $620m follow-on capital - Reviewed and evaluated 150+ startup applications with core blockchain use cases, with products ranging from DeFi to zkml to distributed computing networks with 10 other reviewers to select the final cohort for this year - Working with a portfolio company - Belong Network (web2.0 friendly token gating solution) to raise their $4m seed round
    Berkeley Venture Capital
    Investment Analyst
    Berkeley, CA, US
    January 2023 - present
    Nomadic Venture Partners
    Venture Capital Analyst
    Berkeley, CA, US
    May 2023 - August 2023
    FundRace.net
    Founder
    New Delhi, IN-DL, IN
    November 2021 - May 2023
Skills
Acquisition of CustomersArtificial IntelligenceBlockchainBusiness PartnershipsBusiness ValuationCisco Nexus SwitchesCommunication SkillsConsultingContract ManagementData ScienceData StructuresDifferential EquationsDisbursementDiscounted Cash FlowDistributed SystemsDue DiligenceEconomyEntrepreneurshipFinancial AnalysisFinancial StocksForecasting SkillsFriendlinessHealth CareInformation TechnologyJava (Programming Language)Knowledge of CampaignsKnowledge of EngineeringKnowledge of FinanceKnowledge of MathematicsKnowledge of StatisticsLeadershipLinear AlgebraMacroeconomicsManufacturingMarketingMarket ResearchMarket ShareMemosMergers and AcquisitionsMicroeconomicsMicrosoft ExcelMoney InvestmentsNumerical AnalysisProject SponsorshipsPromotional MerchandisePython (Programming Language)RecruitmentRequirements AnalysisSecurities ResearchSmart ContractsSQL DatabasesStrategies of MarketingSupply Chain ManagementTeachingTeam WorkingVenture CapitalVisual C++ (Programming Language)Web 2.0