# Kartikeya Sharma > Early Stage Venture Capital - Amazon Location: New York, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/kartikeyasharma Kartik overlooks Seed at AWS VC & Startup Ecosystem in New York, US, previously India and South Asia. Working with highest potential AI companies (backed by Amazon and top tier VCs and Super Angels) to help build their venture leveraging Amazon & AWS for their Business (startup program & accelerators), Technical (product specialists), Funding (6 Amazon CVC funds) and GTM (Customer, Enterprise and Expert introductions) needs. Prior to AWS, Kartik was managing a family office fund with $400 Million AUM as of 2020, investing in 29 portfolio firms across US, UK and India, investing in Seed rounds. Kartik was also a founding team member and VP at Kloud9, a Cloud & AI product suite firm, with ARR scaling $110 Million + ARR and securing clients like Nike, Sephora, Michael Kors, Kohls etc. Angel Investor in US and India startups. Previous Consulting experience at Deloitte, Grant Thornton, KPMG specializing in Retail, Cloud Engineering, Data Science, Private Equity, and TMT.⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ## Work Experience ### Senior - Venture Capital (Seed/Series A) @ Amazon Web Services (AWS) Jan 2025 – Present | New York, United States Seed / Series A Venture Capital + Super Angels ### Venture Capital - Seed @ Amazon Web Services (AWS) Jan 2022 – Jan 2025 | New York, United States ### Early Stage VC - India @ Amazon Web Services (AWS) Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Leading Growth of AWS VC & Startup Ecosystem in West & North India including metropolitans like Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore. Running AWS Startup Programs, Accelerators and Funds. Partnering with VC’s, Accelerators and Incubators to help Startups realise their true potential utilising AWS tools and platform and working closely with AWS Startups with their GTM Strategy, Funding and Technical requirements. ### Angel Investor @ Cerebras Jan 2026 – Present ### Investor @ Various Startups Jan 2020 – Present Investor in SpaceX, XAi, Ramp, Paladin Drones, Cerebras System, Replit, Baubap, Tavus, Revv, SoIn Dosahouse, Mobident etc. ### Angel Investor @ xAI Jan 2025 – Present ### Angel Investor @ Replit Jan 2025 – Present ### Angel Investor @ Paladin Jan 2025 – Present ### Angel Investor @ Tavus Jan 2025 – Present ### Angel Investor @ SpaceX Jan 2025 – Present ### Angel Investor @ Ramp Jan 2025 – Present ### Angel Investor @ Baubap Jan 2025 – Present ### Co-Founder (Non Profit) @ Sustainable India Initiative Jan 2020 – Present | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Driving initiatives to increase awareness around Sustainability in India and working with volunteers around providing pro bono services like legal and financing to clean tech and impact Startups. We are further working with the Govt of India to re-develop previously abandoned villages of Uttarakhand and make them more sustainable all around. ### Investor @ Kloud9 LLC Jan 2017 – Jan 2020 | London Area, United Kingdom ### Founding Team & VP- Strategy @ Kloud9 LLC Jan 2017 – Jan 2020 | Bengaluru Area, India • As the founding team, led the company to $100M ARR company within 4 years. • VP of Strategic Consulting to Fortune 500 Retailers on their Retail journey across Digital and Omnichannel experience, Data Science & Cloud, Advanced Analytics, Supply chain optimisation, Pricing & Promotions. • Consulting Retailers like Nike, KOHL’s, Barnes & Noble, Walmart, Michael Kors, AEO, Hudson Bay, AutoZone, ToysRus to name a few, most of which were acquired as clients by my team. • Heading the Strategic Consulting, Sales & Marketing teams at Kloud9 since its inception. Leading a team of 120+ people on Digital Transformation projects. ### Principal @ Dangold Investment Corp Jan 2017 – Jan 2020 | Greater New York City Area • Managing Dangold’s US-India Tech fund with over $400 Million AUM. The fund is focused towards Pre Seed & Seed investments in Sustainable (Finance, Data, B2C), Retail, Tech (AI, RPA, Blockchain), F&B, Healthcare companies. • Heavy focus on ESG Investing & Sustainability Consulting. • Strategic & Operational Partner to 16+ portfolio firms across India, US & UK, accelerating their growth. • Leading a team focusing on Sourcing Deals, commercial due diligence, raising capital and restructuring. ### Director - Finance @ Echidna Jan 2017 – Jan 2020 | Greater New York City Area • Heading the Strategy & Finance departments of Echidna. • Incharge of Growth, New Adoptions & Technologies and to set goals for service lines across the firm • Working directly with the CFO of the firm, provided leadership to the boards financial and accounting strategy, to optimise the companies financial position. Overall accountability of the firms accounting & finance function ### Board Observer @ BeON Home Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | New York, United States ### Board Observer @ Do Good Spirits Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | New York, United States ### Board Observer @ MobiDent Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India ### Board Observer @ Revv Self Drive Car Rental Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India ### Vice President - Strategy & Operations @ Charles Hudson Technology Solutions Inc Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Greater Boston Area • Heading Strategy & Operations at Charles Hudson • Leading Client Operations and Relationship teams out of Boston, consulting Retail clients. • Acquired clients like ToysRus, Autozone, TBC, Falabella, Liverpool, John Lewis & Louis Vuitton • Initially formed and developed the Finance, Marketing, Sales, Legal teams in India ### Business Technology Analyst @ Deloitte U.S. India offices Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | New Delhi Area, India • Worked as a part of the Business & Risk Advisory team with several fortune 500 technology clients such as Microsoft, IBM, Disney, Oracle etc and help them manage client risks plus assisting in the compliance check process for software requirements • Worked with the IBM team and audited their Software Asset Management (SAM) accounts • Created daily Hardware, Software, VmWare, SPSS, ELP files on over 100 projects within a one year period • Created daily and weekly progress scorecards for teams in US, Belgium and Sweden • Lead of the software licensing team based out of Delhi and collaborated with other global team leads and managers on the same. • Created and managed project related daily trackers and weekly performance evaluators while working closely with our senior on the team ### Credit Risk Analyst @ JPMorgan Chase & Co. Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | London, Greater London, United Kingdom • Analysing credit risk of clients and carrying out established credit management processes • Using existing credit scoring models assist developing new ones with IT team • Applying credit limit techniques & analysing the impact of current ones / alternatives • Improve the existing due diligence process to prevent fraud and Identifying areas where automation is possible ### Founder and CEO @ One Card Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Delhi, India Co-Founded One Card, a single debit card that stores all your debit cards in one place, to effectively manage all cards and transactions. Prototype ready startup, was unable to secure funding as VC’s lacked belief in 2 young founders :) ## Education ### Masters in Management in Finance, General UCL ### Sustainable Business Strategies - Polcies and Framework Harvard Business School ### Bachelor of Commerce - BCom Hons in Business/Commerce, General Sri Venkateswara College, Delhi University ### High School in Business/Commerce, General Delhi Public School Vasant Kunj ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kartikeyaasharma --- Source: https://flows.cv/kartikeyasharma JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/kartikeyasharma/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-07