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Abhishek Sharma

Abhishek Sharma

Managing Director at NexusVP, helping ambitious technical AI builders

Menlo Park, CA
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Joined January 2025
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Abhishek Sharma is an experienced venture capitalist, serving as a Managing Director at Nexus Venture Partners since 2015. He specializes in identifying and nurturing product-led growth (PLG) and open-source companies, advising technical founders on Go-To-Market (GTM) strategies based on bottom-up adoption. nexusvp+3
Prior to his venture capital career, Abhishek was a founder himself, co-founding HelloIntern.com, an internship portal, from 2006 to 2012. He also gained experience in partnerships at eBay and as an Associate at Booz & Company, a global strategy consulting firm, where he advised companies in the U.S., India, and the Middle East. nexusvp+3
His extensive board and investor roles reflect a deep engagement across various technology sectors, including AI, software development, and connected vehicles. He is a founding investor or board member in numerous companies like GrowthBook, Gumloop, StackBlitz, Apollo.io, Orkes, Ultrahuman, Neuron7.ai, Daloopa, OpenObserve, ZITADEL, TileDB, and Sibros. nfx+3
Abhishek holds a strong academic background with a B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering and an M.Tech in CAD & Automation from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, and an MBA from Harvard Business School. nexusvp+3

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Writing

WhatsApp — Value Capture, Deferred!

A case of "deferred value capture," where WhatsApp's acquisition by Facebook in 2014 was a surprise to many, exploring the strategy behind it.

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Oct 28, 2025

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is one of the go-to people they know for hands-on work with autonomous AI agents.

Sep 16, 2025

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is one of the best early-stage (seed/Series-A) investors they've seen for AI infrastructure startups.

Jul 2, 2025