Mahavir Pratap Sharma — Co-Founder

"Serial entrepreneur, Angel investor and now a VC, part of many social organisations; exudes passion in angel investing, has leadership traits and loves mentoring." Schooling at St. Xavier's and Science graduation in Jaipur, went to the US and worked in the international trading market for 6 formative years. Currently or have held these key positions: 1) General Partner at newly launched Swishin Ventures (www.swishin.vc), a SEBI registered CAT 1 fund investing in idea/early stage startups in India, mostly Tier 2-3 India (Bharat). 2) Past Chair of TiE Global Board of Trustees (www.tie.org) for the year 2020 (The first Asian to achieve this), and past Vice Chair of the year 2019, and Board of Trustee for the 8 years (2011-14, 2017-2020) 2) Co-founder n Chairman of Rajasthan Angel Innovator Network (RAIN), an angel investor network of Rajasthan (www.rainjaipur.co.in). Mentor and director on many startups. 4) Founding Chair of TiE India Angels (TIA), an initiative of TiE Global. 5) Founding Vice-chairman of Rajasthan Export Promotion Council (REPC) 6) Founder/Owner at Oscar Expo Design LLP - Manufacturing n exports of Carpets (www.oscarexpo.com) for over the last few of decades. 7) Founder/Owner at Swishin Events LLP - An Event Management, Marketing and PR firm (www.swishin.in) which creates events par excellence and is part of the founding team of many flagship events in Jaipur. 8) Co-founder and Director at Jaipur jewellery Show (www.jaipurjewelleryshow.org), a non-profit to promote Gems n Jewellery from Jaipur. 9) Co-Founder and Managing Director at Jaipur Kaleen park Ltd (JKPL)- An Industrial park, which is proposed to be a first ever Eco-friendly and non-polluting carpet and textile park near Jaipur. 10) Co-Founder and Director at Hari Om Decor aka S. Raja (www.sraja.in) started with 2 fellow exporters, a chain of retail floor coverings store across India. 11) Director at Art Summit India Pvt. Ltd. (www.jaipurartsummit.in) 12) Founder/Investor/Mentor of Swishin Technologies LLP, a fully automated startup revolutionising the Indian machinery tools industry replacing imports. In the past I've also been: - Chairman, Carpet Export Promotion Council, the apex body of Handmade carpet industry in India under the aegis of The Textile Ministry, GOI from 2017-19. - Managing Trustee at Jaipur Virasat Foundation (www.jaipurvirasatfoundation.org). - President, Rajasthan Carpet Manufacturers and Exporters Association ""Mentoring, supporting and investing in early stage startups, is like investing in the future of the nation.""

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned entrepreneur and investor in the startup ecosystem, focusing on early-stage ventures.

Location: Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Experience: 33 yrs 7 mos