Pranav Sharma

Co-Founder & General Partner at Woodstock Fund and Senior Executive Officer at Agna Capital

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Pranav Sharma is the Senior Executive Officer at Agna Capital Limited, a DFSA-regulated venture capital firm based in DIFC. Agna backs DeepTech startups across Aerospace, National Security, Life Sciences, and Climate Tech, with a focus on emerging markets.

Pranav is a three-time fund manager. Before Agna, he founded Woodstock in 2019, one of the earliest Web3-focused VC funds. At Woodstock, he led 80+ investments and 18 exits, managing an AUM of USD 100+ million.

Agna builds on that experience, expanding beyond decentralised tech into broader deep science and engineering. Pranav combines domain expertise in mechanical engineering, manufacturing, and renewable energy with institutional investment experience.

He previously held leadership roles in structured finance and asset management, including as Pan-India Head of SME Business at Aditya Birla Capital. He has a Mechanical Engineering degree from Vishwakarma Institute of Technology (Pune University) and an MBA from the Asian Institute of Management (Philippines) and HEC Paris.

Agna Capital Limited is now progressing FY25 with a DFSA Fund Manager licence.