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Ray Sharma
Photo: Mark Wang at XMG Studio Inc., CC0, via Wikimedia Commons9

Ray Sharma

Indian businessman1

Ray Sharma is a Canadian venture capitalist and entrepreneur. He co-founded Extreme Venture Partners and founded XMG Studio.2

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Born Dec 25, 1973.1

Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedIvey Business School3
  • Date not recordedUniversity of Western Ontario3

Sharma was born in Anandpur Sahib, Punjab, India. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from the Ivey Business School at the University of Western Ontario.

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Career

Occupation: entrepreneur.5

He was ranked among the top technology analysts in Greenwich and Brendan Woods International surveys of fund managers for five of eight eligible years, and covered BlackBerry, Handspring, and other technology companies.

In 2007, he co-founded Extreme Venture Partners, an early-stage venture capital firm in Toronto. He later co-founded Xtreme Labs, a mobile app development firm that was acquired by Pivotal Labs in 2013. Sharma co-founded Extreme Accelerator which offered funding, mentorship, and resources for startups relocating to Canada. In 2009, he founded XMG Studio, a mobile game developer and publisher. In 2012, Sharma oversaw the development of the prototype "Matchbox" created in a hackathon within Xtreme Labs, subsequently renamed Tinder.

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Personal life

  • BornDec 25, 1973, Anandpur Sahib6
  • CitizenshipIndia7

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