Ray Sharma

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Anandpur Sahib, Punjab, India
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Alma materUniversity of Western Ontario; Ivey Business School
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Ray Sharma is a Canadian venture capitalist and entrepreneur. He co-founded Extreme Venture Partners and founded XMG Studio.[1][2][3]

Early life and education

Sharma was born in Anandpur Sahib, Punjab, India.[4] He received a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from the Ivey Business School at the University of Western Ontario.[5]

Career

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.[6][7]

In 2007, he co-founded Extreme Venture Partners, an early-stage venture capital firm in Toronto.[8] He later co-founded Xtreme Labs, a mobile app development firm that was acquired by Pivotal Labs in 2013.[9] Sharma co-founded Extreme Accelerator which offered funding, mentorship, and resources for startups relocating to Canada.[10] In 2009, he founded XMG Studio, a mobile game developer and publisher.[11] In 2012, Sharma oversaw the development of the prototype "Matchbox" created in a hackathon within Xtreme Labs, subsequently renamed Tinder.

Other roles

Sharma has spoken at mobile industry events including Interactive Ontario's iP3 Forum, the 2013 Milken Institute Global Conference, the 2012 Application Developers Conference hosted by Scotia Capital, and the 2010 CTIA Mobile Web and Apps World Forum.[12][13] In February 2013, Sharma participated in a discussion panel with Tony Clement and other entrepreneurs and developers over the open data made available by the Canadian government.[14][15] Through XMG Studio, he founded The Great Canadian Appathon in 2011, an app-building competition for Canadian university students.[16][17][18][19][20]

Sharma is also a guest author for Pocket Gamer and The Globe and Mail.[21][22][23][24][25][26][27] He has also served on the Ontario Judicial Council, the Government of Canada's Advisory Panel on Open Government and the Royal Ontario Museum's Board of Trustees.[28][29] He is also the creator of the Canadian Open Data Experience (CODE), which is Canada's largest open data hackathon.[30][31][32] In 2015, Sharma co-founded Hackergal - a not-for-profit organization that aims to introduce young girls to coding.[33] In that same year, he also co-founded Hackworks, a Toronto-based company that specializes in executing hackathons and open innovation events.[34]

In 2019, an Ontario Superior Court ruling found that Chamath Palihapitiya and two former partners at Extreme Venture Partners conspired to hide an interest in dating app Tinder as part of a sale of shares in Xtreme Labs - resulting in the three paying $15.69 million to Extreme Venture Partner's current partners and co-founders, and ruling in favor of Sharma.[35][36]

Since 2020, Sharma has sat on the Technical Advisory Committee at the Duality Accelerator at the University of Chicago. In 2024, he was given the Ivey Alumni Achievement Award.[6]

Recognition

Sharma received the 2024 Ivey Alumni Achievement Award from the Ivey Business School.[37]

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ray Sharma, Extreme Venture Partners: Profile and Biography". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Montigny, Philippe de (12 August 2014). "A second wind: Extreme Venture Partners looks to 'import' entrepreneurs, invest in IoT, Big Data". Financial Post. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ray Sharma talks about mobile, apps and games". The Globe and Mail. 14 November 2010. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kannan, Indira (21 November 2011). "XMG Studio scouts for partner in India". Business Standard India. Business Standard. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."2024 Ivey Alumni Achievement Award Recipient Ray Sharma, HBA '96". Ivey Business School. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
  6. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."2024 Ivey Alumni Achievement Award Recipient Ray Sharma, HBA '96". Ivey Business School. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Austen, Ian (29 January 2013). "BlackBerry 10 Critical to Research in Motion". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Montigny, Philippe de (12 August 2014). "A second wind: Extreme Venture Partners looks to 'import' entrepreneurs, invest in IoT, Big Data". Financial Post. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
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  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Keung, Nicholas (16 June 2017). "Software startup abandons Trump's U.S. for 'welcoming' Toronto". The Toronto Star. ISSN 0319-0781. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
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  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Portable Media and the Business and Technology of iDevices". Media Caster. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Developers speak: BlackBerry is making great progress". CrackBerry. 11 May 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."TBS Prez Tony Clement talks open data at 'first ever' ministerial Google+ hangout". CBC News. Archived from the original on 31 July 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Tony Clement discusses open data during Google+ hangout". Global News. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
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  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hartley, Matt (17 February 2011). "National Post teams up with XMG Studio to launch first ever Great Canadian Appathon". Financial Post. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
  18. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Can an Appathon create the next big thing in one weekend?". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
  19. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Great Canadian Appathon [4] Awards $35,000 To Student Game Makers". 14 February 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  20. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hutchison, Bill (20 March 2011). "WebMania: Students compete at Great Canadian Appathon". Toronto. Archived from the original on 23 February 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  21. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."XMG Studio's Ray Sharma points to the creative power of 48 hours hackathons". Pocket Gamer.biz. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
  22. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sharma, Ray (18 April 2016). "By sitting on the sidelines in fintech, Canada risks losing golden reputation in banking". The Globe and Mail.
  23. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Can start-ups get what they need from Canada's venture capital ecosystem?". The Globe and Mail. 14 November 2010. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  24. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sharma, Ray (14 May 2015). "Why I got rid of my Apple Watch in less than a week". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  25. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Akkad, Omar El (5 October 2011). "Steve Jobs: the man who changed your world". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  26. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Tiny entertainment cost-per-hour is the secret of apps' success, says XMG's Ray Sharma". Pocket Gamer. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  27. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Apps are eating the global wireless spectrum, warns XMG's Ray Sharma". Pocket Gamer. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  28. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Archived - Open Government Engagement Team". www.ontario.ca. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  29. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."ROM Trustees". Royal Ontario Museum. Archived from the original on 23 June 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
  30. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Minister Clement Celebrates the Launch of CODE". Reuters. 28 February 2014. Archived from the original on 26 March 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
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  33. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Andrea Woo (10 December 2018). "Bonding over bots: Hackergal teaches Canadian girls about coding". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  34. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."SideDrawer attracts venture industry and technology veteran Ray Sharma to its Board of Directors". blog.sidedrawer.com. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  35. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ontario judge rules against Xtreme Labs co-founders, Chamath Palihapitiya in Tinder-focused lawsuit | BetaKit". 15 May 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
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