Paras Sharma
InvestorPrincipal, Climate Tech Fund, BDC Capital at BDC Venture Capital · Principal at BDC Fund Investments (Fund-of-Funds)
Greater Vancouver Metropolitan Area
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About
Paras Sharma is a Principal with the Climate Tech Fund at BDC Capital. His background includes impact investing, investment banking, and renewable project financing. He holds an MBA from INSEAD.
Experience
- BDCPrincipalcurrent2026 — presentVancouver, BC
- InBC Investment Corp.Principal2025 — 2026Vancouver, BC
- Enspire DBS Therapy, Inc.Board Observer2025
- Feldan TherapeuticsBoard Observer2024 — 2025
- CryoStasisBoard Observer2023 — 2025
- VERALOX TherapeuticsBoard Observer2021 — 2025
- Genesys CapitalPrincipal2020 — 2025Greater Toronto Area, Canada
- adMare BioInnovationsAnalyst, Search & Evaluation2018 — 2020Vancouver, Canada Area
- Creative Destruction LabVenture Manager2017Vancouver, Canada Area
- L.E.K. ConsultingManagement Consultant (Universal Consulting Pvt Ltd)2016
- EisaiScientist2014 — 2016Greater Boston Area
- Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Associate II Cellular Sciences2013 — 2014Hartford, Connecticut Area
- The Wistar InstituteGraduate Research Assistant (MONTANER Lab)2012 — 20133900 Spruce Philadelphia
- Penn Medicine (University of Pennsylvania Health System)Researcher I (HUA LAB)2011 — 20133451 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Skills & more
RT-PCR1Western BlotFlowCytometryELISA10SDS PageMammalian Cell Culture3Tissue Culture3ImmunoprecipitationDNA extraction4Bacterial Transformation2Transient Transfection3Consulting1
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GenotypingGel ElectrophoresisWestern BlottingFlow CytometryCellPCRAssay DevelopmentCell CultureGene KnowckdownGene overexpressionIdentifying Novel Therapeutic TargetsMidi-PrepLanguages English · German · Hindi
- Introduction to Financial Accounting (Wharton) — Coursera
- Entrepreneurship and Healthcare in Emerging Economies (HBS) — edX
From Paras's professional profile.
Colleagues at BDC Venture Capital
Aadit Parikh
Associate Director at BDC Fund Investments (Fund-of-Funds)
Aashna Kumar
Associate Principal at BDC Fund Investments (Fund-of-Funds)
Aditya Aggarwal
Senior Managing Partner at BDC Venture Capital
Alexa Goldhar
Senior Analyst at BDC Fund Investments (Fund-of-Funds)
Alexander Fried
Principal at BDC Venture Capital
Alexandra Hastings
Associate at BDC Fund Investments (Fund-of-Funds)
Alexandre Préfontaine
Principal at BDC Venture Capital
Alroy Almeida
Associate Principal at BDC Fund Investments (Fund-of-Funds)
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Paras Sharma?
- Paras Sharma is a Principal with the Climate Tech Fund at BDC Capital. His background includes impact investing, investment banking, and renewable project financing. He holds an MBA from INSEAD.
- Where does Paras Sharma work?
- Paras Sharma is Principal, Climate Tech Fund, BDC Capital at BDC Venture Capital.
- Where did Paras Sharma go to school?
- Paras Sharma studied at University of Pennsylvania (Masters of Science, Oncology I HIV); The University of British Columbia (Master of Business Administration (MBA), Strategy & Finance); Amity University Gurugram (Bachelor of Technology, Biotechnology).
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Also attended The University of British Columbia446
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Shared employers
Also worked at adMare BioInnovations7
Danielle KarakasAnalyst at Lumira VenturesLaurence RulleauManaging Partner at CTI Life Sciences Fund L.P.Nancy HarrisonVenture Partner at Amplitude Venture CapitalPatricia EscoffierPrincipal at Seido CapitalBarry GeeDirector, Public Affairs at Toronto Innovation Acceleration PartnersDavid ShinDirector, Research & Investments at DRI Healthcare
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Also worked at Creative Destruction Lab203
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Also worked at Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.11
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