Tarun Sharma is a dynamic venture leader, TEDx speaker and storyteller who helps organisations turn emerging technologies into real, scalable businesses. He currently serves as Partner & COO at Nokia Ventures, where he works hands-on with founders, intrapreneurs and CXOs to build and accelerate high‑growth, technology‑driven companies.
With more than 20 years of experience in venture investing, venture building, fund management and corporate innovation, Tarun brings a rare combination of startup grit and Fortune 100 perspective from leadership roles at Microsoft, IBM and Nokia. On stage he shares practical lessons from working across accelerators, incubators and venture projects, focusing on how to de‑risk innovation, design ventures for scale and build resilient, high‑performing teams in an uncertain market.