# Anshu Sharma

> Anshu Sharma is the co-founder and CEO of Skyflow, which provides data privacy vaults and controls for sensitive information across applications, AI models and agents. He previously worked in data and identity at Oracle and in product and strategy at Salesforce, served as a venture partner at Storm Ventures, and invested in companies including Nutanix, Algolia, Workato, Tekion and Razorpay.

- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO at Skyflow
- **Organizations:** Skyflow, Salesforce, Oracle, Storm Ventures, Clearedin, Suki, Prekari Labs
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.Tech in Computer Science, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, M.S. in Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- **Known for:** Co-founded Skyflow in 2019., Invested in more than 50 startups, according to Skyflow’s public biography., Portfolio includes Nutanix, Algolia, Workato, Tekion and Razorpay.

## Career timeline

- **1996** — Graduated from IIT Kharagpur with a B.Tech in Computer Science.
- **Before 2007** — Worked at Oracle on data and identity software.
- **2007** — Joined Salesforce; subsequently served in vice president roles covering product, strategy, identity, security and user data management.
- **2016** — Published investment and software strategy essays while a venture partner at Storm Ventures.
- **2018** — Discussed founder-market fit and his role as chairman and founder of Clearedin in a March interview.
- **2019** — Co-founded Skyflow.
- **2024** — Skyflow announced $30 million in funding led by Khosla Ventures.
- **2025** — Included in Business Insider’s Seed 100 investor list.
- **2026** — Discussed Skyflow’s work on AI runtime data control in a September Foundation Capital interview.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Skyflow in 2019.
- Invested in more than 50 startups, according to Skyflow’s public biography.
- Portfolio includes Nutanix, Algolia, Workato, Tekion and Razorpay.
- Named to the 2025 Business Insider Seed 100.
- Selected for IIT Kharagpur’s Distinguished Alumnus Award 2026, as announced by its computer science department.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Appeared on Foundation Capital’s B2BaCEO interview with Ashu Garg on AI data security, company culture and marketing.
- **2026-08** — Skyflow announced runtime data control for enterprise AI search on August 25.

## Links

- Website: https://www.anshublog.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/toanshu
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/anshublog

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Last updated: 2026-10-27