About
I am a computer science researcher, engineer, and angel investor in the Seattle tech industry. I have been with Microsoft Research for over 13 years, working on advanced & applied research in mobile computing, networking, and cloud services. I have advanced the state-of-the-art in several technical areas, including scalable cloud services, network traffic management, latency in multiplayer games, and geo-distributed online services. I have co-authored over 35 academic publications with over 4500 citations, and co-invented over 40 issued patents. I have served on over 40 committees for international conferences, workshops, journals and the NSF. I have worked closely with Microsoft business groups in my research, and have impacted Microsoft products, including Windows 10 and Windows Phone 8. Together with a small team of researchers and engineers, I've designed, implemented and stood up a scalable service on Azure that has served over 21 million users. I was recently named an ACM Disti
Position in the VCSift Database
- • 121 investors at Microsoft are tracked.
- • 1 investors hold the Senior Principal Researcher role in VCSift. Sharad Agarwal is one of them.
- • 1,032 investors are based in Seattle, Washington, United States.
Data sourced from 410,343 investor profiles. Updated July 2026.
Investment Focus
- Stages
- seed
- Location
- Seattle, US
Contact Information
Find more investors like Sharad
Search Investors