Shikha Ahluwalia

Shikha Ahluwalia is an Associate at Balderton Capital based in Berlin, Germany, where she focuses on venture capital investments across the DACH region. Before joining the firm in 2021, she spent six years in Asia as the founder of SBL, scaling it into India's largest vertically integrated direct-to-consumer women's fashion e-commerce platform. Her operational achievements earned her recognition as the youngest retail and e-commerce entrepreneur on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list. Earlier in her career, she worked in the Investment Banking Division at JP Morgan in London and operated a technology advisory boutique for retailers. Ahluwalia graduated summa cum laude with a focus on game theory from the WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management. Her current investment focus leverages her dual background in operational leadership and financial advisory to evaluate emerging consumer technology and retail startups.