Ashwin Parupalli

Ashwin Parupalli is a co-founder at Dropverse and actively engaged in business development at Blue Ocean Acquisition Corp., a SPAC focused on media and consumer internet, since 2021. Prior experience includes a role as a venture capital analyst at North Base Media, where the focus was on media and technology investments in emerging markets. Ashwin also worked at NBCUniversal Media, LLC as a manager in corporate investments and partnerships within digital enterprises from 2016 to 2018, and served as an analyst at The Blackstone Group from 2014 to 2016. Additional experience includes summer analyst positions at J.P. Morgan, Prudential Capital Group, and Morgan Stanley. Educational qualifications consist of an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Science in Finance and Accounting from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, further supplemented by studies at City, University of London.