# Ravi Ravulaparthi

> Ravi Ravulaparthi is CEO and cofounder of Qapita, an equity-management business founded in 2019 with Lakshman Gupta and Vamsee Mohan. An IIT Madras and IIM Bangalore graduate, he previously worked in investment banking and corporate development across Asia Pacific at Tata Group, Macquarie, BNP Paribas and Rippledot. His public reflections connect employee ownership, long-standing cofounder friendships, Hyderabad and Singapore, and the continuing work of learning as a mid-career founder.

- **Role:** CEO & Co-founder at Qapita
- **Organizations:** Qapita, Tata Group, Macquarie, BNP Paribas, Rippledot
- **Education:** Engineering degree, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, MBA, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
- **Known for:** Cofounded Qapita in 2019 after a career in finance and corporate development., Led Qapita through its 2022 acquisition of ESOP Direct., Qapita secured a $26.5 million Series B and a strategic product collaboration with Charles Schwab in October 2025.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2019** — Worked at Tata Group, Macquarie, BNP Paribas and Rippledot; accumulated roughly 17 years in investment banking and corporate development in Asia Pacific.
- **2019** — Cofounded Qapita with Lakshman Gupta and Vamsee Mohan.
- **2020** — Qapita announced a $1.8 million seed round led by Vulcan Capital.
- **2021** — Qapita raised a $15 million Series A led by East Ventures and Vulcan Capital.
- **2022** — Qapita acquired ESOP Direct in an all-cash transaction.
- **2024** — Shared Qapita’s Hyderabad office expansion and spoke at Founders Peak at the Singapore FinTech Festival.
- **2025** — Qapita announced a $26.5 million Series B led by Charles Schwab and a US product collaboration.
- **2026** — Appeared on Trading Places and cohosted The Catapult Code with Brendan Marshall.

## Achievements

- Cofounded Qapita in 2019 after a career in finance and corporate development.
- Led Qapita through its 2022 acquisition of ESOP Direct.
- Qapita secured a $26.5 million Series B and a strategic product collaboration with Charles Schwab in October 2025.
- Presented a seven-story account of his mid-career founder transition at the Singapore FinTech Festival in November 2024.

## Latest updates

- **2025-10** — Qapita announced its $26.5 million Series B led by Charles Schwab and collaboration on Schwab Private Issuer Equity Services.
- **2026-01** — Ravi appeared on Trading Places to discuss Qapita, private markets and liquidity.
- **2026-07** — Public LinkedIn posts introduced The Catapult Code, his founder-and-investor conversation series with Brendan Marshall.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://sg.linkedin.com/in/raviravulaparthi

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