Ashish Lingamneni

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I grew up across several Indian cities—Delhi, Hyderabad, Nagpur, and Pune—before pursuing Engineering at Delhi Technological University. After a year with Deloitte, I realized my interest lay closer to business and went on to complete my MBA from IIM Kozhikode, graduating with a strong focus on Marketing.

I began my career at Johnson & Johnson, where I learnt the fundamentals of marketing and sales, before moving into consumer tech with Ola. I then spent several years at Swiggy, where I led Marketing alongside stints in Business and Product Marketing, through its journey from Series B to a $10B valuation, helping make Swiggy a household brand in India.

Today, at Verlinvest, I focus on value creation across our Asia portfolio—partnering with founders to identify growth and profitability levers, and driving results through sharp operating initiatives and collaboration with our ecosystem partners.

Outside of work, I’m passionate about sports—I play basketball, pickleball, and poker, with ambitious hopes of going semi-pro in pickleball in the years ahead. I also have found a new-found love for vibe-coding and have conducted several 101 workshops to introduce people to building with AI.