Ajit Deshpande hired as Head of Marketing at Blockaid

Published on April 10, 2026

Blockaid has named Ajit Deshpande Head of Marketing. He joins from Circle where he held the post of VP of Growth Marketing.

Previously, Deshpande worked in senior roles at Marqeta, Stripe, Salesforce and Opus Capital.

Deshpande has a B-Tech in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University. He also has an MBA in Finance and Strategy from the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business.

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