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Lacework, the data-driven security platform for the cloud, has announced it has raised $1.3 billion in growth funding at a valuation of $8.3 billion. Lacework will continue to invest in rapidly scaling its business globally, building on recent momentum of more than 3x year-over-year revenue growth, a 3.5x year-over-year increase in new customers, including LogicMonitor,…
QuEST Global, a global product engineering and lifecycle services company, has announced the appointment of Courtney Headley as the Global Head for Culture and Inclusion. Courtney will be responsible for strengthening QuEST’s culture, diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices as the company expands and maximizes its brand. He will be based out of Connecticut and…
Stock investment platform Smallcase has announced an investment of $5 million in Tickertape. Tickertape is a content and information platform for stocks, ETFs, Mutual Funds and other investment instruments, owned by Anchorage Technologies Private Limited. The Company is a private limited company, incorporated in the year 2021, having its registered office in Bangalore. The company…
Enterprise skilling platform Disprz has announced that it has secured $13 million in the series B funding round co-led by Dallas Venture Capital and Mars Growth Capital. Existing investors including Go1, KOIS’s Tara India Fund IV, Auctus Capital along with Kae Capital also participated in the round. Speaking on the investment, Kuljit Chadha, Co-Founder and…
Bugcrowd, a crowdsourced cybersecurity platform, has announced the appointment of Ravi Chopra as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Chopra will lead Bugcrowd’s financial operations and steer the company’s financial strategy. Chopra brings over 25 years of diverse finance, strategy, and operations experience to Bugcrowd. He built a finance team from the ground up as the…
Heyday, a platform for brand building, pioneering a marketplace-first approach to creating the next-generation consumer products company, has announced the close of its $555 million Series C funding round. The round was co-led by technology investors The Raine Group and Premji Invest with participation from existing investors General Catalyst, Victory Park Capital, and Khosla Ventures.…
Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), the principal financial institution engaged in the promotion, financing and development of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), has entered into a collaboration with Google for having a social impact lending programme with financial assistance up to Rs.100 lakh at competitive interest rates targeted at micro enterprises. A company statement said, “This one-of-a-kind programme…
Management and technology consultancy BearingPoint has opened a new delivery center in Electronic City/Bangalore (India) to scale SAP and digital capabilities. Kiumars Hamidian, Managing Partner, BearingPoint, “The office opening in India delivers on our global growth strategy of developing and providing IP and digital assets for our clients. We have big plans for future growth,…
SHRM India, an association devoted to human resource management will be hosting its two days annual Conference and exposition starting December 2, 2021. A statement said, “This is an exciting and pivotal time in the HR profession. Now, more than ever, HR teams are required to assume a greater leadership role, contributing to the strategic…
Northleaf Capital Partners has announced that it has raised an additional US$4 billion in commitments over the past twelve months from North American, European and Asian investors. As a result of recent fundraising across its three core private markets investment programs, Northleaf has now raised more than US$18 billion in capital commitments and serves approximately…
ADVANZ PHARMA Corp. Limited, a specialty pharmaceutical company with a strategic focus on complex medicines in Europe, has announced several changes in senior leadership roles as it enters the next phase of its growth journey. Dr Steffen Wagner is to become the new Chief Executive Officer of ADVANZ PHARMA, starting early 2022. He succeeds Graeme…
Armis, the unified asset visibility and security platform provider, has announced the appointment of Ed Barry as Vice President of Strategic Alliances. Prior to joining Armis, Barry led Strategic Alliances efforts at McAfee, FireEye, Cylance, SailPoint, and most recently, Deep Instinct. “Ed’s proven track record, deep industry knowledge, and well-known reputation for building strategic alliances…
Comviva, a digital financial solutions provider, has announced a strategic partnership with Strands to provide an integrated suite of digital banking, wallet and payment solutions. Through this partnership, Comviva will leverage Strands’ Personal Finance Management (PFM) solution to enable banks and financial service providers to deliver personalized and contextual digital offerings to their consumers. Speaking…
MiCoB, a disruptor in the construction industry that provides 3D Concrete Printing Solutions to military, residential, commercial, infrastructure, and architectural market segments in India, has raised its first institutional capital from 3Lines Venture Capital. Lalit Jalan, 3Lines India Chairman and the ex-CEO of Reliance Infrastructure, will join the MiCoB Board of Directors. “This is where…
Welldercare, a Lifestyle as a Service (LAAS) later life living solutions provider, has announced Navritu Kaushal Rai’s appointment as Vice President – Strategy & Business Development. Navritu is an Operations and Client Relationship professional with a diverse portfolio in the Hospitality, Info Tech & Power sectors for 20 years. In her last assignment, Navritu worked…