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NerdWallet, a San Francisco-based company that provides financial guidance to more than 160 million consumers every year, announced the appointment of Lynee Luque as its new Vice President of People. In her new role, Luque will be leading the HR, Workplace and Talent teams. She will play a significant role in scaling NerdWallet’s culture and…
Motiva Enterprises, a subsidiary of Saudi Aramco that refines, distributes and markets petroleum products throughout the United States, announced the appointment of Kimberly M. Green as the company’s Executive Vice President of Human Resources (HR). In her new role as a member of Motiva’s Executive Leadership Team, Green’s responsibilities include organizational development, industrial relations, recruitment,…
Netskope, the leading security cloud that provides unrivaled visibility and real-time data and threat protection when accessing cloud services, websites, and private apps from anywhere, on any device, announced the appointment of industry veteran Dave Peranich as President of Go-to-Market. In his new role, Peranich will lead the company’s global go-to-market strategy and team, focusing…
ImmVira Group Company, a biotechnology company focused on the development of new generation oncolytic viruses as potential cancer therapeutics, announced the signing of $10 million Series B Plus strategic financing. The round of financing will be exclusively funded by Shanghai Healthcare Capital (SHC), managed by SIIC Capital, where Shanghai Pharma is one of the founding…
Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF), India’s premium apex organization of television broadcasters, announced that its Board of Directors has elected Star & Disney India’s Managing Director K. Madhavan as the Foundation’s new President. Madhavan will succeed NP Singh, India MD and CEO, Sony Pictures Networks, who held the position for two years. The announcement was made…
ClanConnect.ai, a Delhi-based platform that connects influencers to brands, announced it has raised Rs 5 crore funding led by Venture Catalysts. Angel investors Samrath Bedi, managing director of Forest Essentials; Sandeep Aggarwal, founder, Droom.in; Aakrit Vaish, co-founder of Haptik; and Haresh Hingorani, chief creative officer, along with Redchillies VFX, participated in the funding round. Founded…
Samunnati, a Chennai-based startup that provides financial, co-financial and non-financial solutions to marginal, small and medium holders including farmers, agri enterprises and wholesale/retailers, announced it has raised $20 million in debt from the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), according to the ETtech report. The startup will use the capital to expand its financing and…
Facebook announced that it has tied-up with early stage VC fund Matrix Partners to scale small businesses in India by providing them with digital skilling support. The tie-up with Matrix Partners is a part of Facebook’s VC Brand Incubator Program that collaborates with venture capital funds to help early-stage small and medium businesses (SMBs) to…
Shipskart, an e-procurement platform of the maritime industry, announced that it has raised an amount of $225,000 as part of a pre-series A funding from Betatron. A Venture Capital Firm & Startup Accelerator, Betatron, has recently ventured into investing in maritime startups and is ably supported by YPSN (The Young Professionals In Shipping Network) and…
As part of its strategy to scale up its cloud offerings, Bharti Airtel announced that it has picked up a strategic stake in tech startup Waybeo under the Airtel Startup Accelerator Program. Waybeo, a Trivandrum headquartered startup focused on deep AI based analytics for cloud telephony, is the fifth startup to join the fast growing…
Flipkart Wholesale, the digital B2B marketplace of India’s homegrown Flipkart Group, announced the expansion of its operations into 12 new cities, enabling a one-stop digital marketplace solution for the retail ecosystem which will offer small businesses a wide selection of products at a significant value. Expanding with the Fashion category in these cities, Flipkart Wholesale…
Rephrase.ai, the Bengaluru-based AI-led synthetic media production startup, announced that it has raised $1.5 million in seed funding round led by Lightspeed Ventures and AV8 Ventures, according to YourStory report. The startup will use the funding to scale its AI-powered video personalisation platform, strengthen its commercial presence in North America, and expand its engineering and…
Unacademy, a Bengaluru-based online learning platform that provides educational content such as video lectures and examinations, announced it has acquired Coursavy, a New Delhi-based test preparation startup for an undisclosed sum. The move will strengthen Unacademy’s position in the UPSC examinations category. Founded in 2019 by Vimal Singh Rathore, Coursavy has over 70,000 learners on…
DXC Technology announced its leadership appointments to strengthen the DXC leadership team, the majority being new to DXC within the last year. The company appoints Jim Brady and David Swift to head Americas operations. Asia Pacific will be led by Seelan Nayagam and Europe, Middle East & Africa will be led by Tom Pettit and…
Vise, the AI-powered investment management platform built for the modern financial advisor, announced it has appointed three new senior executives to its leadership team, strengthening its foundation for continued growth and allowing the business to scale quickly. Niki Sri-Kumar joins Vise as Vice President of Product. Previously, she spent four years at Affirm, most recently…