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Afresh raises $12 mn in Series A follow-on round led by Innovation Endeavors

Afresh Technologies, the first artificial intelligence-powered fresh food optimization platform for grocers, announced a new $12 million Series A follow-on round of funding led by returning investor Innovation Endeavors. Other investors that took part in the funding round include Food Retail Ventures, Maersk Growth, Impact Engine, and existing investor Baseline Ventures. This new funding will…

Fairstead appoints its first Chief People Officer

Fairstead, a fully-integrated real estate firm committed to affordable housing, announced the appointment of Gladys Chen as its first Chief People Officer (CPO). As Fairstead’s new CPO, Chen will provide strategic and operational Human Resources leadership for the firm, drive initiatives that support the company’s strategic objectives regarding corporate culture and values, and collaborate with…

Balaji Subramanian appointed Global Channel Chief of IGEL

IGEL, provider of the next-gen edge OS for cloud workspaces, announced the appointment of Balaji Subramanian as Senior Vice President of Channel Sales and Global Channel Chief. The award-winning and progressive channel sales leader joins IGEL from ServiceMax, where he served as Vice President, Global Alliances and Channel Sales, the Company said in its press…

Adevinta to acquire eBay Classifieds Group

eBay Inc. and Adevinta ASA announced that they entered into a definitive agreement for eBay to transfer its Classifieds business to Adevinta for a total consideration valued at approximately $9.2 billion, based on the closing trading price of Adevinta shares on the Oslo Stock Exchange on July 17, 2020.  As part of the transaction, eBay…

Daxko names Concetta Lewis as VP of People Development

Daxko, the health and fitness industry’s leading software and integrated payments provider, announced the promotion of Concetta Lewis to Vice President of People Development.  “Lewis has played a vital role in Daxko’s growth, culture, and team member development for more than a decade. She is the newest member of the Senior Leadership Team and reports…

Intellicus, Modus partner to provide Next-Gen analytics solution to banks

Intellicus Technologies, a leading provider of business intelligence and analytics solutions and Modus Information Systems, a pioneer in IT services to banks, announced that they have come together to launch a powerful core banking analytics solution. The solution branded as ModusBI, is built on Intellicus business intelligence platform. The solution plugs into the core banking…

dunnhumby India expands its leadership team

dunnhumby, the global leader in customer data science, announced a significant expansion to its India leadership team with the appointment of three industry veterans. The company appointed Dipti Bhatia as Finance Director, Sourabh Sharma as Director of Media Products, and Sai Prakash Dilipkumar as Director of Technology and Operations. “When the lockdown was announced, overnight…

Ecoppia raises $40 mn strategic investment from US-based CIM Group

Ecoppia, the world leader in robotic solutions for photovoltaic solar, announced a $40 million strategic investment in the company by CIM Group. CIM is an experienced and prominent US-based real assets owner, operator, lender, and developer with more than $60 billion in infrastructure and real estate projects delivered over its 25-plus year history.  CIM’s is…

Hero Motocorp shuffles its leadership team

Hero MotoCorp announced that it has initiated a process to further strengthen its Leadership Team. Rajat Bhargava will assume the newly created role of Chief of Staff in the office of Chairman and CEO Dr. Pawan Munjal. Prior to this role, Rajat has been heading Strategy, Global Business and Emerging Mobility Business Unit (EMBU).  The…

Equirus Capital appoints Bhavesh Shah as Managing Director

Equirus Capital, an investment banking firm, announced the appointment of Bhavesh Shah as Managing Director. Bhavesh has earlier spent over 2 decades at JM Financial group.  In his new role, Bhavesh will spearhead transactions in the Consumer and Healthcare space. Bhavesh was previously CEO at Avener Capital. As Managing Director, Investment Banking at JM Financial,…

StyleDotMe raises Rs3.5 cr pre-Series A funding led by Survam Partners

StyleDotMe, a Gurugram-based fashion tech startup, announced that it has raised Rs 3.5 crore Pre-Series A funding led by Survam Partners.  Other investors that took part in the funding round include Bobby Kothari, Director, Jewelex India as a strategic investor, and existing investor IAN (Indian Angel Network). Commenting on the development, Meghna Saraogi, Co-founder and…

Gurugram-based MPowered raises $21 mn pre-Series A funding

MPowered, a Gurugram-based asset management firm, announced that it has raised a $21 million pre-series A funding round led by a group of US-based HNIs investors. The round is led by serial entrepreneurs Ashok and Shelly Nichani. The funding will be used by the firm to invest in real estate verticals such as warehousing, residential…

Wipro and ComplianceQuest partner to provide quality management solutions

Wipro Limited, a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company, announced a partnership with ComplianceQuest to develop transformative quality management solutions for the medical devices and life sciences industries.  ComplianceQuest, makers of 100% modern cloud Enterprise Quality (EQMS) and Safety Management (HSE) System natively built and run on the Salesforce platform is…

Zuper, Zendesk collaborate to help organizations transform customer service experience

Zuper, a platform for intelligent workforce management, announced its integration with Zendesk Inc. This integration will enable organizations to better align their customer support and field service teams to provide the best possible customer experience.  Zuper is already working with thousands of customers worldwide and has handled over Two million work orders, the Company said…

Infosys to transform LANXESS’ IT infrastructure and enable a globally harmonized digital workplace

Infosys, the global leader in next generation digital services and consulting, announced a strategic long term partnership with LANXESS, a leading specialty chemicals company manufacturing chemical intermediates, additives, specialty chemicals headquartered in Germany.  Infosys will support LANXESS in its IT Infrastructure Digitization strategy and enable its global workforce spread across 33 countries with a secure…