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Zynga appoints TrueCar CFO Noel Watson as Independent Director

Social gaming company Zynga Inc. recently announced that Noel Watson, Chief Financial Officer at TrueCar Inc., has joined the company’s Board as an Independent Director. With his appointment, Noel Watson becomes the ninth member of Zynga’s Board of Directors. “Noel brings to Zynga more than 20 years of successful financial and operating leadership,” said Frank…

Former Audible executive Aniket Gune joins SmartAsset as Senior Vice President of Product Management

Financial technology company SmartAsset recently announced the expansion of its executive leadership team with the hire of Aniket Gune as Senior Vice President of Product Management. In his new role at SmartAsset, Gune will be responsible for building and executing a product strategy that pursues the company’s mission to empower people to make smart financial…

HomeServices of America appoints Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer

HomeServices of America, a Berkshire Hathaway affiliate, recently announced that it has appointed Teresa Palacios Smith as Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer for HomeServices and its subsidiaries, including its family of brokerage, mortgage, insurance, settlement-services, and relocation companies, and HSF Affiliates, which operates the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices and Real Living franchise networks. In her role,…

Cloud4C appoints Vikas Bakshi as Senior Vice President

Cloud4C, World’s leading Cloud and managed services provider, announced the appointment of Vikas Bakshi as Senior Vice President, Global Alliances and Head of India Business. Based out of India, Vikas will lead the alliance strategies in Americas, Europe while overseeing new customer acquisition in India. A seasoned industry veteran with over two decades of experiencing…

Vedantu raises $100 mn Series D funding led by Coatue Management

Vedantu, a Bengaluru-based LIVE online learning platform that enables personalized learning, announced that it has raised $100 million Series D funding led by US-based Coatue Management. Existing investors Tiger Global, GGV Capital, Omidyar and Westbridge Capital also participated in the funding round. The latest capital raising values the online live tutoring startup at $600 million,…

Zydus receives approval from COFEPRIS to conduct clinical trials in Mexico

Zydus Cadila, announced that it has received approval from the Mexican regulatory authority COFEPRIS to conduct clinical trials with its biological therapy, Pegylated Interferon alpha-2b, ‘PegiHepTM’ This will be an open-label, randomized, comparator controlled study of Pegylated IFN alfa-2b to evaluate safety, efficacy and tolerability in patients with COVID-19.  According to the Company’s press statement,…

Altrinsic Global Advisors names Sara Sikes as Head of Client Experience

Altrinsic Global Advisors, LLC announced the appointment of Sara Sikes as Head of Client Experience.  In this newly created role, Sikes will provide strategic direction and oversight to the firm’s client service, communications, and marketing efforts. “We are excited to have Sara join our team,” said John Hock, President and Chief Investment Officer. “Her deep…

ServiceTitan appoints Ershad Jamil as Chief Growth Officer

ServiceTitan, the world’s leading all-in-one software and operating system for residential and commercial service and replacement contractors, announced that it has appointed Ershad Jamil as the company’s Chief Growth Officer.  Jamil, who joined ServiceTitan in 2015, will continue to lead the company’s growth team as it establishes and manages partnerships and new business lines to…

Amynta Group acquires the surety operations of Aspen Insurance

Amynta Group, a leading insurance services provider of property & casualty and warranty protection products and services, announced that it has acquired the surety operations of Aspen Insurance, the Insurance Segment of Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited. The business will now operate as Amynta Surety Solutions.  As part of the transaction, Amynta has entered into a…

Apalon appoints Susanne Sandler as new GM

Apalon, one of the world’s leading mobile developers and a division of Mosaic Group, announced the appointment of Susanne Sandler as the company’s General Manager. Sandler will report to Mosaic Group’s CEO Zachary Roseman, who previously held the position prior to his appointment as CEO. With over 600 million downloads, 200 employees and 10+ years…

Oracle and NIH collaborate on Cloud system to support Covid-19 vaccine trials

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), announced that it has recently established the COVID-19 Prevention Network (CoVPN). Its goal is to register millions of volunteers for large-scale clinical testing of vaccines and monoclonal antibodies intended to protect people from COVID-19. As part of this…

Cybersecurity provider BlueVoyant secures $68mn in funding led by Temasek

New York-based global cybersecurity services company BlueVoyant recently announced the close of a third round of funding. The $68mn financing round was led by Temasek, a global investment company headquartered in Singapore, and included participation from new and other existing investors. This brings total funding of the company to $275 million to date. The latest…

Talent innovation company SHL appoints Paul Greensmith as Chief Financial Officer

Leader in talent innovation, SHL recently announced the appointment of Paul Greensmith as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. He will be based in SHL’s London headquarters. Greensmith brings broad experience, including success in private equity-backed businesses in B2B software and services, healthcare, technology and media sectors, including Priory Group, NetNames, and most recently Gravity Media.…