Selling Simplified Group, Inc. (SSG), a provider of data-driven B2B demand generation, has announced the appointment of Daniel Juanillo as Chief Financial Officer. Juanillo brings more than 30 years of experience—many in senior financial roles—including Regional Accounting Director at Marconi Communications, Vice President and Controller at Horizon Banks, and CFO at Navajo Incorporated. Juanillo also served as a Financial Management Consultant,…
L&T Technology Services Limited, a pure-play engineering services company, has announced the appointment of Amit Chadha as CEO & Managing Director effective April 1, 2021 in line with previous disclosures made to stock exchanges dated October 19, 2020. Prior to his elevation, Amit was serving the company as Deputy CEO & Whole-Time Board Member. Amit…
KPMG has announced that Judd Caplain has been selected as the next Global Head of Financial Services, effective 1 April. He succeeds Jim Liddy who will retire after leading the global practice since 2017. Judd joined KPMG nearly 20 years ago and became the Global Head of Banking & Capital Markets in December 2017. In…
Next Insurance, a digital insurtech company transforming small business insurance, has announced a $250 million new funding round led by FinTLV Ventures and Battery Ventures with participation from CapitalG, Group 11, Zeev Ventures, Founders Circle and G Squared bringing the company’s valuation to $4 billion and total funding raised to more than $880 million. The…
Frontier Pharma and Baystone Group has announced the completion of its acquisition of Zdravlje A.D from Teva Pharmaceuticals. Zdravlje currently supplies high quality pharmaceuticals to more than 35 international markets including those in Western & Eastern Europe, U.K., Asia-Pacific, Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. “We are incredibly pleased to complete this transaction and support Zdravlje…
Gayam Motor Works (GMW) has announced a US $50Mn investment commitment from Luxemberg based GEM Global Yield LLC SCS as the company plans to go public. The commitment will be made available on the first day of trading or in tranches to be drawn at the company’s option over a three-year period. GMW is the…
Count Me In announced today that Shane Feldman, who established the organization 13 years ago, will be stepping down as CEO, while continuing to serve as Founder and Executive Chairman. Feldman plans to focus on Count Me In’s creative strategy and direction through the remainder of his tenure on the board, while advocating for the…
CyberLogitec has announced Mr. Young Kyu Song’s appointment as CEO of CyberLogitec. The official announcement has been made at the Annual Shareholders AGM on 30 March 2021, and he assumes the role with immediate effect. An industry veteran, Mr. Song brings many years of global leadership experience within the maritime, port, and logistics industry, the…
HealthPlix, a healthtech startup, has raised $13.5 million in its ongoing Series B round. Lightspeed Ventures led the financing round of the Bengaluru-based startup. Lightspeed Venture Partners is a multi-stage venture capital firm focused on accelerating disruptive innovations and trends in the Enterprise and Consumer sectors. Lightspeed and its affiliates currently manage $10.5B across the…
Cognizant has announced the launch of a returnship program for technology professionals looking to transition back into the workforce. The Cognizant Returnship Program is a 12-week paid experience for technology professionals with a minimum of 5 years of prior professional working experience and at least 2 years of a career break. Speaking on the programme, Rajesh…
Avianca, a commercial airline, has partnered with CellPoint Digital to improve customer experience when purchasing services and optimising payments across their entire global operation. This payment orchestration project is one of the most ambitious undertaken by an airline to date and will also address the specific complexities of payment in Latin America, according to a…
Substack has secured $65 million in funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz. The development was first reported by news portal Axios. It informed that the funding round valued the company at around $650 million. According to ET, “Substack said it would use the fresh capital to help fund its financing program for writers, growing a…
A provider of online multi-asset trading services, currency data and analytics, OANDA Global Corporation has completed its acquisition of Polish broker, Dom Maklerski TMS Brokers SA (TMS). The purchase was approved by the Polish Financial Supervision Authority earlier this week. Gavin Bambury, Chief Executive Officer of OANDA, said, “The TMS acquisition marks the start of…
Teradata, a multi-cloud data warehouse platform provider, has announced that Ashok Shenoy has been appointed Country Manager, India, effective immediately. In this position, Shenoy is responsible for leading Teradata’s growth in enterprise-scale multi-cloud data analytics across key verticals including Financial Services, Telcos, Manufacturing, Public Sector and Retail. Shenoy, who has joined the regional executive leadership…
Coder, makers of the developer workspace platform that moves software development to the cloud, has announced the appointment of Ketan Gangatirkar as vice president and head of engineering. “Ketan’s arrival marks the next stage of product maturity at Coder,” said Coder CEO Ammar Bandukwala. “His leadership, vision and experience will be invaluable as we continue…