Dandelion Energy, a home geothermal company, has announced the close of a $30 million Series B round of funding, bringing the company’s total funding to $65 million. The raise was led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures with participation from existing investors, including GV, NEA, Lennar Corporation, Collaborative Fund, Building Ventures, Catchlight Ventures, and GroundUp. This new investment enables the…
CloudSense has announced the appointment of two new executives to its Leadership Team as the company prepares for further growth in FY2022. Daniela Zuin joins as Chief Marketing Officer and Jonathan Hodgson as Chief Services Officer. Daniela was most recently VP Global Marketing Programs at Blue Prism, having joined the company through the acquisition of…
Alfa Laval – a provider of heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – becomes a joint partner to Lingalaks, a Norwegian fish farming company, in an innovation project to develop pumping technology for more sustainable fish farming, enabling similar conditions as in deep fjords. The project aims at having the floating facility completed in…
Everest Medicines, a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing transformative pharmaceutical products that address critical unmet medical needs for patients in Greater China and other parts of Asia, has announced the appointment of Kevin Guo as Chief Commercial Officer. Mr. Guo brings more than 22 years of commercial leadership and business management experience across a number of multinational pharmaceutical…
Shire City Herbals has appointed Kim Allardyce to Chief Executive Officer as the company enters its second decade of business. Allardyce has served as the company’s VP of Business Development since 2017. Shire City Herbals Founding CEO Dana St. Pierre will transition to Board President and Chief Product Officer, leading formula development and product innovation. “Since my…
Contexta360, a speech analytics and conversational computing company has announced a technical partnership agreement with CyberTwice, a cloud-based recording and archiving company. The agreement leverages CyberTwice ATTEST — a fourth-generation compliance collaboration recording solution, integrated into Microsoft Teams and hosted within Azure — to extend Contexta360’s highly intuitive speech analytics platform. The advanced integration between Contexta360 and CyberTwice core…
Google Cloud and Databricks have announced a new partnership to deliver Databricks at global scale on Google Cloud. Under the partnership, organizations can now use Databricks to create a lakehouse capable of data engineering, data science, machine learning, and analytics on Google Cloud’s global, scalable, and elastic network. “Businesses with a strong foundation of data…
Gangestad joins Rockwell after a long career with 3M, where he most recently served as the company’s Chief Financial Officer and oversaw all aspects of the financial organization including compliance, financial planning, treasury, and tax. Before his promotion to CFO in 2014, Gangestad served as 3M’s Chief Accounting Officer, Corporate Controller, and also held global financial…
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions has appointed Andrew Dougall as Global Head Casualty, effective 22 February 2021. In this leadership role, Mr. Dougall will be responsible for driving the overall profitability of the Bespoke Casualty portfolio globally. As well as leading a global team of underwriting experts, Mr. Dougall will work with the regional Casualty leads…
Gibraltar Technologies (GT), an AI-based digital solutions company with offices in the Middle East, has announced their acquisition of HCL Infotech, part of the USD 10 billion IT giant HCL Group. Incorporated in 1986, HCL Infosystems Ltd is an information enabler, ICT system integrator and distribution company. HCL infosystems in its latest filings have mentioned that the HCL Infotech…
Accenture has acquired Edenhouse, a UK-based independent SAP partner. The acquisition will further enhance Accenture’s capabilities to support clients in their digital transformation journey. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Founded in 2008 and an SAP platinum partner, Edenhouse specializes in the sale, implementation, support, and hosting of SAP products and services to mid-sized businesses. “Now…
DoiT International (DoiT), a global multi-cloud software and managed service provider with deep expertise in Kubernetes, Machine Learning, and Big Data, has announced that it has acquired ProdOps, a provider of scalable software operations and infrastructure automation services. The demand for elasticity in the public cloud has never been greater as customers continue to adapt applications and workflows at an…
Innovative Solutions, an Amazon Web Services Premier Consulting Partner, has announced the recent appointment of Jeff Valentine as President and COO. As a managed cloud service provider, Innovative is growing in partnership with customers of Amazon Web Services (AWS) as it enables their digital transformations with a focus on cost optimization, cloud security, and operational…
WNS Assistance, a part of the WNS insurance offering and a provider of end-to-end claims management solutions, has announced a new partnership with By Miles, an insurtech startup and motor Managing General Agent (MGA), to manage claims for a first-of-its-kind connected car insurance policy using the real-time data of the vehicle. WNS Assistance will deliver…
Pattern Health, a digital health company that accelerates digital health innovation, has announced that they have received $1.5 million in new funding from investors Co-founders Capital and The Launch Place. The new capital will be invested in platform and product development, expanded integrations and interoperability, and in sales and marketing efforts designed to meet the…