ConveGenius has raised $5M USD in Venture Capital funding to grow its conversational AI platform in India and South-East Asian markets. With this round of funding, Convegenius.AI aims to expand its products on Whatsapp ecosystem and other Conversational AI based channels beyond EdTech, to service more customers across different verticals and allow developers to launch…
Engineering education startup Skill-Lync has announced the appointment of Dr. Amod as the Director of Curriculum & Applications. Previously, Dr. Amod was an Application Engineering Manager at MathWorks, where he led a diverse group of engineers spanning multiple technical areas including AI, autonomous systems, model-based design, signal processing, VLSI, and wireless. A senior member of…
Adrenalin eSystems Ltd, a group company of Intellect Design Arena Ltd and a specialist in open HR tech platform, has announced the appointment of Srinivasa Bharathy as its new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. Bharathy will be taking over from Sridhar Ganesh. In his working experience of 30 years, Bharathy has held senior positions…
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and PwC have announced an agreement under which CD&R funds will acquire PwC’s Global Mobility Tax and Immigration Services business. “We are excited for the opportunity to become a free-standing organization and partner with CD&R to build on our market leadership and drive more value for clients,” said Peter Clarke, Global…
Insilico Medicine, an end-to-end AI-powered drug discovery company, has announced the appointment of Dr. Michelle Chen to the company’s position of Chief Business Officer. In this role, Dr. Chen will oversee the company’s corporate strategies and business development activities. Dr. Chen brings more than 20 years of extensive experience in both biopharma and technology industries.…
Yokogawa Electric Corporation and Web Synergies (S) Pte. Ltd have announced that Yokogawa Electric has invested in Web Synergies, a Singapore-based company that provides IT and operational technology (OT) / IT solutions. Yokogawa and Web Synergies have been collaborating on solutions and services for internal and external digital transformation (DX) engagements for more than ten…
Decentology, a blockchain startup, has announced its plans to build the Hyperverse, an open, blockchain-agnostic, decentralized, marketplace for composable smart contracts, after raising $4.3 million in seed funding. The company is backed by crypto investors including Dapper Labs, Borderless Capital, Good News Ventures, Berezka DAO, Synaps, Animal Ventures, and Kosmos Capital. In addition, Decentology has…
MADworld, the Multiverse Artist Defender, has announced that it has closed a private token sale of it’s UMAD token. The token sale was led by Animoca Brands with participation from industry veterans such as Master Ventures, SMO Capital, Libra Capital Ventures, Chiron Partners, Lotus Asset, AC Ventures, AVATAR; managed by Avalanche Foundation’s Asia team and…
Otipy, India’s community group buying startup for fresh fruits and vegetables, has announced the appointment of veteran leader Hari Goyal as Advisor to build the Grocery category. The company had recently raised a $10.2M Series A round by SIG and Omidyar. Hari comes with three decades of extensive experience across retail giants like Vishal Megamart,…
Pismo, the cloud-native core banking and payments platform, has announced the signing of a $108 million Series B fundraising round, led by SoftBank Latin America Fund, Amazon and Accel with participation from B3, Falabella Ventures and PruVen and existing investors and Headline and Redpoint eventures. The funding will fuel the company’s global expansion and accelerate…
Excelra, a data and analytics provider for Life Science organizations, has announced the appointment of Sudip Nandy to the company’s board of directors effective 1st October 2021. Mr. Nandy is currently a Senior Advisor, and has previously served as Managing Director and Operating Partner at private equity firm ChrysCapital, an investment firm with approximately $4…
Deel, the remote hiring company, has announced that it has raised $425 million in Series D funding, taking the total amount raised by the company to over $630 million. The latest funding round values the company at $5.5 billion. This new funding round was led by US-based Coatue, with partners Rahul Kishore and Lucas Swisher…
Jarvis Invest, India’s Artificial Intelligence Based Equity Research & Advisory Model, registered by SEBI has raised a pre-series round of over $1 Million led by BNP Investments LLC, investment consulting and financial services firm. Mumbai based start-up Jarvis Invest aims to make equity investments feasible to every household, improve its accessibility, provide unparalleled advisory, and offer technology…
Acronis, a global cyber security and data protection platform, has announced that Paul Maritz has been appointed as the Chairman of the Board of Directors, effective September 21, 2021. Maritz will be responsible for the governance and leadership of Acronis as it strengthens its position in the service provider market preparing for significant growth in the future. Earlier…
Marlabs Inc., a digital solutions company, has announced that it has joined the Infor Partner Network (IPN) and will offer Infor’s cloud-based software solutions (CloudSuites) to its distribution and manufacturing industry customers. Marlabs will provide Infor’s CloudSuite Distribution solutions, as well as solutions powered by the Infor LN and Infor M3 ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)…