Category: Global

Kyzer Software announces expansion plans

Kyzer Software has recently revealed its future plans of building a complete trade finance platform that will help shape the future of Bank Customer – Business – Regulatory connect, according to a statement. The brand is also planning to expand and strengthen its presence globally in the approaching times. The Mumbai-based company is looking forward…

Blume Global announces new investment by Bridgepoint

Blume Global, a provider of supply chain execution and visibility technology, has announced that it has raised new equity from London-based Bridgepoint Group. This latest funding values Blume Global at $500 million, and Bridgepoint joins funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management and EQT as equity investors in the company. “When we launched Blume…

Sendcloud raises $177 million in series C funding

Sendcloud, an e-commerce shipping platform in Europe, has announced it has closed a $177 million Series C financing. The funding round was led by Softbank Vision Fund 2* with a significant strategic investment from L Catterton and participation from HPE Growth. “At a time when consumers around the world want to decide where, when and…

Matillion raises $150M Series E Funding at $1.5B Valuation

Matillion, a cloud data integration platform, has announced $150M in Series E funding, led by General Atlantic, a leading global growth equity firm, with participation from Battery Ventures, Sapphire Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, and Lightspeed Venture Partners. This funding marks Matillion’s second triple-digit round of 2021, bringing the total amount raised to $310M at a…

Easiloan, an AI-enabled fintech platform for home loans, raises INR 80 million from Tomorrow Capital

Easiloan.com, India’s AI-enabled fintech solution for home loans has raised its maiden round of INR 80 million from Tomorrow Capital. The start-up aims to utilize these funds for building further on their digital-only product, customer acquisition channels and activating new markets. Pramod Kathuria, Co-founder and CEO, Easiloan said, “Innovation in lending technology has sparked a…

Kantar names Guillaume Bacuvier to lead Worldpanel business; Josep Montserrat elevated to Chairman of Worldpanel Division

Kantar, a data-driven analytics and brand consulting company, has announced the appointment of Guillaume Bacuvier as Global CEO of its $300m+ Worldpanel Division. Mr Bacuvier succeeds Josep Montserrat, who takes on the role of Non-executive Chairman of the Worldpanel business. Most recently, Guillaume Bacuvier was Group Chief Executive Officer of dunnhumby Ltd. Prior to dunnhumby,…

Goldman Sachs names Denis P. Coleman III as Chief Financial Officer; Stephen M. Scherr to retire and serve as Senior Director

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. has announced that Denis P. Coleman III, co-head of the Global Financing Group, will become the firm’s Chief Financial Officer, effective January 1, 2022. After a distinguished career at Goldman Sachs spanning three decades, including serving for the last three years as Chief Financial Officer, Stephen M. Scherr has decided…

Tazapay partners with B2B Marketplaces to further enable international trade with Escrow Payments

Tazapay, a digital escrow service for cross-border trade, has announced that it is launching Escrow-as-a-Service in partnership with eight global business-to-business (B2B) marketplaces to further ease and enable international trade, with over 20 platforms ready for activation in the coming weeks. “Our new marketplace partners serve a critical role as the first stop for SMEs…

Bentley Systems announces Seequent’s acquisition of Minalytix

Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the infrastructure engineering software company, has announced that its Seequent business unit has acquired Canadian software company Minalytix, the developer of MX Deposit. The acquisition extends Seequent’s cloud capabilities and solutions for mining, including greenfield exploration, resource development, and mining production. Prior to the transaction, Seequent held a minority shareholding in Minalytix,…

Park Place Technologies acquires the Hardware Maintenance and Data Migration Assets from Congruity360

Park Place Technologies, a global IT infrastructure services and solutions provider, has announced the acquisition of specific assets of Congruity360. Norwell, Massachusetts-based Congruity360 provides global, vendor-agnostic, IT Management services. Park Place will acquire Congruity360’s third-party maintenance business, data migration services businesses and new hardware sales offerings. Congruity360 will maintain ownership of its information governance and…

Warehouse discovery and leasing startup Godamwale raises $1M in seed round

Warehouse discovery and leasing startup, based in Mumbai, Godamwale has announced that it has raised $1 million, in the seed round, from Capt. Anand Aryamane. “We are happy to have Capt. Anand on board and we will benefit greatly from his vast experience and knowledge in the logistics and investment sector. Flexible Warehousing offers great…

Stord raises $90 million series D at a $1.1 billion valuation

Stord, the cloud supply chain platform, has announced $90 million in Series D funding led by Kleiner Perkins, with additional participation from Lux Capital, D1 Capital and Palm Tree Crew, and existing investors, including BOND, Dynamo Ventures, Founders Fund, Lineage Logistics, and Susa Ventures. In addition, Michael Rubin, Fanatics founder and founder of GSI Commerce,…

Dentsu India promotes Sahil Shah to managing partner, WATConsult

WATConsult, Isobar India group’s digital agency, has appointed former chief business officer Sahil Shah as managing partner. In this role, Sahil will be reporting to the chief executive officer of Isobar India group – Heeru Dingra. Speaking on the announcement, Shah commented, “After spending a decade and more in building this agency, my heart fills…

HyperGuest and Vervotech announce partnership for Distribution 2.0

HyperGuest has announced partnership with Vervotech, in a deal which enables HyperGuests’ API clients globally to receive unified, de-duplicated content through Vervotech’s Hotel Mapping platform at a discounted rate, according to a statement. Marc Armengol, VP International Business Development at HyperGuest, said, “Mapping your own contracts, sourced through HyperGuest, and HyperGuest’s marketplace rates against third…