Tekie has announced that the company has named Abhinav Bhatnagar as its Vice President – Business Strategy. A statement informed, “Bhatnagar has an experience of about a decade in the edtech sector and will oversee the business team at Tekie.” Speaking on the announcement, Abhinav Bhatnagar, Vice President – Business Strategy at Tekie, commented, “I…
Celebal Technologies has announced the appointment of Srinivas (Satya) Satyanarayana as the BFSI Practice Lead. Satya brings in a background and around 3 decades’ worth of experience in technology and digital developments designed to disrupt traditional models, especially in the banking & insurance domains. Satya is skilled in the design of both strategic and tactical…
Subscription management startup, based in Bengaluru, Fleek has announced that it has secured $1 million in the seed funding round led by Axilor. RTP Global Ventures, 9Unicorns Accelerator, Titan Capital, along with Ramakant Sharma, an angel investor, and his syndicate participated in the fresh funding round. Speaking on the announcement, Aditya Uttaravali, Founder and CEO,…
SoftBank Group Corp. has announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership and equity share swap agreement with Deutsche Telekom AG. Under the strategic partnership between the two companies, SoftBank’s more than 300 portfolio companies gain access to an additional, approximately 240 million DT customers across Europe and the US, providing these portfolio companies…
UST, a digital transformation solutions company, has announced the appointment of Matthew McCormack as the Managing Director for Australia and New Zealand (ANZ). In his new role, McCormack will lead the expansion and growth of the company and champion UST’s vision of ‘Transforming Lives’ in the region. He will focus on unlocking value for organisations…
Funds advised by Apax Partners LLP, a private equity firm, and Warburg Pincus LLC, a global growth investor, have agreed to acquire T-Mobile Netherlands Holding B.V. from Deutsche Telekom AG and Tele2 AB. The transaction values the company at an Enterprise Value of €5.1bn. Both Apax and Warburg Pincus have long-standing experience and track-records in…
FCB Group India has announced that Vidyadhar Wabgaonkar has been promoted to the role of CEO of FCB Cogito. FCB Cogito Consulting is the independent consulting division of the FCBUlka group. Speaking on the announcement, Nitin Karkare, vice chairman, FCB Ulka, commented, “FCB Cogito has been the secret weapon in our armory. It represents our capability…
The Board of New Look Retail Holdings Ltd has announced that Mike Coupe will succeed Alistair McGeorge as Non-Executive Chairman of the Company, effective 29 September 2021. Mike brings retail expertise and experience, having led J Sainsbury plc as Chief Executive Officer for over six years until 2020, which included the growth of its Tu…
Investors Clinic, the real estate service company, has announced the appointment of Gauri Arora as Head of Digital Marketing. A statement informed, “Arora comes with an experience of 15 years, acting as a subject matter expert in Digital Media and has driven various brands like 99 acres.” Speaking on the announcement, Honeyy Katiyal, Founder, Investors Clinic,…
Stefan Sielaff has been appointed Vice President of Global Design at Geely Auto Group (Geely). Stefan succeeds Peter Horbury, who joins Group Lotus as Senior Vice President of Design. Stefan, who will be based in Gothenburg, Sweden, brings over 30 years of car design experience to Geely and will oversee the Geely Auto Group portfolio…
Quantum Machines, creator of the Quantum Orchestration Platform, has announced that it has secured $50 million in Series B funding to expand its growth into quantum cloud computing and drive its worldwide distribution. The latest round was led by Red Dot Capital Partners with the participation of Exor, Claridge Israel, Samsung NEXT, Valor Equity Partners,…
mPokket – an Instant Loan App providing loans to college students and young working professionals – has appointed Vikram Singh as their new Head of Product, a key appointment as the fintech firm further strengthens its management team and accelerates product innovation. Vikram will lead mPokket’s product team and develop the product strategy and roadmap…
End-to-End logistics and technology startup Pickrr has announced the appointment of Rohit Mittal as Senior Vice President (SVP) of sales division. Rhitiman Majumder, Co-Founder and CEO at Pickrr, commented, “It is an exciting time for Pickrr as we are set to enter the next phase of our growth trajectory. In addition to expanding our core product…
Wadhwani Foundation has announced the appointment of Sanjay Shah as its Chief Operating Officer for India and SE Asia. Sanjay has over three decades of experience in founding and steering software product companies to the global market. He founded Zapty, Instavans Logistics, Skelta, Everest Software and Accel Computers, some of which were acquired and his…
Banking workflow automation platform Signzy, has appointed Sabir Shaikh as Vice President – Business Development (EMEA) to strengthen its leadership team and support the company’s expansion plans in new and developing markets. The announcement follows Signzy’s recent entry into UAE in strategic partnership with Dubai’s Seed Group. The AI startup aims to triple its growth…