Joyson Safety Systems (JSS), a global supplier of mobility safety components and systems, has announced that President and CEO Guido Durrer will retire from his current position on December 31, 2021. The company also announced that Tao Liu has joined JSS as deputy CEO, with plans to name him president and CEO on January 1,…
Stravito, the Stockholm-based knowledge management solution democratizing access to market research and insights, has announced a €12.4million ($14.6million USD) series A funding round. Endeit Capital led the round with additional investment from existing investors HenQ, Inventure and Creades. To date, Stravito has raised €20.1million ($23.7million USD). “It has never been more important for the world’s…
Zippin, a provider of checkout-free technology, has announced that it has closed a $30 million Series B funding round with participation from new and existing investors including OurCrowd, Maven Ventures, Evolv Ventures and SAP. This new round brings Zippin’s total funding to more than $45 million. The funding round will enable Zippin to scale its…
SAP Concur, a brand for integrated travel, expense, and invoice management solutions, has appointed Matthew Goss as Senior Vice President & General Manager for Asia Pacific Japan and Greater China. Goss, who has over two decades of experience in the IT industry, will take charge of SAP Concur overall business operations in the region, growing…
Voice AI company, Skit has secured USD 23 million as part of its Series B funding, to fuel growth and product evolution. The investment was led by WestBridge Capital with participation from Kalaari Capital and Exfinity Ventures, Angelist syndicate led by Aaryaman Vir Shah from Prophetic Ventures and Letsventure syndicate led by Sense AI. The…
Humane, Inc. has announced that it has raised $100 million in its Series B round. The round was led by Tiger Global Management, with participation from SoftBank Group, BOND, Forerunner Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures LLC, and others. “Humane is a place where people can truly innovate through a genuine collaboration of design and engineering,” said Humane…
Dollar Industries Limited, a brand in the Indian hosiery and knitwear sector, has announced the appointment of Mr. Ajay Kumar Patodia as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). With a broad experience of over 24 years, Mr. Patodia will lead the company’s finance and accounting division. Mr. Patodia, will oversee the company’s financial and operational activities as…
The Citco group of companies, the global alternative investment assets servicer with $1.5 trillion in assets under administration, has announced the launch of a new office in Hyderabad as part of its ongoing expansion in India. The Hyderabad office plans to hire more than 1,200 employees over the next two years, and will operate as…
NxtGen, a cloud-based service and data centre provider in India, has appointed Check Point Software Technologies’ first India-based managed security services provider (MSSP) partner and will offer Check Point Software cybersecurity solutions as managed services along with its data centre and cloud services. According to a statement, “This collaboration will enable organizations of all sizes…
OwnBackup, a cloud data protection platform, has announced the acquisition of RevCult, a California-based software company that provides Salesforce security and governance solutions, often known as SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM). “Although we’ve equipped customers to be more resilient with proactive data backup, monitoring, compare and restore capabilities, many of the problems we help them…
European-Asian private equity firm AGIC Capital has announced the successful final closing of its second fund, AGIC Fund II, which will be focused on advanced industrial and medical technology investments. Henry Cai, Founding Partner of AGIC based in Hong Kong, said, “The strong performance of AGIC Fund I proves that our strategy of supporting portfolio…
N2Growth, Inc., a global leadership consulting and executive search firm, has announced the appointment of Kelli Vukelic as the firm’s next Chief Executive Officer. Mike Myatt, Founder and Chairman of N2Growth, said, “Kelli embodies all of the characteristics we were looking for in our next CEO, and we are confident that our clients, employees, and…
Rattle, a modern BizOps Automation & Orchestration platform, has announced a seed round of $2.8M from Lightspeed & Sequoia Capital India along with prolific angel investors including Amy Chang (EVP at Cisco & Disney board member), Ellen Levy (early investor in Outreach), Jake Seid (early investor in Brex & Carta), and Krish & Raman (the…
Novo Holdings A/S, an international investor in healthcare and life sciences, has announced that it has participated in the US$65.7 million Series C financing in Doctor Anywhere, a regional tech-led healthcare company headquartered in Singapore. As a result of the financing, Dr Amit Kakar, Senior Partner, Head of Novo Holdings Equity Asia will join the…
BunkerFit, India’s free to use Health & Wellness app, has announced that it has raised an undisclosed amount from private investors. The start-up has seen participation from Airtel, Umang Bedi (Daily Hunt), Rohit Malik (ex-Red Fort Capital), Vivek Khemka (Egon Zehnder), Sudhir Singh Dungarpur (Big Four), Dinesh Anand (Grant Thornton), Iskander Lalljee, Jatin Aneja (Shardul…