YASH Technologies, a global technology integrator, and outsourcing specialist, has announced a new reseller partnership with QAD, a provider of next-generation manufacturing and supply chain solutions in the cloud. YASH Technologies and QAD have had a consulting partnership lasting several years and have worked closely on multiple business transformation projects. “We are delighted to have…
WoodSpoon, the home-cooked delivery service connecting local home chefs with customers craving homemade food, has raised $14M in Series A funding led by Restaurant Brands International (RBI) with participation from World Trade Ventures (WTV), Victor Lazarte and other individual investors to accelerate growth through R&D, marketing and the doubling of its team in order to…
JuicyScore, a global anti-fraud & risk management firm, has announced its global expansion plans to scale-up its operations to the Indian sub-continent. The company will offer anti-fraud solutions to NBFCs and Indian Micro financing businesses to reduce their online risk in the rapidly growing digital financing ecosystem in India. With headquarters in Moscow and Singapore,…
Birla Carbon has announced the appointment of John Loudermilk to Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Birla Carbon, effective August 1, 2021. As CEO, Mr. Loudermilk will lead all aspects of Birla Carbon, a global supplier of carbon black. Commenting on the appointment, Dr. Santrupt Misra, Group Director, Carbon Black; Director, Chemicals; and Director, Group HR of…
OwnBackup, a cloud data protection platform, has announced a Series E investment of $240 million co-led by Alkeon Capital and B Capital Group, including a secondary investment in the company by BlackRock Private Equity Partners and Tiger Global. Existing investors Insight Partners, Salesforce Ventures, Sapphire Ventures, and Vertex Ventures also participated. The company has cumulatively…
FalconX, a digital assets and cryptocurrency financial services company that provides institutions trading, credit, and clearing across major cryptocurrencies, has announced a $210 million Series C financing round, valuing the company at $3.75 billion. The round was led by Altimeter Capital, Sapphire Ventures and existing investors B Capital Group and Tiger Global Management, with participation…
Litera, a legal technology solutions provider with more than 15,000 customers, has announced that it has agreed to acquire Kira Systems, a machine learning contract review and analysis software platform. As part of the acquisition, Insight Partners, an investor in Kira Systems since August 2018, will further its investment in Kira, becoming a minority investor…
Whatfix, a Digital Adoption Solutions platform, has announced the acquisition of Nittio Learn, a learning management system. According to the announcement, “The acquisition will advance the company’s application training capability by making learning more personalised, adaptive and richer. NittioLearn’s toolset, including additional content options, assessment capabilities, and training course allocation, works holistically with Whatfix. New…
Global network of physician-only platforms for programmatic marketing Doceree has announced that it has named Gareth Shaw as president – UK and Europe. Commenting on the announcement, Harshit Jain, managing director, founder and global CEO, Doceree, stated, “The global presence of Doceree has continued our rapid growth as we span to our third continent within…
Infectious Advertising has announced that it has appointed Vinu V Krishna as creative head, effective immediately. Prior to this role, Krishna held the role of creative director at Bengaluru-based Nicheminds. Speaking on the announcement, Nisha Singhania and Ramanuj Shastry, director and co-founder, Infectious Advertising, commented, “The hiring of Vinu would easily be one of the…
Lord’s Mark Group, a diversified conglomerate will invest INR 100 crores in its newly launched health and hygiene e-commerce platform- The Hygiene India. The investment will be used in adding new products to portfolio, boosting research & development, enhancing the technological capabilities, building manufacturing capabilities and for brand development. The Hygiene India aims to become…
Swedish SAAS company Innovation360 has announced that John Rossman, former Amazon executive and leadership expert, is joining the advisory board and investing in Innovation360. Working closely with founder and CEO Magnus Penker, Mr. Rossman will chair Innovation360´s Global Advisory Board to expand internationally, position Innovation360 as the world’s leading solution provider of innovation and growth…
Dymicron has announced that it has appointed Gunther Peeters as Senior Vice President of Commercial Operations. With more than 15 years of spine industry experience, he will lead all aspects of international commercialization, including sales, market development and logistics. “We are very pleased to have Gunther join our leadership team,” said Alan Layton Chairman and…
Dukaan, a SaaS platform that enables merchants with zero programming skills to set up their e-commerce store, has announced that it will hire over 100 engineers for various roles for its Bengaluru office. With this move, the company will be able to strengthen its core engineering team to over 150 members. “In coming years, over…
Legal tech startup for in-house legal teams, LawVu, has announced that it has raised $17 million NZD in Series A funding led by New York-based global private equity and venture capital firm Insight Partners with support from Australian venture capital firm AirTree Ventures. The company will hire key leadership roles in the US to drive…