TripleLift, an ad tech company, has announced an expansion in their Asia Pacific (APAC) operations with Henry Shelley appointed as Managing Director, based in Singapore. “As the home to several of the worlds’ largest and fastest-growing digital ad markets, Asia Pacific presents publishers and advertisers with an enormous opportunity to harness the power of programmatic…
Third Wave Automation, Inc. has announced the closing of its Series B financing, a $40M round led by Norwest Venture Partners including participation from prior investors Innovation Endeavors and Eclipse, along with Toyota Ventures. The additional funds will accelerate growth and commercialization efforts. As a part of the announcement, Matt Howard, General Partner at Norwest…
Octane Lending Inc., a provider of digital products supporting consumers, dealerships, and OEMs throughout the buying journey for major recreational purchases, has announced it has raised $52 million in Series D funding. Progressive Investment Company, Inc., a member of the Progressive Insurance ® group, led the round, with participation from existing investors Valar Ventures, Upper90,…
GoSats, a bitcoin rewards company, has announced that they have raised $700k USD seed funding from a group of investors. The platform focuses on mainstreaming bitcoin adoption to help average consumers become passive earners of bitcoin. The Bangalore based startup was co-founded by Mohammed Roshan and Roshni Aslam introduced GoSats into the Indian market in…
Gemini Equipment and Rentals (GEAR) has announced that it has appointed Varun Chopra as Executive Chairman. In this role, Varun is responsible for the strategic direction & the overall business and P&L of GEAR India. He brings with him over 20 years of global experience in Strategic & Operational P&L delivery across Pharmaceuticals Consumer Healthcare…
Marama Labs, a deep-tech sensor and data analytics company based in Wellington, New Zealand has received NZ$500,000 in funding from Quidnet Ventures, a New Zealand-based venture capital fund with operations in Auckland, NZ, San Francisco and New York. This round brings Marama Labs’s total raised to date to NZ$2M. According to a statement, “Quidnet Ventures…
yellow.ai, a customer experience (CX) automation platform, has announced that it has raised $78.15M in Series C, led by WestBridge Capital along with Sapphire Ventures, and Salesforce Ventures. Lightspeed Venture Partners again participated in this round, which brings total funding raised so far to $102.15M. Raghu Ravinutala, CEO and Co-Founder of yellow.ai said, “yellow.ai has broken out of the crowded virtual-assistant…
Publicis Sapient, the digital business transformation company, has announced the appointment of Arthur Filip in the newly created position of Chief Growth Officer, effective immediately. Based in New York, he will report to Publicis Sapient CEO Nigel Vaz. Arthur Filip will be responsible for accelerating how Publicis Sapient brings its full ecosystem, including industries, solutions,…
Bentley Systems, the infrastructure engineering software company, has announced that its Seequent business unit has acquired Imago Inc, a developer of cloud-based software for the capture and management of geoscientific imagery. The acquisition will expand Seequent’s technology solutions portfolio while boosting cloud capabilities to help geoscientists and engineers solve earth, environment, and energy challenges, according…
StockGro, a social investment platform based in Bengaluru, has announced that it has raised $5 million in the Roots Ventures and Velo Partners led pre-Series A funding round. The platform said that it will utilize the funds raised to increase the user base, onboard tech talent, and to develop new features. Speaking on the announcement, Ajay Lakhotia, Founder, StockGro, commented, “Our…
Arvind Thakur has joined the board of JK Tech as a non-executive director. In this role he will contribute towards company strategy and advice on sustained industry profitable growth including inorganic initiatives. Mr. Thakur was the CEO, Vice Chairman & Managing Director at NIIT Technologies Ltd (now renamed as Coforge Ltd), leading it since inception…
India-based technology company Infra.Market has announced that it has raised $125 million in the Series D funding round from Tiger Global at $2.5 billion valuation. Founder of Infra.Market – Souvik Sengupta told to PTI, “The new fund-raise will enable Infra.Market to enhance its technological offerings, seed newer markets, and advance their initiatives such as private…
iCubesWire, a digital marketing agency in India offering 360° concepts to over 250+ clients across e-Commerce, Automobile, Technology, Finance, Travel, Hospitality and more, has announced the appointment Moumita De as Group Head – South. A statement said, “Moumita is a digital specialist with an experience of over 15 years. Previously, she has worked in several…
Ziploan, a New Delhi-based fintech lending platform that provides loans to MSMEs, has announced that it has named of Ashish Goel as Chief Technology Officer. A statement informed, “Before joining ZipLoan, Goel was Co-Founder and CTO at Milkbasket and built its Technology and Product team right from the scratch and scaled it to meet the…
Mindshare India has announced that it has named Vipasha Bhuptani as Communications Planning Lead for the Content+ team. Speaking on the announcement, Parthasarathy Mandayam (Maps), chief executive officer at Mindshare South Asia, commented, “Vipasha has a proven track record of implementing strategic communication initiatives across various brands and markets. We believe that Vipasha will play a pivotal…