Wolters Kluwer Global Growth Markets (GGM) has announced the appointment of Ruchi Tushir as Vice President and General Manager of GGM India, effective October 18, 2021. The Wolters Kluwer GGM group focuses on expanding the company’s presence in selected geographies, particularly India and China. Ms. Tushir replaces Shireesh Sahai, who is stepping down after seven…
Equirus Capital acted as the financial advisor to Vayana Network in its INR 283 crores series C fundraise and helped Vayana onboard Marshall Wace as the lead investor. Marshall Wace is a global alternative investment manager headquartered in London. The UK’s CDC Group and US-based March Capital also participated along with existing investors Chiratae Ventures…
Bridgeweave, a London based fintech has announced the addition of Gopinath Natarajan to its management team as Director, Solutions for Asia. Gopinath joins Bridgeweave following two years with Yes Securities, where he was responsible for Product & Investment Portfolios that spread across tech-led and traditional offerings. He managed a 50+ team across digital product initiatives,…
Grip, a new-age investment platform, is strengthening its senior technology team as it looks to expand its product offering. The company has appointed Varun Bhanot as Vice President of Engineering. He will be responsible for driving the vision, design, and strategy for the engineering function and help Grip scale optimally. Commenting on the announcement of…
WorkRamp, the All-in-One Learning Platform, has announced its latest partnerships with content providers: Udemy Business, Go1, OpenSesame, and EasyLlama. WorkRamp customers can now leverage these partnerships to leverage thousands of off-the-shelf content and create tailored learning programs to upskill and develop their employees at scale, according to a statement. “By integrating with top content providers,…
DRIFE, a decentralised blockchain-based ride-hailing platform, has announced that former Uber director Daniel Mangabeira Dantas has joined Drife as a Strategic Investor and Policy Advisor. As a former political advisor to the UK Ambassador to Brazil as well as one of the architects of the ridesharing regulatory debates in Brazil and Latin America, Mangabeira has…
Golden Agri-Resources (GAR), an integrated palm-based agribusinesses, has appointed Anita Neville to join its executive leadership team in the new role of Chief Sustainability and Communications Officer (CSCO). As GAR’s Senior Vice President for Group Corporate Communications, she has overseen the company’s corporate communications across all communications channels and to all audiences. As CSCO, Ms…
Diversified professional services and investment management firm Colliers has announced the appointment of three more Senior Directors for its Research and Office Services teams based in Mumbai, effective immediately. The three industry experts join from JLL India to further strengthen Colliers’ capabilities in the region and across the country. Vimal Nadar joins Colliers from JLL…
ElectricPe, India’s EV charging platform, has announced that it raised a seed round of $3 million. Led by Blume Ventures and Micelio Fund, the company will utilize the capital to further develop its platform to enable easy access to affordable charging points via the ElectricPe App. Investments from other notable angel investors included Anshuman Bapna…
Nuritas, a biotechnology company, has closed a $45 million USD Series B funding round. The investment, led by Chicago-based Cleveland Avenue, LLC, includes Grosvenor’s Wheatsheaf Group, the European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF), Singapore-based Vertex Holdings, Nutresa Ventures/ Veronorte and CJ. Cultivian Sandbox Ventures and VisVires New Protein, who led previous rounds, also participated. Other early…
Brazen Group, a Salesforce consulting partner, has completed its acquisition of SaaSTech Solutions Pvt. Ltd., a multinational consulting company that provides Salesforce implementation and development services for private companies, public agencies, and higher education clients. SaaStech Solutions joins Brazen Group’s technology solutions team — the part of Brazen that leverages the strengths of Salesforce cloud…
Trademo, a global supply chain intelligence company, has announced that it has secured $12.5 million seed round funding. Investors include marquee Silicon Valley venture capitalists Amit Singhal (former SVP Google), Saama Capital, Neeraj Arora (former Chief Business Officer of WhatsApp), Sridhar Ramaswamy (Founder/CEO Neeva and former SVP Google) and Shalabh Singhal (founder/CEO Trademo). “Global trade…
Kasisto, creators of KAI, the digital experience platform for the financial services industry, has announced that banking technology veteran Lindsay Soergel has joined the firm as its Chief Customer Experience Officer and a member of its executive management team. Lindsay will be responsible for customer success, delivery and solutions functions across the Kasisto organization. Prior…
LMCE’s startup Xpand has announced that it has secured $ 1.5 million in the latest pre-Series A round. CEO of Amansa Capital – Akash Prakash led the round, in his personal capacity. The round also saw participation from other professionals and HNIs like Madhu Jayakumar, Dipinder Sandhu and Shagun Khandelwal. Speaking on the announcement, Sanjay…
L&T Technology Services Limited, a global pure-play engineering services company, has announced that it has entered into an agreement with Microsoft to offer LTTS’ Energy & Sustainability Manager Solution on Microsoft Azure to digitally transform and create sustainable factories of the future, according to a statement. The statement said that this latest agreement is part…