Schlumberger has announced a collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to deploy domain centric digital solutions, enabled by the DELFI* cognitive E&P environment, on the cloud with AWS. “This collaboration will bring AWS customers to the DELFI Petrotechnical Suite, which provides access to AI-enhanced applications from Schlumberger and high-performance computing from AWS’s secure, extensive, and…
Maven, a platform for cohort-based courses created by the founders of Udemy, altMBA, and Socratic, has announced $20 million in Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz. Founded by Gagan Biyani, Wes Kao, and Shreyans Bhansali, Maven centralizes the suite of tools needed to create and run a cohort-based course so that instructors can focus…
MediaMath, a global independent advertising technology company for brands and agencies, has announced that Sapna Kapur has joined as Chief Financial Officer. As CFO, Kapur will lead global finance for MediaMath, driving the company’s financial strategy and acting as a key business partner to the President and leadership team. Her focus will be to propel…
Balaji Telefilms has announced the appointment of Zulfiqar Khan as the Group Chief Operating Officer. “Khan brings with him operational experience and an understanding of the entertainment ecosystem, with over 19 years of experience in broadcast and digital media companies including HOOQ India, EROS Now, and Star TV,” a statement said. Joint Managing Director of…
Blackhawk Network, a global payments provider, has announced that product management and payments executive, Cory Gaines, has been named its Chief Product Officer. Gaines will lead Blackhawk’s continued innovation in payments products, including globalizing the company’s solutions, building upon its Pay4ItTM suite and launching new products. Gaines brings 30 years of experience in product development…
Esper has announced that it has raised $30 Million in Series B funding. The funding was led by Scale Venture Partners, with participation from existing investors, Madrona Venture Group, Root Ventures, Ubiquity Ventures, and Haystack. This brings Esper’s total funding to $40.6 million. The platform claims to empower engineers, developers, and operations teams with tools crafted…
Wysa, a global AI-powered mental health platform, has announced a $5.5M Series A financing round led by W Health Ventures, a Boston-based digital health investor. Others participating in the round include the Google Assistant Investment program, and existing investors pi Ventures and Kae Capital. Wysa will use this capital to support its offering to employers…
Terviva, a food and agriculture company, has announced that it has raised $54 million in equity capital to commercialize its new-to-market culinary oil and plant protein. Terviva expects to close an additional $24M in equity and debt capital this quarter, for a total of $78M in capital to drive its expansion. This latest financing round…
Lionpoint Group, a global technology enablement and operations advisory firm, is now part of Alpha FMC, plc, a UK-AIM listed company. Lionpoint’s acquisition by Alpha will help grow the former’s geographical reach, breadth of services to alternative investment managers, investors, and advisors, and range of clientele to include multi-strategy clients who combine traditional and alternative…
Mindtree, a digital transformation and technology services company, has announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire the NxT Digital Business, the cloud based IoT and AI platform for Industry 4.0 of L&T Group. The NxT Digital Business, was founded as a startup with digital capabilities within L&T. NxT Digital Business leverages the Group’s…
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. has announced that it has completed the first phase of increasing its ownership in DECIEM Beauty Group Inc., the Canadian-based, vertically integrated, multi-brand company. The Estée Lauder Companies now owns approximately 76% of DECIEM (up from 29%), and has agreed to purchase the remaining interests after a three-year period at…
Firmenich, a privately owned fragrance and taste company, has appointed Sarah Reisinger as Chief Research Officer, effective July 1, 2021. She will report to the Group CEO, Gilbert Ghostine, as a member of his executive team after most recently serving as Senior Vice President of Research Operations. Dr. Reisinger will succeed Professor Geneviève Berger, who…
Mamaearth, a Gurugram-based online retailer specializing in baby and toddler products, has named Karan Bajwa as Vice President, Human Resources – Honasa Consumer. “Being the fastest-growing D2C brand, we don’t want to simply add to the volume of our workforce, but want to grow as a family. Mamaearth wants to ensure that our employees are…
Xanadu Realty has elevated Rachit Bansal as Director – Pune. An MBA – Marketing graduate from IIFM Bhopal, with over 18 years of experience, he has experience in building profitable businesses and managing high-performance turnaround teams encompassing multiple high net-worth portfolios across Real Estate, Insurance, Banking & FMCG. He has work experience in Luxury and…
IDEMIA Group has announced the appointment of Astrid Warren as Chief People Officer and a member of the Executive Committee, effective May 18th 2021. Astrid comes with over 20 years of experience in leading HR in global technology organizations. Reporting directly to IDEMIA Group President and CEO, she will oversee the People strategy and agenda…