StyleCracker, an online personal styling platform backed by Bollywood actor Alia Bhatt, has raised $2 Mn from US-based investor AMJ Ventures. The company was founded by Dhimaan Shah & Archana Walavalkar in 2015. Previously, AMJ has invested in Indian startups like Avail Finance, a Bengaluru-based loan financing service and Propelld, a company which provides finances…
UPL Limited, an Indian multinational company that manufactures and markets agrochemicals, industrial chemicals, chemical intermediates, and specialty chemicals, and also offers crop protection solutions, has entered into definitive agreements to acquire 100% shares of Yoloo (Laoting) Bio-technology Co., Ltd. (“Laoting Yoloo”), an agrochemical company based in Hebei Province, China, from Beijing Yoloo Bio-Technology Corp., Ltd…
KPMG in India, a leading professional services firm and NIIT Limited, a global leader in Skills and Talent Development, have entered into an exclusive partnership to launch the KPMG NIIT Finance Academy in India for building skills and talent for Finance of the Future. This was announced on the side-lines of Confluence 2019, NIIT’s annual…
Dr. Bina Modi, Head of the Family Council, Modi Enterprises, takes over as the new Chairperson of Modi Enterprises. She has served as a Board Member of Godfrey Phillips India Limited and is also on the CSR Committee of the Company. In a low key hand over, following the sudden death of Mr. KK Modi,…
Freshworks Inc., the customer engagement software company, has secured the signing of definitive agreements for a $150 million series H round of funding at a post-financing valuation of $3.5 billion. The round was led by existing investors Sequoia Capital, CapitalG, and Freshworks’ first investor, Accel. The company was founded by Girish Mathrubootham and Shan Krishnasamy…
Smarten Spaces, a Singapore Headquartered company, has raised close to a $12M Series A investment round. The new investment was made by leading Asia investor Symphony International Holdings Limited (Symphony). The company was founded by Dinesh Malkani, Anushka Verghese and Prithvi Shergill in 2017 The Smarten Spaces platform is quite unique in the industry as…
Azure Power, a leading solar power producer in India, announced that Deepak Malhotra, Director, Infrastructure, South Asia at Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), was appointed to its Board of Directors, taking CDPQ’s total number of board seats to two. CDPQ, a long-term institutional investor that manages funds primarily for public and parapublic…
CBREX, an AI driven Exchange that used AI /ML to match jobs posted by employers to specialist recruiters/recruiting firms anywhere in the world, has raised $1.1 million in equity funding from a few Indian high net worth investors. The company was founded by Gautam Sinha in 2015. The startup will invest the funds in business…
Times Professional Learning, an education initiative by The Times of India Group and the Broad College of Business, Michigan State University (MSU), has announced an agreement for the delivery of MSU online executive education programs for businesses and professionals in India. Starting December 2019, Times Professional Learning, under its vertical The Second Wind (TSW), will…
Coolberg, which offers malt-based, flavored non-alcoholic beers, has raised $3.5 million in Series A round led by RB Investments (Singapore-based family office) and its existing investor, India Quotient. The round also saw participation from Ashish Goenka, chairman of Suashish Diamonds Ltd, and a pool of investors from Indian Angel Network (IAN). The company was founded…
One of Asia’s tallest Expert Networks to have been born out of India, SpeakIn is delighted to announce the latest round funding by none other than Aditya Ghosh backed Homage Ventures. Aditya Ghosh is one of India’s most celebrated and well respected business leaders known for his penchant for consumer business and encouraging disruptive business…
ekincare, a health benefits platform that helps companies administer benefits efficiently, optimize their healthcare spends, has raised USD 3.6M in a Series A funding round led by a new investor, with participation from existing investors including Venture East, Eight Roads and Touchstone equities. The latest round takes the total funding raised by ekincare to $5.6M.…
Teleperformance in India has announced that it has been recognised as an Aon Best Employer, which is now known as Kincentric Best Employer, for the sixth consecutive year as part of the Best Employers global certification. With almost 20 years of experience in Best Employer research across the world, backed by more than 50 years…
Nucleus Software, the leading provider of lending and transaction banking solutions to the global financial services industry, has appointed Prakash Purushottam Pai as its Chief Evangelist Officer. As the Chief Evangelist Officer, Prakash will take on the responsibility of communicating effectively the unprecedented value of the company’s award winning solutions. He will play a key…
Bookingjini, a Startup that focuses on Empowering Hotels from all aspects to guarantee Top-line and Bottom-line growth, has raised Rs 3cr in seed round led by Mumbai Angels Network. The deal was led by Apurva Salarpuria, and 18 other investors took part in the round. The company was founded by Sibasish Mishra in 2016. The…