Precisely, the global leader in data integrity, announced continued expansion in India to strengthen innovation and deliver customer success. Precisely recognizes the importance of investing in India as a center of excellence for the research and development (R&D), engineering, and customer support functions. Precisely is opening an office in Noida – a city that has…
Metalenz, the market leader for metasurface optics for high-performance 3D sensing solutions, announced the closing of a $30M Series B, led by Neotribe Ventures. The funding will be used to meet the growing demand for the company’s existing 3D Sensor metasurface optics while simultaneously accelerating the market introduction of its revolutionary new polarization sensing solution, PolarEyes. The round…
Software company ConnectWise announced the appointment of Raghu Ram Bongula as its new Chief Technology Officer. Bongula brings two decades of leadership with a focus on digital/cloud transformation, building new platforms, and modernizing legacy platforms. Prior to joining ConnectWise, Bongula served as Senior Vice President of Engineering at Global Payments, where he led a team…
Isthara, India’s premium co-living brand and Smart Food Court pioneer, has raised fresh funding of $10 million led by Dubai-based Eagle Investments. The current funding round brings Isthara’s total fund-raise to about $21 million. Isthara aims to scale the food court business by 10X to 500 food courts across 30 cities in the next 3 years, catering to a million people…
Vecmocon, a startup that manufactures electric vehicle components, has raised $5.2 million in funding from Tiger Global, Blume Ventures and other angel investors, according to ETtech report. The company aims to utilise the fundraising to invest in team building, business expansion, scaling up of operations and product innovation. Interestingly, this is the fourth EV startup…
DENSO, a leading mobility supplier, has appointed Santosh Singh to Senior Vice President. In this role, he will oversee Human Resources, Legal, Government Affairs and Corporate Communications groups in the region and serve as the North America chief compliance officer. He will remain based at the company’s regional headquarters in Southfield, Michigan. “Santosh has played a pivotal role in our…
Whatfix, the digital adoption platforms (DAP) leader, announced three strategic hires to drive growth in the APAC region. Raj Sundarason joins as the Leader for Asia Pacific and Japan, Sameer Mishra has been named VP and Head of Sales for India and Southeast Asia, and Manojkumar Narayanakurup has been named the VP and Global Head…
Glassdoor, the worldwide leader on insights about jobs and companies, announced that Danny Guillory has joined the company as chief people officer, effective immediately. Guillory is responsible for driving the company’s people strategy and operations as Glassdoor leads the conversation around workplace experience and employee insights in a rapidly evolving environment. Guillory brings more than…
Aether Industries Limited has inaugurated their newly expanded R&D centre in Surat, Gujarat. The centre will help serve the growing demand in the CRAMS business segments and underpin efforts to achieve improved efficiency for existing products. In addition to that, Aether Industries’ latest R&D centre will support innovation for the company’s continually-growing internal product pipeline…
Tripadvisor, Inc. announced that Ernst Teunissen will retire from his role as Chief Financial Officer to pursue other interests, and that Mike Noonan will join the company as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President, effective October 31, 2022. Through the first quarter of 2023, Teunissen will be actively engaged with key finance and strategy initiatives as well as facilitating…
Multinational professional services firm Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) announced the appointment of Kevin Flynn as the new EY Americas Vice Chair of Tax, effective October 1, 2022. Flynn succeeds Marna Ricker, who served as EY Americas Vice Chair of Tax from July 2018 through September 2022 and is taking the role of EY Global Vice Chair of Tax. “Kevin’s robust client-serving…
Perficient, Inc. (Perficient), the leading digital consultancy firm, announced the acquisition of Ameex Technologies Corporation (Ameex), an approximately $19 million revenue digital experience consultancy headquartered in Schaumburg, IL, with offshore operations located in Chennai, India. “We’re thrilled to continue to strengthen our global delivery capacity, enhance our digital capabilities and expand further within India with…
Sachin Thacker has joined legal edtech company LawSikho as Vice President Delivery Excellence, and he will be working with COO Abhyuday Agarwal. A graduate in Hospitality Management from Thames Valley University, London (UK), Thacker brings in over 18 years of experience and proven success in driving transformation for top global companies. He has worked in…
CollegeDekho, India’s largest higher education ecosystem, has announced the joining of Sushant Kashyap and Dr Ashfaq-Ul-Ahad to the company’s senior leadership. They will focus on further enhancing the portfolio of CollegeDekho Assured, which is aimed at upskilling India’s 38.5 mn college students with an industry-focused curriculum and boosting their employability, a statement said. Both Sushant…
Straive (erstwhile SPi Global), a leader in delivering technology-driven solutions for Content, EdTech, and Data to leading global organizations, has appointed Josh Blair as its Non-Executive Chairman. Josh is the CEO and Co-Founder of EdTech innovator Impro.AI. Additionally, Josh is the Vice Chair at TELUS International, the Governance Chair at Neighbourly Pharmacies, and a partner…