Accenture has agreed to acquire The Stable — a commerce agency focused on helping consumer brands build and operate their own digital commerce channels as well as manage their brand and sales performance across key North American retailers. The agreement reinforces Accenture’s continued investments in commerce to help clients accelerate growth and sustain relevance, the statement said. The…
Pluralsight, the technology workforce development company, announced the appointment of Somit Goyal as President and Chief Operating Officer (COO). Reporting to Pluralsight co-founder and CEO Aaron Skonnard, Somit will be responsible for overseeing the development and execution of Pluralsight’s cohesive strategy across core product and go-to-market organizations in support of the company’s growth. “Somit’s deep, proven expertise across…
RightData, the high-growth startup known for modern data integration and trusted data quality and observability, added two industry leaders to its executive team. Siva Kolisetti joins as Vice President and Head of RightData’s Digital Center based in Hyderabad, India. In this role, he will direct engineering in designing and executing state-of-the-art data lakehouse and data quality software…
Dark Pulse, Inc. (DarkPulse), a technology company focused on the manufacture, sale, installation, and monitoring of laser sensing systems based on its patented BOTDA dark-pulse sensor technology for assessing the health and security of infrastructure, announced it has signed an LOI for the acquisition of Om Optel Industries Pvt. Ltd., a Fiber Optic Cable and…
Bandhan Bank Limited announced the appointment of Aparajita Mitra as an Independent Director on the company’s Board, with effect from July 13, 2022. According to the company’s exchange filing, “We would like to inform that the Board of Directors of Bandhan Bank Limited (the ‘Bank’), at its meeting held on July 13, 2022, on the…
Infosys, a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, announced a definitive agreement to acquire BASE life science, a leading technology and consulting firm in the life sciences industry, in Europe. “The acquisition reaffirms our commitment to help global life sciences companies realize business value from cloud-first digital platforms and data, to speed-up clinical trials…
Startup investment banking platform JPIN announced the addition of two prominent finance & business strategy experts to their team – Parul Jain joining the advisory board and Rajiv Kapahi joining as the Group COO. Their expertise in global finance and corporate governance will add value to JPIN’s expansion towards exciting opportunities in developing economies such…
Content monetisation platform ConsCent has raised $1.75 million (about Rs 14 crore) in a funding round led by Inflection Point Ventures, according to PTI report. Early stage funds Varanium Capital, RiSo Capital, SucSEED Innovation Fund, Sigurd Ventures, AngelList, PitchRight Ventures, and angels like Quess Corp’s Vijay Sivaram, former Rivigo Co-founder Gazal Kalra etc also participated…
Appventurez, a mobile application development company, announced it has set up its first overseas office in Amstelveen, Netherlands. Appventurez aims to hire over 50 consisting of engineers and digital technology specialists with a focus on low-code and no-code app development in the Netherlands in FY 2022-23, a statement said. As the expansion is going underway,…
Exela Technologies, Inc. (Exela) announced the promotion of Suresh Yannamani to Chief Executive Officer, Exela Technologies BPA, LLC, a subsidiary of Exela. “Suresh’s promotion is part of the plans underway since last year including the appointment of several presidents of business units within our accounting segments. Some of these appointments were from within our ranks…
Lightspeed Venture Partners (Lightspeed) announced the closing of Lightspeed Venture Partners XIV-A/B, L.P. (Fund XIV) with $1.98 billion, Lightspeed Venture Partners Select V, L.P. (Select Fund V) with $2.26 billion, and Lightspeed Opportunity Fund II, L.P. (Opportunity Fund II) with $2.36 billion of committed capital. Separately, Lightspeed India Partners announced the closing of a $500M…
Neo Group, a new-age asset management and financial advisory firm promoted by Nitin Jain, announced the appointment of Sandeep Khemka as the Senior Partner at Neo Asset Management. Sandeep Khemka is a private credit veteran with an experience of over 17 years. In his previous stint, Sandeep was associated with Ares SSG for close to…
AMS (formerly Alexander Mann Solutions), the global provider of talent outsourcing and advisory services, announced the acquisition of FlexAbility, its longstanding Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) partner in India, from the shareholders of firm ABC Consultants, the pioneer of recruitment services in the country. FlexAbility, renamed FlexAbility by AMS, will operate within the AMS global platform.…
The US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) announced that three new business leaders have joined the Board of Directors of USISPF, the Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group that champions stronger US-India bilateral commercial and strategic ties. The new leaders joining as members of the USISPF Board of Directors include the following: Chris Toth, Chief Executive Officer of…
Prodapt, a global consulting, technology & managed services provider to the Connectedness industry, announced that Vishal Bhatnagar has joined as Executive Vice President, based in London. With over 26 years of leadership experience, Vishal comes from a tech-commercial background across IT services, BPS, products, and consulting. He will be responsible for scaling Prodapt’s European business…