Epson America, Inc., a global inkjet printing solutions company, announced Joseph Contreras has been named head of sales and channel marketing for the company’s North America Business Inkjet organization. In this role, Contreras will be responsible for overseeing dealer and inside sales groups as well as channel and field marketing teams tasked with deepening dealer relationships, delivering tangible value to…
Kapture CRM, a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software firm, has appointed Jagadeesan Kumar as its Chief Financial Officer and Head of Corporate Development. His appointment comes at a time when the leading enterprise-grade, SaaS-based customer experience platform is successfully helping 1000+ brands in 16 countries to make customer service more intelligent and contextual, a statement said. After…
Learning platform Unacademy has appointed Navneet Sharma as its Chief Business Officer – New Initiatives. He will be responsible for formulating new avenues of growth for the digital and hybrid models for the Test Prep business. Navneet comes with over 18 years of experience in Strategy, Sales & Marketing, and managing P&L. He has expertise…
Plobal Apps announced the appointment of Manjunath Chandrashekar as the Head of Engineering. Founded in 2016, Plobal Apps is an end-to-end SaaS platform that helps online stores build native mobile apps in minutes with zero coding. Founder & CEO, Atul Poharkar, Plobal Apps, shared, “At Plobal, we are revolutionizing commerce by building a strong technology…
Fintech startup FinBox has raised $15 million in a funding round led by A91 Partners. Aditya Birla Ventures and Flipkart along with existing investors Arali Ventures also participated in the funding round. The company will use the fresh infusion to expand its offering in Southeast Asian markets and double its staff from 85 currently, it…
Larsen & Toubro Infotech, a global technology consulting and digital solutions company, has been named the GSI Global Delivery Platform Partner of the Year by Snowflake, the Data Cloud company. This award was presented at the Snowflake Summit 2022 ‘The World of Data Collaboration’. As an Elite Partner of Snowflake, LTI works with leading global…
Eureka Forbes announced that Marzin R. Shroff will step down as Managing Director and CEO of the company, effective August, 2022 and will move to a new role as Senior Advisor to both Advent International (Advent) and Eureka Forbes Ltd. (Eureka Forbes). Marzin has led Eureka Forbes through a strong transformative phase, helping to grow…
Liquidia Corporation announced the appointment of Rajeev Saggar, M.D., to the position of Chief Medical Officer. In this role, Dr. Saggar will oversee all aspects of research, clinical development, medical affairs, and regulatory affairs for Liquidia, assuming responsibilities on July 18, 2022. Roger Jeffs, Chief Executive Officer of Liquidia, said: “We are excited to add…
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has won two 2021 Google Cloud Partner of the Year Awards: Industry Solution Partner of the Year for Retail and Global Diversity & Inclusion Partner of the Year. TCS won the Google Cloud Industry Solution Partner of the Year Award – Retail for its deep cloud transformation experience with retail market…
BioPorto, a vitro diagnostics company, announced the appointment of Dr. Prasad Devarajan as Senior Medical Director effective July 1, 2022. Dr. Devarajan is considered a world leading Pediatric Nephrologist and physician-scientist and a pioneer in understanding the relationship between Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) and Acute Kidney Injury (AKI), a statement said. Dr. Devarajan is Professor…
Edtech company Instructure announced that Shiren Vijiasingam has been named the company’s new chief product officer, effective June 20, 2022. Vijiasingam will play a pivotal role in building the Instructure Learning Platform and driving growth through product adoption. As the company delivers on its core mission of elevating student success, amplifying the power of teaching, and…
Lokal, a hyperlocal social media platform, announced the appointment of Ishan Kajaria as Vice President Sales. As VP Sales, Ishan will be front-ending efforts in monetizing local business advertorial, matrimony, real estate and classifieds. He will be heading the sales vertical and be responsible for driving revenue growth while building the best-in-class team at Lokal,…
DBS Bank India Limited announced that it has acquired a 9.9% stake in Svakarma Finance, a non-banking finance company, for delivering relevant financial solutions to micro enterprises through a combination of direct lending and co-lending. DBS Bank India’s strategy for its expanded franchise across 300+ locations and 500+ branches envisages significant growth in SME and…
Cross-border payments startup PayGlocal has raised $12 million funding co-led by Tiger Global and Sequoia Capital India. The startup will utilise the funds to scale its business and launch new payment solutions. BeeNext and angel investors like Pine Labs CEO Amrish Rau, Citrus Pay and Jupiter founder Jitendra Gupta, and Cred’s founder Kunal Shah also…
Hinduja Global Solutions (HGS), a provider of solutions in consumer engagement, digital CX and business process management (BPM), announced that it is setting up a new delivery center in Mysuru, Karnataka. HGS expects to hire 400 employees locally by October 2022 and ramp up aggressively through the year, a statement said. Speaking about the development,…