Fintech company Intellect Design Arena Ltd announced the appointment of Kannan Ramasamy as Executive Vice President – Global Head Partnerships & Alliances and Business Head of iTurmeric. In this global role, Kannan will be instrumental in building and driving global alliances & expanding Intellect’s Partner ecosystem. He will also lead iTurmeric, the first-of-its-kind enterprise integration,…
FMCG company JL Morison India Limited has announced the appointment of Ravi Vaishnav as Company Secretary and Compliance Officer, effective September 17, 2021. Vaishnav succeeds Sonal Naik, who resigned from the role, effective September 16, 2021. According to the Company’s exchange filing, “we wish to inform you that the Board of Directors of the Company…
Velodyne Lidar, Inc. and MOV.AI have announced the companies are collaborating to provide robot manufacturers with enterprise-grade automation solutions, including mapping, navigation, obstacle avoidance and risk avoidance. “Adding MOV.AI and Velodyne technologies to TUGBOT.ai provided our robot with an off-the-shelf, high-accuracy navigation and localization solution for the high and dynamic environments where we are deploying…
Standard Industries Holdings, a privately-held global industrial company, has announced, in anticipation of the closing of its acquisition of W. R. Grace, that Bhavesh V. (Bob) Patel will join the company as CEO of Grace, effective January 2022. “We’re thrilled to welcome Bob to the Standard family as CEO of W. R. Grace,” said David…
iStreet Network Limited appointed Pradeep Malu as Acting Chief Financial Officer, effective August 30, 2021. Malu replaces Dinesh Trivedi, who has resigned from the role due to limited mobility and COVID-19 pandemic. According to the Company’s exchange filing, “This is inform you that the – Mr. Dinesh Trivedi has expressed his inability to continue as…
Wipro Limited, a global information technology, consulting and business process services company, and HERE Technologies, the location data and technology platform, has announced that they are partnering to offer location-based services, to customers from Energy & Utilities, Manufacturing, Transport & Logistics, Telecom and Automotive industry verticals. As part of this announcement, Wipro and HERE will…
Max Life Insurance Company Ltd., has enabled a safe and secure E-mandate process on premium payments for its customers in partnership with BillDesk, a payment gateway solutions provider, according to a statement. Manu Lavanya, Director and Chief Operations Officer, Max Life said, “Customer Obsession remains a core value of Max Life. We have driven multiple…
Yes Bank announced the appointments of Atul Malik and Rekha Murthy to it Board, effective August 30, 2021. According to the bank’s exchange filing, “This is to inform you that as permitted under Clause 5(5) of the ‘Yes Bank Limited Reconstruction Scheme, 2020’ notified by the Ministry of Finance, Government of India vide notification No.…
The Nathan Cummings Foundation (NCF) has announced the appointment of Kavita Nandini Ramdas as its new president and CEO. Ramdas, who currently leads the Open Society Foundations’ Women’s Rights Program, will join NCF on October 4. She will succeed interim President and CEO Rey Ramsey, who will continue to serve on the board and support the foundation’s mission-aligned investing…
Route Mobile Limited, one of the leading cloud communication platform service providers to enterprises, over-the-top (OTT) players, and mobile network operators, announced the promotion of Shefali Sharma as the Chief Executive Officer, and the appointment of Ramachandran Sivathanu as the Chief Operating Officer of Call 2 Connect India Private Limited, (Call2Connect) a wholly-owned subsidiary of…
Rafay Systems, a platform for Kubernetes Operations, has announced a $25 million Series B funding round led by ForgePoint Capital, with participation from existing investors Ridge Ventures, Costanoa Ventures and Moment Ventures. Rafay will use this infusion of funds to continue hiring engineers and grow its sales, marketing and customer success teams. According to a…
RattanIndia Enterprises Ltd. has formed an Advisory Board with a mix of distinguished industry experts and new age entrepreneurs. Advisory board will advise the management on i) Investment Strategy ii) Review of Investment Proposals iii) Monitoring performance of Investee companies and subsidiaries and iv) assist management with external relationships and any other specific tasks. Initial…
Automotive financing startup OTO Capital has announced that it has secured $6 million in Matrix Partners India led Series A round. Speaking on the investment, Sumit Chhazed, Co-founder, OTO Capital, commented, “We are re-imagining the two-wheeler buying and ownership experience for millions of Indians. Customers can research, schedule test drives at home, avail innovative &…
Bengaluru-based social tech enterprise RubanBridge (1Bridge) has announced that it has secured $2.5 million in the latest funding round led by C4D Partners. The round saw participation from KAAJ Ventures, and angel investors including founding partner of Accel Partners – Prashanth Prakash, co-founder of Happiest Minds – Puneet Jetli, as well as PE/VC executive – Aradhana…
Udemy, a destination for learning and teaching online, has announced that it has acquired CorpU, an online leadership development platform that delivers cohort-based immersive learning experiences and access to experts. The acquisition deepens Udemy’s learning offerings with CorpU’s immersive experiences to deliver transformational learning that fosters innovation, leadership, and business agility, according to a statement.…