Boral Limited has announced changes to its Board of Directors following the close of Seven Group Holdings Limited’s offer for Boral shares on Thursday, 29 July 2021 and SGH’s resulting 69.6% ownership interest in Boral. The company has appointed Mr Ryan Stokes as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Mr Richard Richards, a nominee…
Afresh Technologies, a San Francisco-based AI-driven technology company building solutions that are transforming the fresh food supply chain, announced the addition of Bosky Dalal to Afresh’s technical leadership team as Director of Data Engineering. In her position, Dalal will head the company’s data engineering functions, including continuing to build the team of data engineers and analysts,…
Workhorse Group Inc., an American technology company focused on providing sustainable and cost-effective drone-integrated electric vehicles to the last mile delivery sector, has announced the appointment of Richard F. Dauch as Chief Executive Officer, effective August 2nd, 2021. He will also join the Company’s Board of Directors. Dauch succeeds Duane Hughes who has served as…
Blackstone, the world’s leading alternative asset manager, announced that Stevi Petrelli has joined the firm as Head of Blackstone Innovations Investments (BXI Investments) where she will be responsible for overseeing the firm’s internal investments in early-stage PropTech, Enterprise Tech, Cybersecurity and FinTech companies. She has joined as a Managing Director and, in this newly created…
Accenture has acquired Openmind, a boutique commerce agency in Italy with key capabilities in cloud-based platforms, to meet client demand in the rapidly growing commerce market and deliver transformative experiences. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Notably the first acquisition for Accenture Interactive in the country, Openmind boasts a multidisciplinary consulting approach in the areas of…
Switch Mobility Ltd (Switch Mobility), the Electrified Commercial Vehicles company and subsidiary of Ashok Leyland Ltd, Indian flagship of the Hinduja Group and a leading company vehicle manufacturer, announced a strategic agreement with Dana Incorporated (Dana), the global leader in drivetrain and e-propulsion systems, to make a minority investment in Switch. Under the terms of…
Sterling and Wilson Solar Limited (SWSL), an Indian multinational and global leader in Solar EPC and O&M solutions, announced its plans to expand its renewable energy offerings to include EPC solutions for Hybrid Energy power plant, Energy Storage and Waste to Energy. Hybrid Energy consists of solutions involving two or more sources of energy with…
Firstsource Solutions Limited, a a RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group company, announced it has appointed Shashwat Goenka as the Vice Chairman of the company with effect from 29th July 2021. “Pursuant to Regulation 30 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, we hereby inform you that the Board of Directors of the Company at…
Givaudan, the global leader in fragrance creation, announced it has signed a joint venture agreement with Privi Speciality Chemicals Limited (PSCL), India, to strengthen production capabilities for its global speciality fragrance ingredients. Through the agreement, a new greenfield production plant will be built in Mahad, a city located south of Mumbai, to manufacture small-volume fragrance…
Health and fitness-focused food platform based in Silvassa MYFITNESS has announced that it has secured around $1 million in 9Unicorns led seed round. Co-founders of Beardo – Ashutosh Valani and Priyank Shah, Arjun Vaidya (Founder, Dr.Vaidya’s), along with Sharad Jain and Shreyans Jain also participated in the funding round. An official statement informed, “MYFITNESS will…
Gurugram-based supply chain tech company 3SC has announced that it has raised $15 million in Series B round led by GEF Capital’s South Asia Fund. Commenting on the announcement, Lalit Das, Founder and CEO, 3SC, said, “This investment round is testament to the incredible work our team is doing to help our customers drive efficiencies.…
Edutainment organization SP Robotic Works has secured $3 million in its Mount Judi India Growth Fund led Series A round. BCCL along with existing investors Indian Angel Network and angel Investors including Ajai Chowdhry, Raman Roy, among others participated in the financing round. Speaking on the Investment, Sneha Priya, Co-founder and CEO at SP Robotic…
Global professional services firm ZS has announced that Pratap Khedkar, head of the firm’s global biopharmaceuticals and healthcare ecosystem practices, has been elected to CEO by the firm’s leaders. He succeeds Chris Wright, who served the firm’s maximum term and will be affiliated with ZS for the next five years as part of its principal…
Backed by insurance industry partners, Griffin Highline Capital LLC and HDI Global Specialty SE, and insurance veteran, Craig Landi, Falcon Risk Holdings LLC has selected the OneShield Software SaaS cloud offering, OneShield Market Solutions. Falcon is a managing general agency, initially focused on underwriting and claims management of financial and cyber lines of insurance business…
Talview, a provider of an end-to-end, AI-powered hiring and proctoring solution, has announced that it has closed $15M in Series B funding led by Silicon Valley investor Eileses Capital with participation from existing investors Storm Ventures, Inventus Capital and Emergent Ventures. Kishore Bopardikar, Co-founder at Eileses Capital LLC, will join the Talview board, while Arun…