Uniphore, a Conversational Service Automation (CSA) platform, has announced its agreement to acquire Jacada, a customer experience firm with the low code/no code platform for contact center automation. “Upon closing the acquisition of Jacada, and with Uniphore’s January 2021 acquisition of Emotion Research Labs , Uniphore will be the only vendor to provide proven low…
Former FabIndia Group CTO Kunal Mehta has now joined IT major Tata Consultancy Services as Program Director, according to ET report. In this new role, Mehta will be working with retail clients on their IT strategies, IT framework and solutioning. Kunal carries over 21 years of experience in the Retail and Manufacturing sector across a wide range of organizations…
iRely, a business management software firm for commodities, petroleum distribution, convenience stores, and grain operations, has announced the appointment of Marcel Kistler as iRely’s senior partner, process transformation. Kistler will lead iRely’s process transformation team from Switzerland. Kistler has over 30 years of experience in soft commodities, from origination and trading to purchasing, transportation, production,…
Krypt has announced the appointment Kai Seela to the team as Vice President of Global Trade. As an international leader in SAP GTS, Kai will lead the Global Trade Practice at Krypt. “We are delighted to have Kai Seela join us after working with him at SAP for many years. His extensive experience and knowledge…
European company Dixa has announced a Series C funding round totaling $105M. The Series C round is led by General Atlantic, a global growth equity investor with participation from existing investors Notion Capital Project A and Seed Capital. Dixa will leverage the new funds to invest in product development, including potential new acquisitions, and plans…
Atos, a global digital transformation company, announced it has reached an agreement to acquire Nimbix, a global leading high-performance computing (HPC) cloud platform provider based in the US, to strengthen its HPC offering. With this acquisition, Atos, already a European leader in HPC, enhances its existing capabilities and position itself as a leader in HPC cloud…
HTC Global Services announced that Nitesh Bansal has been appointed as President and Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately. Nitesh will be responsible for global sales, marketing, delivery, and operations of the enterprise. He will report directly to Madhava Reddy, CEO and Founder, who will continue to drive strategy and direction for the company. Nitesh joins HTC Global Services…
Shell New Energies US LLC (Shell), a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc, announced it has signed an agreement to buy 100% of the equity interests of Inspire Energy Capital LLC (Inspire), a renewable energy residential retailer with joint headquarters in Santa Monica, CA and Philadelphia, PA. This acquisition advances Shell’s Powering Progress strategy to build and scale renewable and…
Foseco India, the leading supplier of metallurgical chemicals for the ferrous and non-ferrous foundry industry, announced it has appointed Amitabha Mukhopadhyay as a Non-Executive Independent Director (Additional Director) on the Board of the Company for a period of 5 years with effect from July 27, 2021 up to July 26, 2026. Amitabha Mukhopadhyay is a…
Cyient, a global engineering, manufacturing, and technology solutions company, announced it has acquired 100 per cent stake in WorkForce Delta, a global consultancy company. WorkForce Delta, formed in 2015, has a team of consultants with decades of experience advising and executing workforce management programs for corporations globally. This relationship will enable Cyient to offer complete…
Uber has announced that it has named Ameya Velankar as head of marketing for India, South Asia. Prior to Uber, he was responsible for leading SC Johnson’s category marketing and was Marico’s group product head. Speaking on the announcement, Prabhjeet Singh, president, Uber India South Asia, commented, “We are delighted as Ameya takes on his…
Delhi based, MSME focused, digital lender Prest Loans has signed up a strategic alliance agreement with Mumbai based U GRO Capital, a BSE listed technology enabled NBFC, to provide secured business loans to Micro SME business units. Under this arrangement Prest Loans shall offer U GRO Capital’s ‘GRO Micro’ product to its small businesses and…
Kasisto, creators of KAI, a digital experience platform for the financial services industry, has announced the close of its $15.5 million Series C funding round. The round was co-led by new investors Naples Technology Vendors (NTV) and NCR Corporation with continued participation from Kasisto’s current investors, bringing the company’s total funding to date to $67…
Fitness tech startup Insane AI has said that it has secured $873K in the pi Ventures led seed round. LetsVenture, Founder and CEO of People Group – Anupam Mittal, Sameer Pitalwalla, SportzVillage founder Saumil Majumdar, CEO of GhostKitchens – Karan Tanna, and Arjun Jain – Faculty at IISc also participated in the founding round. According…
CBRE Group, Inc. and Turner & Townsend Holdings Limited have announced a definitive agreement whereby CBRE will acquire a 60% ownership interest in, and enter into a strategic partnership with Turner & Townsend, a United Kingdom-based program, project and cost management platform. CBRE will acquire a 60% stake for approximately £960 million ($1.3 billion) in…