WNS has appointed Jason Liberty to the company’s Board of Directors and Audit Committee. Renu Karnad, a member of the WNS Board since 2012, has resigned from the Board for personal reasons effective February 14, 2020WNS (Holdings) Limited , a leading provider of global Business Process Management (BPM) services, has appointed Jason Liberty to the…
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Recruitment automation start-up Talview hires Parimal Bajpai as VP of Engineering
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AI Recruitment startup Talview has hired Parimal Bajpai as VP of Engineering to help scale Talview’s platform as a recruitment automation and Instahiring solution. As VP of Engineering, Parimal will oversee Product Engineering, QA, Architecture and DevOps functions and teams at Talview. Talview’s Instahiring platform helps clients speed up their hiring process. As per the company their solutions…
Intuition Robotics adds $36 mn in Series B funding
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Intuition Robotics, developer of digital companion technologies, announced that it has raised $36 million in Series B funding co-led by SPARX Group and OurCrowd, bringing the company’s total funding to $58 million. Additional investors in the round include: Toyota AI Ventures, Sompo Holdings, iRobot, Union Tech Ventures, Happiness Capital, Samsung Next, Capital Point and Bloomberg…
Innovaccer raises $70 mn Series C funding led by Steadview Capital, Tiger Global and other investors
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Innovaccer, a Healthtech startup, announced it has raised $70 million in a Series C funding round from Steadview Capital, Tiger Global, Dragoneer, Westbridge Capital, Mubadala, and M12. Till now, the company has managed to raise a total capital of $120 million. The company will utilise the funds to improve existing processes that digitise healthcare for…
Aster DM Healthcare gets full legal ownership of its Dubai business
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The global healthcare service provider Aster DM Healthcare announced that the UAE government has allowed 100% legal ownership of its business in Dubai. Earlier, as per UAE law requirements, nationals of the UAE were required to be the legal/registered owners of the UAE companies and the foreign investors were allowed to hold upto 49%. With…
Reggora secures $10 mn in Series A funding led by Spark Capital
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Reggora, the industry’s leading residential appraisal software, announced that it has raised $10 million in Series A funding, led by Spark Capital. Spark also led the company’s $3 million seed round in January 2019. Existing investors, including Boston Seed Capital, also participated in the round. With the funding, Reggora will focus on adding to its…
CITIC Capital Acquisition Corp. announces completion of IPO
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CITIC Capital Acquisition Corp. announced the closing of its initial public offering of 27,600,000 units in US, which includes 3,600,000 units issued pursuant to the exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option in full. The offering was priced at $10.00 per unit, resulting in gross proceeds of $276,000,000. Credit Suisse acted as the sole…
CSX recognised as the Most Sustainable Company in the Logistics Industry
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The latest issue of World Finance is out and has revealed that CSX has been named the Most Sustainable Company in the Logistics Industry as part of the magazine’s Sustainability Awards 2019. The award win recognises the company’s longstanding commitment to sustainability in an industry that is not always the most effective at championing its…
NIPPON Passport raises 200 mn JPY in pre-series A funding
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NIPPON Passport Co., Ltd. announced that it has closed 200 million JPY in a pre-series A funding. The funding was led by private investors and business companies through a third-party allotment in a pre-series A funding round. The government of Japan shows the target to attract 60 million foreign tourists annually by 2030. NIPPON Passport…
Headspace raises $53 mn in Series C funding led by Times Bridge
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Headspace, a global leader in mindfulness and meditation, announced an investment from Times Bridge as its Series C funding comprised of $53 million of equity from participating investors and $40 million of debt capital. Times Bridge, a global investments and partnerships firm, will enable Headspace to launch and scale in India, the world’s second largest…
Bengaluru-based startup Vedantu raises $24 mn funding led by GGV Capital
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Vedantu, an Edtech startup company, announced it has raised $24 million in funding led by GGV Capital. Existing investors also participated in the funding round. Last year the company raised $42 million funding led by Tiger Global. Vedantu will utilise the capital for branding and expanding its presence to new categories such as early childhood…
Odisha govt approves eight investment proposals worth Rs1,609.49 cr
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The Government of Odisha has approved eight more investment proposals worth Rs.1,609.49 crore in the 89th State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA) meeting. The meeting was held under the Chairmanship of Chief Secretary, Asit Kumar Tripathy in Lok Seva Bhawan conference hall today wherein Hemant Sharma, Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Industries outlined the project proposals for consideration.…
TCS recognised as a leader in Capital Markets Operations by Everest Group
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Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, has been recognized as a Leader in the Everest Group PEAK Matrix for Capital Markets Operations. In an assessment of 24 global service providers offering capital markets operations services, TCS was placed highest for Vision and Capability, as well as Market impact.…
Ticket marketplace viagogo completes acquisition of StubHub
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viagogo, the globally active ticket marketplace for accessing live sports, music and entertainment events, announced it has completed its acquisition of StubHub. eBay inc has confirmed in their press release that it has completed the sale of StubHub to viagogo for $4.05 billion in cash. The acquisition will give consumers wider access to their favorite events. These…
Nielsen announces key appointments to its Board of Directors
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Nielsen Holdings plc announced two appointments to the company’s Board of Directors, Tom Castro and Janice Marinelli, effective February 18, 2020. Castro has had a remarkable career in the media industry, having once been the youngest radio owner in American history and founder of what was the largest privately-held Hispanic focused radio company in the…