Pfizer Limited, the Indian unit of US drugmaker, announced the appointment of Amit Agarwal as Executive Director – Finance and Chief Financial Officer of the company, with effect from February 26, 2024. According to the company’s exchange filing, “Pursuant to Regulation 30 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, we hereby inform…
KKR, a global investment firm, announced a strategic partnership with Amit Agarwal, a former senior executive of Thermo Fisher and Omega Engineering, and Andy Silvernail, KKR Executive Advisor and the former Chairman and CEO of IDEX Corporation, to acquire and build businesses in the Testing, Inspection, and Certification (“TIC”) industry. KKR’s Ascendant strategy is committing up to $250 million in funding for…
Pratilipi, an online storytelling platform that enables writers to share their work in various formats, announced it has raised $48 million in a new financing round led by Krafton. South Korean gaming giant Krafton led the Series D round for the seven-year-old Bengaluru-based startup, bringing its to-date raise to $78.8 million. Existing investor Omidyar Network India…
M1xchange has raised $10 million in its current funding round, which was led by Amazon and had participation from BEENEXT and existing investor Mayfield. M1xchange is the leader amongst the holders of the three Trade Receivables Discounting System (TReDS) licenses issued by RBI, in terms of cumulative value of invoices discounted. Since the launch of…
Amazon announced the launch of Amazon Global Selling Propel (AGSP), an initiative designed to provide dedicated support to emerging Indian brands and startups to reach customers around the world. According to a statement, Amazon has partnered with Startup India to launch an accelerator program to help early-stage startups in the consumer products space to launch…
Stanton Chase India, one of the top executive search firms in the country, has been awarded the licence for Singapore by their global board. With an aim to establish a strong foothold in the Asia Pacific markets, the Indian entity of Stanton Chase will now own & run operations in Singapore as well. Impressed by…
Sonendo, Inc., a dental technology company developing and commercializing products to save teeth through Sound Science, announced the appointment of Amit Agarwal as Vice President of Marketing. In his new appointment, Agarwal will assume the responsibility for Sonendo’s marketing organization, including product portfolio management, commercialization, professional education, training and communications. Prior to this, Amit was…