MyGate, a security and community management solution for gated communities, has appointed Praveen Boda as head of finance and compliance, and Diwesh Sahai as head of technology. Mansur Nazimuddin has been appointed head of products. These key hires come as the company embarks on an aggressive expansion drive to grow to 15 million homes across 40 cities in the next 18 months, and the announcements come a month after the company raised a Series B round of $56 million from Chinese internet giant Tencent Holdings, US-based JS Capital, Tiger Global Management, alongside existing investor, Prime Venture Partners. Boda will be responsible for all finance and legal aspects at MyGate. He brings with him over 18 years of rich corporate finance experience with successful stints at blue-chip companies, including NVIDIA Graphics, Microsoft and Qualcomm. He has also held key positions at Reliance Jio in the past. Sahai is a seasoned technology leader with vast experience in high-scale technology … [Read more...] about MyGate makes key leadership hires
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AI powered voice customer service, Observe, raises $26 million
PUNE: Observe.ai, an artificial intelligence powered voice customer service firm said it had raised $26 million in Series A financing, led by Scale Venture Partners, with participation from Nexus Venture Partners, Steadview Capital, 01 Advisors, and Emergent Ventures. The funding will be used to expand its teams in the United States and India, and accelerate product development. Further, Andy Vitus, partner at Scale, will be joining Observe.AI’s board. This brings the company’s total funding to $34 million, having earlier raised $8 million from Nexus Venture Partners. “Legacy speech analytics systems are simply not meeting the needs of the world’s top brands,” said Swapnil Jain, CEO, Observe.AI. “Today’s customer service agents have a unique ability to emotionally connect with customers and are often a brand’s only frontline representatives. This investment will fuel our mission to elevate agent performance through AI-based coaching … [Read more...] about AI powered voice customer service, Observe, raises $26 million
What Berwick Rangers going viral tells football clubs about social media
It’s 4.50pm on a cold, blustery Saturday in March and I am at the in-laws’ house on the south coast of England. Cups of tea have been distributed, rugby is on the TV and Scotland are trundling to another defeat. Amid sympathetic murmurings, I glance at Twitter for the score that matters. Dumbarton have beaten Montrose away and my mood is saved for the evening. My attention, however, is drawn to the multitude of likes and shares appearing on a tweet from the official Berwick Rangers account: “Ugly scenes in the dugout as Cowdenbeath’s manager has just told [Berwick manager] Johnny Harvey to ‘take his face for a sh*te’ #BRFC.” As I stifle a giggle, I realise two things: firstly, I probably can’t explain what’s so funny to present company and, secondly, Berwick Rangers are going viral. Fast forward a week and, according to the Daily Record, the tweet had caused a “social media storm” that had “captured the attention … [Read more...] about What Berwick Rangers going viral tells football clubs about social media
#Petrolprice trends on Twitter as prices remained unchanged: Here’s how much you need to pay
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Vietnam among five biggest investors in Cambodia
Investment Vietnam among five biggest investors in Cambodia By Truc Nhu Wednesday, Dec 11, 2019,13:24 (GMT+7) Vietnam among five biggest investors in CambodiaBy Truc Nhu Vietnam’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Vietnamese Ambassador to Cambodia Vu Quang Minh speaks at the Vietnam-Cambodia Business Forum - PHOTO: COURTESY OF ORGANIZER HCMC – Vietnam is among the top five investors in Cambodia, with nearly US$3.1 billion registered in 214 projects, including 176 operational projects worth US$2.77 billion. At the Vietnam-Cambodia Business Forum, held in Cambodia’s capital of Phnom Penh last week, Vietnam’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Ambassador to Cambodia Vu Quang Minh said Vietnamese enterprises have mainly invested in agriculture, banking, telecom and information technology, industrial manufacturing and processing sectors in Cambodia. The bilateral trade revenue between the … [Read more...] about Vietnam among five biggest investors in Cambodia
