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Checkr bags USD 250 million in Series E round led by Durable Capital
Human resource tech firm Checkr has reportedly raised USD 250 million in a Series E funding round led by Durable Capital. The fresh funding valued the company at USD 4.6 billion. New investors Franklin Templeton and Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC participated in the round, along w... Read More
LogPoint to buy SecBI for enhancing cyber threat detection & response
Global cybersecurity innovator LogPoint has recently announced that it will buy SecBI, a major player providing cybersecurity automation and advanced threat detection services. The acquisition is expected to enhance LogPoint's capabilities by bringing in playbook-based automation that augments c... Read More
Lee Health, DispatchHealth unite to revolutionize in-home medical care
U.S.-based community healthcare system Lee Health has reportedly partnered with a major in-home healthcare provider, DispatchHealth. This partnership will enable patients in Southwest Florida to access high-quality in-home medical care. For those unaware, DispatchHealth is known for providing a w... Read More
Zomato goes green, changes default cutlery option to cut plastic use
To curb plastic use and decrease its carbon footprint, Zomato has taken a major step by requiring all customers to explicitly ‘opt-in’ for cutlery. Deepinder Goyal, Zomato 's Co-founder and CEO, in a blog post, announced that if the customers need cutlery, they will now have to as... Read More
Hero MotorCorp, ASDC partner to upskill workforce in the auto sector
The Automotive Skills Development Council (ASDC) and leading two-wheeler manufacturer Hero MotoCorp have reportedly teamed up to help auto dealerships across the country bridge the digital skills gap. According to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the two, this alliance aims to... Read More
BreachQuest secures USD 4.4 Mn to revolutionize incident response
Cybersecurity startup BreachQuest has reportedly amassed USD 4.4 million in seed funding from Tinder founders Justin Mateen and Sean Rad, Slow Ventures, and Lookout founder Kevin. The company is developing Priori, a SaaS platform aimed at modernizing incident response by automating end-to-end readin... Read More
South Korean Parliament to end Google, Apple commission dominance
A South Korean parliamentary committee is reportedly recommending the amendment of the Telecommunications Business Act to prevent Apple and Google from charging software developers with commissions on in-app purchases forcibly. The amendment also bans these technology giants from deleting mobile ... Read More
Chinese automaker Changan plans to sell 3 Mn vehicles annually in 2025
Changan Auto recently announced at its 2021 Tech Ecosystem Summit that it aims to make sales of 3 million vehicles in 2025, of which 35% will be new energy vehicles (NEVs). Changan’s annual is eyeing sales to reach 4.5 million vehicles annually by 2030, of which 60% will be NEVs, and 30% will ... Read More
Russia’s Sputnik Light vaccine receives EUA approval in the Philippines
Sputnik Light becomes the ninth COVID-19 vaccine to be approved in the Philippines. The Philippines has so far fully vaccinated only 17.26 million people out of its 110 million population. The Philippines has reportedly authorized emergency use of Russia's Sputnik Light coronavirus vac... Read More
OPUM and Thuasne Group partner to digitize osteoarthritis bracing
OPUM, a medical device & AI company, and Thuasne Group, an orthopedic bracing manufacturer, recently signed a partnership to implement a digital solution for the non-invasive non-pharmacological treatment of osteoarthritis (OA). The focus of the partnership is to digitally transform musculosk... Read More