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Indian job portal, apna.co, bags funding of $100 mn

Indian jobs platform and professional network, apna, has secured about $100 million in a series C funding led by Tiger Global. This takes apna’s...

Nova Benefits receives $10 mn in funding

Nova Benefits, the Indian employee-wellness platform, has managed to get a funding of $10 million in a Series A round led by Susquehanna International...

Zeal secures $13 mn in funding

Zeal, the embedded fintech company, has managed to bag $13 million in Series A, led by Spark Capital. The fresh funds will be used...

$78 mn funding for yellow.ai, hiring in the pipeline

Customer experience (CX) automation platform, yellow.ai, has managed to raise $78.15 million in a Series C funding round. With this, the total funding it...

Schneider to fund Luminous’ expansion, create 2,000 direct jobs

Schneider Electric, the energy and automation digital solutions company, will invest Rs 350 to 400 crore in Luminous Power Technologies, its Indian subsidiary. The...

Ecom Express receives fresh funding, will hire 8,000

Ecom Express, the technology-driven logistics solutions company, will create about 8,000 jobs in India now that it has received fresh capital to the tune...

$3 million raised by Kanarys in seed funding round

Kanarys, a data-driven tech platform, which provides diversity and inclusion solutions to enable businesses to make more empowered decisions, has raised $3 million in...

CRED buys back shares worth Rs 9 crore from staff

CRED, the credit card payment app, has managed to raise $81 million in a Series C round. As part of the process, the Bengaluru-based...

GigIndia receives fresh funding, closes pre-series A at Rs 7.6 crore

GigIndia, the B2B gig marketplace has managed to raise Rs 7.6 crore in a pre-series A funding. It received fresh investments from angel investors...

Hibob gets $70 million in funding

Hibob, an Israel-based startup, that helped create the HR platform ‘bob’ (‘Hi! Bob’) has managed to raise $70 million in funds at a valuation...

$200 mn in funds for Byju’s

Byju’s, the Bangalore-based edtech platform, has managed to raise funds to the tune of $200 mn in a fresh round of funding, which saw...

Remote.com raises $ 35 mn in Series A funding

Remote.com, the human resources technology platform has secured $35 million in Series A funding led by Index Ventures and Sequoia Capital. Angel investors Aaron...

Gojek renders 430 employees jobless

Gojek, the ride-hailing and digital payments platform, has decreased its workforce by nine per cent. The layoffs come as a surprise because the Southeast...

WeWork India gets funding of $100 million from parent company

Coworking major, WeWork India, has revealed that it has received funding of US$ 100 million (approx Rs 750 crore) from the parent company, WeWork,...

Edtech firms in India surging ahead

With the online education sector reported to have the potential to touch $1.96 billion in the next two years, online education technology startup, Springboard,...

Corporate health benefits startup raises $US 3.6 million in funding

Health benefits startup, ekincare, has managed to raise $US 3.6 million in a series A funding round, led by a new investor. This takes...

ShareChat will expand workforce by 100-150 people

ShareChat, the Bengaluru-based regional language social-media platform is all set to expand its workforce, especially in the tier II cities. It is gearing up...

Mumbai-based Talent Litmus receives funding from IPV and Let’s Venture

Talent Litmus, a game-based assessments & learning platform, has managed to raise significant funding from Inflection Point Ventures (IPV) as well as Haptik co-founder,...

Skillate raises $1M in Pre Series A round funding

Skillate, the tech startup, recently raised $1 million in a pre-series A funding from a host of angel investors, such as Mynavi Corporation, Incubate...

Whistledrive gets Rs 72 crore funding from Colosseum

Hyderabad-based employee transport company, Whistledrive Services, has managed to raise Rs 72 crore in Series B funding from Chicago-based Colosseum Group, which is into...

HR tech startup, Advantage Club, gets $1 million in funding

Employee perks and rewards startup, Advantage Club, has managed to gather funds to the tune of a million dollars, in a pre-series A round,...

Vantage Circle Wins US 20 Million Dollar contract for its employee rewards...

Vantage Circle has been awarded a large contract for the Employee Rewards and Recognition platform by one of the largest enterprises in USA. Designed...

Employee benefits company, Sodexo, funds startup, Zeta

Zeta, a Bengaluru-based startup offering meal and other group benefits to corporate employees, has received funding worth $60 million from French employee benefits organisation,...

Kredily raises $750k as seed funding led by Fosun RZ capital

HR technology startup, Kredily, has received a funding of $750,000 (Rs 5.21 crore at current exchange rate) in seed capital, led by Fosun RZ...

Swingvy secures USD 7 million in series A funding

Swingvy, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) HR company with offices in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Taipei, and Seoul, has managed to raise US$ 7 million in a...

Seed funding for PayrollPanda, Malaysia’s HR startup

The SaaS-based HR and payroll software startup will use $700K to expand to other territories.

How this energy company is championing employee inclusivity & engagement

In today’s competitive business landscape, fostering an inclusive and engaging work environment is not just a feel-good initiative; it’s a strategic imperative. Jakson Green,...

Trident’s Asmita leaves blossom into inclusive workplaces

Forget the tired trope of corporate activism. In the heart of India's textile industry, Trident, a manufacturing company, is quietly weaving a revolution in...
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Engagement is outdated: The future of success lies in ‘employee involvement’

In the ever-evolving landscape of the contemporary workplace, a profound metamorphosis is underway, challenging the conventional emphasis on employee engagement. This paradigm shift posits...
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Tata Steel: Journey through excellence in talent acquisition 

Tata Steel, part of the Tata Group, is a multinational steel-making company headquartered in Mumbai, India. It is one of the world's leading steel...

Saudi Arabia upscales ‘Saudisation’ drive with HR jobs restriction

Saudi Arabia has taken a further step in its ‘Saudisation’ labour policy, reserving human resources (HR) positions for Saudi nationals only. This move, announced...

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Former Boeing employees raise safety issues

Three ex-employees of the Boeing Global Services plant at Port San Antonio in San Antonio, Texas, claim they were fired for raising concerns about...

“Ditch the diploma, dig for diamonds in 2024,” Udbhav Ganjoo

Talent tango: Fresh faces, sharp skills, or tech triumph? HR’s 2024 balancing act Attracting, developing and engaging talent are interconnected and perennial priorities, which will...
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Storable to expand in India; to increase team strength from 60 to 120

Storable, a US-based provider of self-storage technology solutions, has unveiled its new office space in Knowledge City, Hyderabad. With ambitious plans to double its...

Lufthansa resolves pay dispute with union following arbitration

After weeks of wage dispute and subsequent strikes causing disruptions for passengers, German airline Lufthansa has reached a consensus with union Verdi regarding pay...

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