By Arka Dhar, co-founder and CEO at Zinier. Arka is an MIT-trained engineer, astronomy geek, and an adventurous foodie, who is responsible for driving Zinier’s overall strategy and expanding to new verticals and global markets.
The round was led by NGP Capital, with participation from Mubadala Ventures and all existing investors.
An interview with Matthew McKenna, VP of EMEA at SecurityScorecard, and Antero Päivänsalo, Chief Information Security Officer at Nokia.
NIKE has acquired Celect, a leading retail predictive analytics and demand sensing firm based in Boston. Celect is Nike’s latest acquisition, fueling its Consumer Direct Offense strategy, serving consumers personally at a global scale.
Today, SecurityScorecard’s platform is the “gold standard” for security ratings used across 175 countries for cybersecurity insurance underwriting, M&A due diligence, reputation management, and vendor risk management.
It is easy to imagine the next populist movement, not against globalisation and immigration, but against technology.
The cluster of security acquisitions (Twistlock, Verodin, Recorded Future) announced in May prompted a lively conversation at NGP Capital today about where we are in the security investing cycle.
An investor’s view, from Upal Basu, Partner at NGP Capital.
Upal Basu, Partner at NGP Capital, says the focus should be on the United States working to maintain its own advantage in 5G “instead of focusing on Huawei.”
"Using a modern, cloud-native architecture, and a delightful mobile-first end-user experience, Zinier is finally helping companies realize the true potential of field service". Upal Basu, Partner at NGP Capital, on why we invested in Zinier.
$20M+ funding from elite investors to support Zinier’s goal of transforming the $6B+ field service management market with intelligent automation.
Celect is transforming the retail experience for the world’s most selective retailers.