Searce Wins 2021 Google Cloud Specialization Partner of the Year For Work Transformation

·         Through Google Cloud, Searce has successfully helped customers achieve work transformation using Google Workspace

·         The implementation of Google Workspace allows customers to work anywhere, anytime, on any device

Searce, a modern technology consulting firm that empowers businesses to be future-ready has been announced as the winner of the 2021 Google Cloud Specialization Partner of the Year award for Work Transformation. This global recognition by Google Cloud reinforces Searce’s strong commitment to digital transformation and testifies to the seamless integration of the Work Transformation service that Searce has been providing its clients in partnership with Google Cloud for over 13 years.

Searce has been working along with Google Cloud to facilitate work transformation for organizations across the globe since 2009. As a Google Cloud services partner, it offers consultation on business process improvement and automation. The in-house team at Searce provides SLA-based tech support for Google Workspace with an average response time of just 2 hours. Additionally, work transformation also enables clients to implement and streamline seamless onboarding and offboarding processes, fewer and measurable security breaches, better interconnectivity of departments, centralized and secure control for sharing and collaborating of documents, and many more features which make sharing of work seamless and easy.

“Google Cloud Specializations recognize partner excellence and proven customer success in a particular product area or industry,” said Nina Harding, Global Chief, Partner Programs and Strategy, Google Cloud. “Based on their certified, repeatable customer success and strong technical capabilities, we’re proud to recognize Searce as the Work Transformation Specialization Partner of the Year.”

Commenting on this felicitation, Hardik Parekh Founder and CEO, Searce said, “We are honored to receive the Google Cloud Specialization Partner of the Year award for Work Transformation. This award marks a milestone in our partnership with Google Cloud and strengthens our resolve to work together towards achieving our shared goal of empowering organizations worldwide to embrace the future of work, which is all about collaboration, openness, and borderless. We will continue to keep innovating technology and leveraging our expertise, to help our customers drive business growth in terms of the speed, agility, and performance of their organization with Google Workspace and help them meet and match business needs as they keep evolving in the hybrid environment.” He also added “Our focus is not only on increasing Google Workspace adoption but also on ensuring our customers can make the most out of these solutions to achieve true digital transformation.”

Searce’s Google Workspace clients span across various verticals  across the globe, some prominent clients include RedDoorz, Dunzo, Inshorts, Rapido, Kirloskar, and many more. Searce continues to remain focused on growing its global partnership with Google Cloud and providing intelligent and effective business outcomes across sectors.

About Searce:

Founded in 2007, Searce is a modern technology consulting firm that empowers clients to futurify their businesses, leveraging cloud, AI & analytics. Searce provides deep technical consulting, hand-on implementation and 24*7 cloud care support enabling digital transformation of organizations with the best infrastructure, platform, industry solutions and expertise.  Working with Google Cloud as a top tiered preferred partner and a specialized SI for 13+ years, Searce has been enabling digital innovation by leveraging the entire portfolio of Google Cloud solutions across its 3500+ clients globally. Also, an Advanced Consulting Partner for AWS, Searce’s technical team partners closely with AWS experts to solve complex cloud challenges for our clients globally.

Driven by an engineering excellence mindset, Searce cares most about delivering intelligent, impactful & futuristic business outcomes, specializing in modernizing (improve, automate & transform) the full scope of infrastructure, data, app, process & work.

Barbeque Nation Launches 13 Dishes For Mango Mania Food Festival From June 13-30

* Welcomes the season of mangoes by adding over 13 Dishes to the menu

Barbeque Nation today announced the launch of its much awaited Mango Mania food festival, to celebrate the king of fruits this summer. During the festival period- 13th June to 30th June, Barbeque Nation will welcome guests to its restaurants across the country with a wide spread of delectable dishes inspired by the mangoes, ranging from beverages and starters to the main course & desserts- all with a mesmerising twist of mangoes.

The eat-all-you-can buffet at Barbeque Nation offers over 13 dishes in vegetarian and non-vegetarian spreads. Guests can indulge in the famous Indian traditional summer cooler drink Aam Panna to set the tone for the exciting food that follows. For starters, non-vegetarians can savour Kachhi Ambi Fish Tikka and much more, while vegetarians can feast on the mouth-watering Chili Mango Pineapple. The main course section for non-vegetarians includes Ambi Fish curry, while vegetarians can indulge in Ambi dal tadka, Ambi veg and much more. The dessert section comprises Mango pastry, Mango Mousse and Aam phirni. The chef has blended various flavours of mangoes into one and created diverse combinations of the much-loved desserts.

On the occasion, Mr Nakul Gupta, Chief Marketing Officer, Barbeque Nation Hospitality Limited, said, “Our guests look forward to new reasons to visit our restaurants in the summers. We are glad to kickstart this festival to infuse some refreshing flavours in our offerings to beat the heat this summers, with a vast spread of mango based dishes. We look forward to invoke the feeling of togetherness among guests and bring back childhood memories of having mangoes with their families. We are quite confident our guests will enjoy the festival and celebrate their special occasions along with their loved ones with us.”

In order to make the food festival more exciting and memorable for guests, Barbeque Nation has also organized fun-filled activities for its guests across the restaurants, with special gifts for the winners.

About Barbeque Nation

Barbeque Nation is a pioneer in India to promote ‘DIY’ (do-it-yourself) cuisine with a concept of the live on-the-table grill since its first store in Mumbai in 2006. Barbeque Nation was founded with a simple vision – offering a complete dining experience to customers at attractive prices. The philosophy extended to all aspects of service and caused the chain to expand rapidly. Over the last 15+ years, Barbeque Nation has expanded to over 82 cities with 171 outlets in India. During this period, the brand innovated with interactive live counters, multiple Kulfi varieties and a unique delivery product portfolio of ‘Barbeque-in-a-box’.

o9 Solutions Partners With AMOREPACIFIC to Digitally Transform Its Global Supply Chain Operations With AI-Powered Planning Platform

 o9 Solutions, a leading enterprise AI software platform provider for transforming planning and decision-making, today announced that AMOREPACIFIC will use o9’s AI-powered Digital Brain platform to digitally transform its supply chain operations and supply network management system.

AMOREPACIFIC is Korea’s leading beauty company, providing global customers with 30 popular brands that offer a range of cosmetics, healthcare and household products. o9’s platform will help AMOREPACIFIC generate a single, data-driven plan across its sales, inventory and supply functions to establish better supply chain management decision-making and performance management. It will also enhance the company’s ability to respond quickly to changing market dynamics and customer demand through better supply network collaboration.

With a sales plan for all products anchored in the use of high-quality demand data and the supply network leveraging the sales plan as the standard, the o9 platform will enable AMOREPACIFIC to accurately forecast market demand. The platform will give the company superior visibility into demand by facilitating mid- to long-term demand planning based on consensus. Additionally, features like supply chain master data, system-wide supply planning and a global supply chain control tower will augment the reliability of and visibility into AMOREPACIFIC’s supply plans.

In addition to the power demonstrated by o9’s Digital Brain platform, AMOREPACIFIC selected o9 for its innovations in graph technology, in-memory databases, software-as-a-service, AI and machine learning. The decision was also based on o9’s accumulated expertise and successful track record of helping some of the world’s most beloved global beauty brands realize rapid value delivery through digital transformation.

Woonghyeog Lee, o9’s Korea Country Manager, added, “AMOREPACIFIC’s selection of the o9 planning and decision-making platform carries a lot of meaning, as it represents o9’s breakthrough into the Korean beauty industry. We are honored to support AMOREPACIFIC’s journey with Samsung SDS to transform its supply chain management practices and will continue to offer our innovative AI-powered technology to more and more markets throughout Asia Pacific and beyond.”

Syska Personal Care Announces The Launch Of Syska HT350U BeardPro Trimmer

- Syska HT350U BeardPro Trimmer is the best-in-class trimmer for today’s grooming conscious user

Syska Personal Care Appliances, a leading brand in the personal care grooming segment has announced the launch of Syska HT350U Trimmer as a part of BeardPro series. This trimmer has been ergonomically designed to provide all men with a comfortable grooming experience. Syska has been constantly delivering personal care appliances that provide consumers with value for their money.

HT350U Trimmer has been made to give all gentlemen a sleek appearance who can groom themselves at home. The product has inbuilt self-sharpening stainless-steel blades and has been designed for an easy grip. Syska trimmer makes every stylish look possible be it a stubble, goatee, textured cut, side art or Beardstache with great ease.

Commenting on the introduction of the Syska HT350U BeardPro Trimmer, Mr. Gurumukh Uttamchandani, Executive Director, Syska Group said, "There is a consistent need among our pan India consumers to experience personal care grooming products that add comfort and convenience in their everyday life. We at Syska have been at the forefront in introducing products that augment the lifestyle of our consumers and also add value to their purchase. With the latest introduction of HT350U BeardPro Trimmer, our objective is to provide an affordable and multi-style solution to all the looks conscious men in achieving their grooming needs."

Key features of Syska HT350U BeardPro Trimmer:

·         Cord/ Cordless use: One has the flexibility to operate the trimmer using a cord or cordless (lasts up to 40 minutes) depending on personal choice and comfort

·         Five length setting: Syska trimmer comes with a five length setting and offers a 2mm precision trimming for a perfectly groomed look

·         Advanced technology: Syska trimmer has been incorporated with advanced Rototech technology

·         Charging: Syska trimmer charges up to six hours and offers a usage time of 40 minutes. The USB cable offers flexible charging via computer or any USB adaptor.

·         Lightweight compact design: With its lightweight design the product is extremely travel friendly and can be carried on the go

Syska HT350U BeardPro Trimmer comes with two years warranty from the date of purchase. The product package includes 1 hair trimmer, charging cable, four stubble comb, cleaning brush, user manual and warranty card.  The trimmer can be purchased for INR 829/- from leading retail and modern trade outlets.

About Syska Personal Care

Crafted with the latest innovations in technology, the SYSKA Personal Care products have the best solutions for your grooming and hygiene needs. SYSKA Personal Care products are of superior quality and priced fairly. SYSKA Personal Care offers a wide range of personal care products for men and women providing hassle-free and efficient grooming for both genders. SYSKA Personal Care products give you the power to decide how you want to style yourself.

Atlassian Recognised As One Of India's Top 25 Best Companies To Work For

* For the second consecutive year, the company is recognised for its values-driven culture and various employee benefits including its distributed work policy 

Atlassian Corporation Plc (NASDAQ: TEAM), a leading provider of team collaboration and productivity software and the maker of Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, and Trello, today announced that it has been recognised as one of India's Best Companies to Work For by the Great Place to Work Institute, ranking in the top 25 companies.  

The ranking is based on the results of the Great Place to Work’s Trust Index survey, where Atlassian was assessed for its values-driven culture, employee benefits and authentic leadership. The twenty-year-old company, which established its local presence in India in 2018, employs more than 1,000 Atlassians at its world-class R&D centre in India. Atlassian employs some of the brightest and most talented people from across India, providing them with various opportunities to grow. Employees work on some of the company's most innovative and cutting-edge technology in an environment that fosters an open work culture and favours learning and development. 

With the emergence of remote and hybrid work models, Atlassian introduced TEAM Anywhere – a flexible work policy. This means that employees can choose to work from home, the office or a combination of both - they get to choose what works best for them based on their work and lifestyle. The policy has had a positive impact on hiring and attracting diverse tech talent, and since February 2021, 47 per cent of Atlassians global new hires have been remote (defined as living two or more hours away from an Atlassian office). This has been a game-changer for many with some moving closer to home while others set off to follow their passions or explore new places. Atlassian also boasts a 90-Day Rule where employees can stay and work outside their designated ‘work location’, including in locations outside the company footprint, for up to 90 cumulative days in a rolling 365-day period.  

Atlassian offers a variety of perks and benefits to support its employees and their families in India, including initiatives aimed at work-life balance and employee wellbeing. Some of them include childcare support through the KLAY Schools and ‘Circle In’ which is a dedicated parent and caregiver portal, and access to Modern Health to promote mental wellbeing. Atlassian also provides 26 weeks of paid leave for birthing parents and 20 weeks of paid parental leave for non-birthing parents. The company provides employees with an annual stipend for fitness and wellness reimbursements to encourage an active lifestyle.  

Dinesh Ajmera, Site Lead and Head of Engineering, India, Atlassian said, “We are delighted to have received the Great Place to Work Institute recognition in India for the second year running. At Atlassian, our company mission is to unleash the potential of every team, but this can only happen if we empower our teams and employees to unleash their own potential and this award is a humbling testament to this. This recognition is a tribute to all our incredible team members and their commitment to building a great company. As we rapidly grow in India, we want to hire bright and talented individuals and provide them with an opportunity to join a diverse team connected by our values, to do the best work of their lives.” 

In 2021, Atlassian was ranked in the top 25 World’s Best Workplaces and was also recognised as India’s Best Workplaces for Women by the Great Place to Work Institute. 

About Atlassian 

Atlassian unleashes the potential of every team. Our team collaboration and productivity software helps teams organize, discuss and complete shared work. Teams at more than 230,000+ customers, across large and small organizations – including Bank of America, Redfin, NASA, Verizon, and Dropbox – use Atlassian’s project tracking, content creation and sharing, and service management products to work better together and deliver quality results on time. 

Learn more about our products, including Jira Software, Confluence, Jira Service Management, Trello, Bitbucket, and Jira Align at Atlassian | Software Development and Collaboration Tools. 

About Great Place to Work 

Great Place to Work® is the global authority on workplace culture. Since 1992, they have surveyed more than 100 million employees around the world and used those deep insights to define what makes a great workplace: trust. Great Place to Work helps organizations quantify their culture and produce better business results by creating a high-trust work experience for all employees. Emprising®, their culture management platform, empowers leaders with the surveys, real-time reporting, and insights they need to make data-driven people decisions. Their unparalleled benchmark data is used to recognize Great Place to Work-Certified™ companies and the Best Workplaces™ in the US and more than 60 countries, including the 100 Best Companies to Work For® and World’s Best list published annually in Fortune. Everything they do is driven by the mission to build a better world by helping every organization become a Great Place to Work For All™. To learn more, visit http://greatplacetowork.com. 

Velvet, World’s Leading Liquidity As A Benefit Platform Commences Operations In India

* Signs a deal worth $10million with Open Financial Technologies in India

Velvet, a leading provider of Liquidity as a Benefit solutions to startups across the world announced its entry into Indian markets today. Velvet offers recurring liquidity solutions for emerging markets with built in onboarding, strike price financing and a focus on constantly bringing new investment opportunities for shareholders. Founded in Brazil in 2021, Velvet brings solutions for late-stage tech companies to provide liquidity to their employees on a recurring basis as a unique HR benefit. Velvet is a platform that buys stakes in promising, privately-owned startups, allowing their partners and employees to monetize part of their vested equity before the company goes public. The company’s India office is located in Bengaluru’s Central Business District. 

In India, Velvet will be running its liquidity programs for the best startups in the country with valuations around $300 million. The company enables access for high-income investors to sell their stakes through a platform that is connected with some of the largest private banking and wealth management firms across the globe, which will sell and buy the stakes on behalf of their clients. 

Velvet is planning to invest in Indian startups in various sectors and has raised a warehouse facility of discretionary capital of $200 Million for investing in startups in Latin America, India, Southeast Asia, and African markets. Velvet has already struck recurring secondary offering agreements with five startups including Brazilian neobank Neon, Indonesia’s Lummo, India’s fintech Open, and Mexican fintech Credijusto. With Open, the company has already signed a deal worth $10 million. 

Velvet’s warehouse facility of $200 million was led by Yolo Investments, in February 2022, featuring participation of family offices from Switzerland and the United States. Earlier, the company raised a $3 million seed round, led by Global Founders Capital. Velvet has operations in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, India, and the US.

Carlos Naupari, Co-Founder & Co-CEO said "we believe that there is a massive opportunity for Velvet in the Indian market. We can leverage our core competencies and offer value to the promoters and employees of Indian startups. In India we will be targeting startups that have more than$300 million valuations. Our customer pipeline will be highly selective and curated - the best of the best of the startups that are in the "soonicorn" category.” Vivek Boray, Founder of Velvet’s India Office added, “we are going to focus on educating the ecosystem on our offering and how it enables scaling companies to retain talent. Our recurring liquidity programs enable early partners of startups to tap into otherwise unavailable liquidity consistently. We intend to be the definitive global creator company and our expansion into global markets, including India, is in line with this vision”.

The Velvet 360 Program

Founders require initial capital to bootstrap their startup and begin testing assumptions. The Velvet 360 Program provides necessary liquidity to enable risk taking. The Velvet 360 Program enables startups to offer their talent pools tangible monetization of their stock options to attend to changing life needs. The company’s bespoke programs are designed with careful consideration of all stakeholders to maximize the value and experience of working in dynamic companies. The Velvet 360 Program is an invitation only HR initiative for select high growth companies that understand that the best talent needs to have alternative paths to liquidity. The 360º program helps companies in attracting and retaining talent through the true money of stock options. The benefit adds value to the company and makes it come out ahead when it comes to retaining and attracting talent

About Velvet

Founded in Brazil by Carlos Naupari and Edouard de Montmort, Velvet is focused on enabling access to illiquid assets in emerging markets. The company offers recurring liquidity solution for emerging markets with built in onboarding, a private exchange, and a focus on constantly bringing new opportunities for shareholders. Started in September 2021 the company buys stakes in promising, privately owned startups, allowing their partners and employees to monetize their equity before the company has gone public. Velvet provides recurring end-to-end liquidity solutions for the teams of select private companies by unlocking the value of equity in startups Velvet helps to attract & retain exceptional talent. The company has operations in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, India, and the US.  More information on Velvet can be found at their website: www.velvet.io.

GOQii Forays Into Caribbean Region To Drive Sustainable Healthcare With Its Health Metaverse

- To engage the youth of the region with a focus on health & fitness

- To offer opportunities for entrepreneurship and promotion of holistic health management using GOQii Health Metaverse

GOQii recently announced an investment of $10 million in the UK with Modality Partnership. As a part of our engagement to drive preventive healthcare, we are happy to announce our extension of engagement with the Commonwealth Moves initiative to encourage healthy lifestyle and behaviour among the youth.

With this new venture, GOQii will be also looking for opportunities of investment in the Caribbean region to enable local communities make a shift towards sustainable healthy lifestyle.

GOQii’s centre of engagement will engage the youth of the region with a focus on health & fitness and will be anchored from a location that has a vibrant ecosystem for nurturing innovation, dynamic leadership and innovative entrepreneurial youth.

Vishal Gondal, Founder and CEO of GOQii, commented: “We thank the Commonwealth Secretariat and in particular the Secretary General, Patricia Scotland for their support and the useable youth focused investment templates in the region through the Cambridge Collaboration for attracting sustainable development in Small Islands and Developing States (SIDS), which will underpin our effort in the region.”

“We are committed to connect for engagement of youth in the region and offer opportunities for entrepreneurship and promotion of holistic health management using GOQii Health Metaverse”, concluded Vishal Gondal.

GOQii recently has also raised $10 million in an extended Series C Equity round of funding from Animoca Brands. GOQii will collaborate with Animoca Brands and its ecosystem companies and projects to develop various offerings that leverage blockchain tokens and gamification in preventive healthcare.

About GOQii

Founded in 2014 by serial entrepreneur and gaming guru, Vishal Gondal, GOQii is empowering consumers globally to lead healthier and better lives. GOQii’s smart-tech- enabled healthcare platform brings together the entire preventive healthcare ecosystem. Its Smart Health Ecosystem integrates tools for real-time personalized coaching, an explosive high-growth health e-commerce store, scheduling health check-ups, a health locker, and a unique ‘GOQii Cash’ program where healthy behavior is rewarded with cash discounts and insurance discounts based on health management data. Given the state of ‘Sickcare’ delivery infrastructure in India, the company strongly believes that preventive healthcare is the only viable, long-term, mass-market solution. As one of the official partners of the ‘Fit India Movement’ GOQii is a strong supporter of Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi’s vision of making 130 crore Indians fit and healthy. GOQii counts marquee investors like Mitsui, Megadelta, DSG Consumer Partners, Galaxy Digital, Denlow Investment Trust, Edelweiss, Cheetah Mobile, GWC, Mr. Ratan Tata, and Mr. Vijay Shekhar Sharma.