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HCLTech chairperson Roshni Nadar conferred France's highest civilian award

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HCLTech chairperson Roshni Nadar conferred France's highest civilian award
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Roshni Nadar Malhotra, Chairperson of HCL Technologies, has been awarded the Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur, the highest civilian award in France. This recognition reflects the growing economic and technological cooperation between France and India, acknowledging the contributions of Indian IT companies to France's digital ecosystem. As HCLTech has had a long-standing presence in France, Malhotra expressed commitment to scaling operations in the country in order to support the digital transformation of French businesses. In addition to her role at HCL Technologies, Malhotra is actively involved in education initiatives and children's empowerment through the Shiv Nadar Foundation.

Pet food brand Drools claims unicorn status after minority stake by Nestlé

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Pet food brand Drools claims unicorn status after minority stake by Nestlé
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Pet food brand Drools claims unicorn status after minority stake by Nestlé Drools Pet Food Private Limited claims it has become India’s first pet food unicorn following a minority investment by Nestlé S.A., the parent company of Nestlé India. Drools has not disclosed the details of the transaction but will continue to operate independently post-investment. The deal gives Nestlé access to India’s growing pet food market, while Drools is expected to continue expanding in both domestic and international markets. Drools, with brands like Pure Pet, Meat Up, Canine Creek, and Kitty Yum, claims to be the top seller in the pet food category on Amazon. The company operates fully online and also sells offline, including vet clinics, pet stores, and general trade retailers. Founded by Fahim Sultan in 2010, Drools operates six production facilities and has a warehousing footprint of 1.6 million square feet. The company distributes its products through 40,000 retail outlets in India and exports to 22 countries. It employs 3,400 people across its operations. Earlier in June 2023, Drools had raised $60 million in funding from private equity firm L Catterton at a valuation of $600 million. The round was one of the largest investments in the pet care industry in India. For the fiscal year ending in March 2024, Drools’ revenue from operations jumped 50% to Rs 714.90 crore from Rs 474.62 crore in FY23. The company however reported a net loss of Rs 14 crore in FY24 against Rs 27.65 crore profit in the previous fiscal year. Drools becomes the fourth startup to enter the unicorn club in 2025. Netradyne and Juspay reached the milestone in January and April, respectively, while Porter recently joined the list after raising $200 million in a Series E round at a valuation exceeding $1 billion.

Atlan raises $6.5 million from WaterBridge Ventures

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Atlan raises $6.5 million from WaterBridge Ventures
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Data collaboration software provider Atlan has raised $6.5 million from WaterBridge Ventures. The fundraise is part of the extended Series B round, during which it raised $50 million, led by Salesforce Ventures in March 2022. The board at Atlan has passed a special resolution to issue 24,092 Series B preference shares to raise $6.5 million, its regulatory filing filed with the group company in Singapore shows. As per TheKredible estimates, the latest capital injection has been done at a flat valuation, which is $450 million. Atlan allows large enterprise teams to collaborate smoothly on data projects, and create a single source for all their data assets with deep integrations with tools like Slack, and data warehouses like Snowflake, Redshift, and others. The company recently launched tag management to solve the challenges faced by the data teams. With this, Atlan becomes one of the first Snowflake data governance partners to enable bi-directional tag movement. Atlan has a team of over 300 employees spread across 12 countries, including the United States, India, UK, Canada, Nigeria, Singapore, and the Philippines. Atlan was part of the third cohort of Sequoia Capital India’s accelerator program Surge. It raised around $50 million Series B round in March 2023 and $16 million worth Series A round led by Insight Partners in May 2021. After its Series B round, Prrukalpa Sankar and Varun Banka retained 23.63% stake each in the company. Insight Partners, which had led the Series A round, was the largest holding in the company among investors with a 15.4% stake. Head to TheKredible for Atlan’s complete captable. The Series B round helped Atlan to grow at a rapid clip in the fiscal year ending March 2023. Its Indian entity reported a 3X jump in operating scale which stood at Rs 94 crore in FY23. The company also showed Rs 7.7 crore profit during the last fiscal year.

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