Innovation

Emyria Limited (ASX: EMD) (Emyria or the Company), a data-backed drug development and care delivery company, is pleased to announce it has entered into a letter of intent with innovative biometric software and hardware company, Cydelic, based in Seattle, USA. Cydelic is developing a biometric monitoring platform to assist patients and their therapists before, during and after psychedelic-assisted therapy.

Gupshup, the global leader in conversational engagement, announced the acquisition of Knowlarity Communications. Knowlarity is a global leader in cloud communications, offering cloud telephony, contact center automation, AI-powered voice assistants and speech analytics solutions to over 6,000 customers across 65 countries. The acquisition complements Gupshup’s industry-leading Conversational Messaging suite and establishes Gupshup as the leader in voice & video communications as well.

Torii, the #1 Automated SaaS Management Platform (SMP), today announced it has raised $50 million in Series B financing led by Tiger Global Management, bringing its total funding to $65 million. This latest round comes on the heels of Torii’s hypergrowth. Revenue is up more than 300% year over year thanks to customers like Instacart, Carrier Corporation, Bumble, Athletic Greens, and Palo Alto Networks.

Global semiconductor technology and equipment firm Revasum, Inc. (ASX: RVS, ‘Revasum’ or 'the Company’) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Alejandro Garcia as the Company's Chief Operating Officer (COO), as of 3 January 2022. Mr. Garcia will be responsible for leading Revasum's operational processes and manufacturing systems and guiding the infrastructure scale-up of the Company's silicon and silicon carbide (SiC) wafer grinding and polishing equipment technology.

AutoFlight continues its global expansion and sets up its first location in Europe. A team led by former Airbus manager Mark R. Henning is now ramping up at Augsburg Airport in Germany.

Velodyne Lidar, Inc. (Nasdaq: VLDR, VLDRW) announced it has appointed Dr. Anurag Gupta as its Executive Vice President of Engineering. He is responsible for leading Velodyne’s engineering team in delivering high-value hardware and software solutions that help customers solve system-level problems and enable their success in achieving a safer, more efficient, more sustainable future. Dr. Gupta was previously at Sense Photonics, where he was the Senior Vice President of Engineering, leading product development and launch of 3D flash lidar products.

Wisk Aero, a leading Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) company and developer of the first all-electric, self-flying air taxi in the U.S., announced that Catherine MacGowan has joined the company as its new Asia Pacific Region Director. In her new role, Catherine will serve on Wisk’s Executive Leadership Team and oversee all operations in Australasia, as well as the expansion of Wisk’s presence in the wider Asia Pacific region.

Cyara, a leading provider of automated customer experience (CX) assurance solutions, announced it has received more than AU $485 million from K1 Investment Management (K1), a leading investment firm focused on high-growth enterprise software companies. K1’s investment and experience in business-to-business (B2B) SaaS will support Cyara’s accelerated growth, driving the expansion of the contact testing market.

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Wisk, a leading Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) company and developer of the first all-electric, self-flying air taxi in the U.S., has secured $450 million in funding from The Boeing Company. This is making it one of the most well-funded AAM companies in the world.