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Agrochemical Company Best Agrolife Ltd Appoints Sanjeev Kharbanda as CFO

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Best Agrolife Ltd, India’s leading agrochemical company, today announced the hiring of business transformation leader, Mr. Sanjeev Kharbanda, as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to further strengthen and boost the company's financial operations and key long-term business strategies.

Best Agrolife Ltd, India’s leading agrochemical company, today announced the hiring of business transformation leader, Mr. Sanjeev Kharbanda, as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to further strengthen and boost the company's financial operations and key long-term business strategies.

A finance professional and business transformative leader Mr. Sanjeev Kharbanda comes with extensive hands-on experience of over 28 years in management and business leadership.

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Commenting on the appointment, Best Agrolife Ltd (BAL) founder and MD Mr Vimal Alawadhi said, "We are pleased to welcome Mr Sanjeev Kharbanda to our leadership team during an exciting time of growth for the company. Other than his deep knowledge about both Indian and international financial markets he also holds a stellar record of delivering tangible results and creating long-term, sustainable value. With his invaluable breadth of experience Mr Kharbanda will surely help in role in taking BAL to the new heights of success.”

Recognized among the Top Most Impactful CFO Leaders of 2022-23 by Transformance and a recipient of Top CFONext100 Award in 2017 and 2016 Mr Kharbanda was also awarded among top 20 Treasurers (T20) twice by CFO India Finance Forum in 2015 and 2016. A Post Graduate Diploma holder in Business Management (MBA) from IMT Ghaziabad Mr Kharbanda’s expertise lies in strategic planning, business operations & transformation, financial planning & analysis, and investors relationship & treasury management. His experience spans across finance, audit, tax, enterprise risk management, operations, supply chain, coordinating with the Board of Directors in strategic business planning and management, setting up organisational objectives (goal, strategy and action), including preparation of business plan.

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Mr Kharbanda joins BAL from Aqualite Industries Private Limited, a footwear brand on a growth trajectory, where he managed the dual role of CFO and Business Co-Pilot for all strategic decisions or moves. He has also worked as General Manager - Corporate Finance with Mother Dairy Fruit & Vegetable Private Limited for more than a decade and at senior profile with other organisations across the sectors, broadly including FMCG and Telecommunication. As CFO, Mr Kharbanda will lead financial activities of the organisation including performance improvement, financial operations, investor sourcing, stakeholder management, and more. He will report directly to the MD of the company, Mr Vimal Alawadhi, and will be based out of the New Delhi office of BAL.

“I am excited to be joining BAL as CFO and to be exploring the industry of agrochemicals which is quite new for me. Over the past few years, BAL has grown remarkably and is swiftly climbing up the success ladder through new opportunities, under the leadership of highly professionalised and visionary Board Members. I look forward to working with the Board, team and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders on this next stage of development to accelerate the company's strategic growth and path to profitability,” said Mr Sanjeev Kharbanda, CFO of Best Agrolife Ltd.

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About Best Agrolife Ltd

Best Agrolife Limited is listed among the top 15 agrochemical companies in India. It is a research-based company focused on bringing world-class and cost-effective crop solutions in the form of novel agrochemical formulations to the agricultural industry for improving crop productivity. Currently, BAL has 7,000 MTPA and 30,000 MTPA technicals and formulation manufacturing capacity respectively through three of its manufacturing plants in Gajraula, Greater Noida, and Jammu & Kashmir.

BAL currently has more than 5200 distributors in India and it retains an impressive portfolio of 400+ formulations and more than 100+ technical manufacturing licences. A recipient of ‘Outstanding Innovation In Crop Solution’ award at PMFAI-SML Annual Agchem Awards 2023 BAL recently received a patent for the term of 20 years for its inhouse developed novel sugarcane herbicidal combination of Ametryn+2, 4-D+Halosulfuron methyl.

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Weekly Startups Funding News [25 October 2024 - 29 October 2024]

Althion Funding News - Althion has Secured Rs 3.6 crore in Pre-Series A Round Funding

Homversity Funding News - Homversity has Secured $1 Million in Pre-Series A Round Funding

Stellaris Venture Partners Funding News - Stellaris Venture Partners has closed its third Fund at $300 Million

CADRE ODR Funding News - CADRE ODR has Secured $200,000 in Strategic Funding

Ladies Who Lead Funding News - Ladies Who Lead has Secured $1 Million in Pre-Series A Round Funding

Nazara Technologies Funding News - Mumbai-based Nazara Technologies has Secured Rs 855 crore in Funding

ParkMate Funding News - ParkMate has Secured $1.2 Million in Pre-Series A Round Funding

Univest Funding News - Univest To Secured $16 Million in Funding

Arihant Foundations & Housing Funding News - Arihant Foundations & Housing Limited has Raised Rs 109 Cr in Funding

Alt Mobility Funding News - Alt Mobility has Raised $10 Million in Series A Round Funding

ShopDeck Funding News - ShopDeck has Raised $8 Million in Series B Round Funding

BitSave Funding News - BitSave has raised Undisclosed Amount in Pre-Series A Round Funding

True Diamond Funding News - True Diamond has Secured $1 Million in Seed Funding

Ikin Global Funding News - Ikin Global has Secured $1 Million in Pre-Series A Round Funding

All Things Baby Funding News - All Things Baby has Raised INR 30 Cr in Funding

OneCard Funding News - OneCard To Secures INR 239.4 Cr From Peak XV Others

Solarworld Energy Funding News - Solarworld Energy Solutions Secured Rs 110 cr in Pre-IPO Placement

Biomaterials Funding News - Biomaterials startup Ukhi has Raised $1.2 Million in Pre-Seed Funding

Beyond Appliances Funding News - Beyond Appliances has Secured $2 Million in Seed Funding

Elchemy Funding News - Elchemy has Secured $5.6 Million in New Funding

18 Oct. to 23 October 2024 Funding News

Zepto  Funding News - Zepto has Secured Another $350 Mn From Domestic Investors

KGeN Funding News - Decentralized gaming network KGeN has Secured $10 Million in Funding

Zopper Funding News - Zopper has Raised $25 Mn in Series D round Funding

CredFlow Funding News  - CredFlow raises $3.7 Million in Pre-Series B Round Funding

Order For Health Funding News - Order For Health Secures INR 1 Crore in Seed Series Round Funding

OneCell DiagnosticsFunding News - OneCell Diagnostics has Secured $16 Million in Series A Round Funding

Abyom Funding News - Abyom has Secured $2.5 Mn in the First Tranche of $5.4 M Seed Funding

Locad Funding News - Locad has Secured $9 Million in a Pre-Series B Round Funding

Doodhvale Farms Funding News - Doodhvale Farms has Secured $3 Million in Funding

Taqtics Funding News - SaaS Platform Taqtics has Secured $1.2 Million in Seed Funding

Baanhem Ventures Funding News - Baanhem Ventures has Secured Rs 3.3 crore Fresh in Funding

Indic Wisdom Funding News - Indic Wisdom Secures $2 Million in Pre-Series A Round Funding

PeLocal Funding News - Fintech startup PeLocal Secures $2 Million in Seed Funding

Proost Beer Funding News - Proost Beer Secures INR 30 Cr in Series A Round Funding

Theranautilus Funding News - Deeptech Startup Theranautilus Secures 1.2 million in Seed Funding

Swish Funding News - 10-minute food-delivery Startup Swish Secures $2 Million

HealthKart Funding News - Omnichannel nutrition platform HealthKart Secures $153 Million in Funding

Matrix Geo Solutions  Funding News - Matrix Geo Solutions Secures Nearly $1 Million in a pre-IPO Funding

Adani Green Energy  Funding News - Adani Green Energy plans to raises $2 billion through bonds and loans

VoloFin Funding News - Supply Chain Fintech VoloFin Raises $50Million in Funding

11 Oct. to 16 October 2024 Funding News

LegalKart  Funding News - LegalKart Secures Rs 6.5 Cr in Fresh Round Funding

Airbound Funding News - Drone Startup Airbound Receives Funding from Lightspeed

SarvaGram Funding News - SarvaGram Secures Rs 565 Crore in a Series D Round Funding

Pavestone Technology Funding News - Pavestone VC Closes its Pavestone Technology Fund at INR 816 Cr

Mushin Innovative Funding News - Mushin Innovative Labs raises $250K in Seed Series Round led by Inflection Point Ventures

ePlane Funding News - The ePlane Company Raises $14 Million in Series B Round Funding

Pikndel Funding News - Pikndel Raises $1 Million in Seed Round Funding

Ennoventure Funding News - AI SaaS startup Ennoventure has raised $8.9 million from Tanglin Venture Partners

BlackBuck Funding News - BlackBuck Secures INR 501 Crore from Anchor Investors

Vedantu Funding News - Vedantu Secures $2.3 Mn Debt and Equity Capital Funding from Stride Ventures

Curefoods Funding News - Curefoods Raises $9.6 Mn Funding Led by Binny and Jitender Kumar Bansal

Qure.ai Funding News - Qure.ai Secures $65M Series D Funding Round Led by Lightspeed and 360One Asset

HomeLane Funding News - HomeLane to Acquire Design Cafe and Raises Rs 225 Cr Funding

Seekho Funding News - Seekho to Raises $8-10 Mn Funding from Lightspeed and Elevation

Care.fi Funding News - Fintech Startup Care.fi Raises Rs 8 Cr in Debt Funding Round

12 September 2024 - Funding News

Trisu Funding News - A pre-seed funding round, which was co-led by All In Capital, has secured an undisclosed quantity of investment for the vermeil jewelry brand Trisu.

GameEon Funding News - GameEon, a game development studio, has raised $1 million in its most recent funding round, which was co-led by SucSEED Indovation Fund, ICE VC, IAN, CD EQUIFINANCE, Nexus Global Opportunities Fund, Vivek Goel, Patni Family, Tal64.

Wundrsight Funding News - Wundrsight, a digital therapeutics startup, has secured $400K in its seed round, which was led by Inflection Point Ventures. Social Alpha, in conjunction with other angel investors, has also participated in the round.

Dharaksha Ecosolutions Funding News - Dharaksha Ecosolutions, a biotech-driven R&D start-up, has secured Rs 24.8 crore (approximately $2.95 million) in a Seed funding round sponsored by Avaana Capital.

Omnivore Funding News - Omnivore’s third fund, the Omnivore Agritech and Climate Sustainability Fund, received $5 million in investment from Proparco, a subsidiary of the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Group.

Futwork Funding News - In its Series A round, which was led by the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation and included Artha Ventures, Simile Capital, and other investors, sales outreach platform Futwork has raised Rs 20.9 crore, about $2.5 million.

Centricity Funding News - In a seed round, Lightspeed and returning investors Burman Family Office and Shantanu Agarwal, among others, led the investment in wealth management startup Centricity, which raised $20 million at a valuation of $125 million.

11 September 2024 - Funding News

Zivy Funding News - Zivy, an AI tool that prioritizes workplace messages and duties, has secured $1.2 million in a pre-seed funding round co-led by Blume Ventures, Paradigm Shift Capital, iSeed, Everywhere Ventures, Indian Silicon Valley, and Marsshot Ventures.

Mitra Funding News - A strategic family office based in Dubai and Bestvantage Investments led the Pre-Series A fundraising round for D2C FMCG firm Mitra, which raised INR 11 Cr ($1.3 Mn).

InMobi Funding News - MARS Growth Capital, a joint venture between MUFG and Liquidity Group, has provided $100 million in debt financing to InMobi, a provider of mobile advertising network software.

Track3D Funding News - Track3D, an AI reality intelligence platform for the construction industry, announced that it had secured $4.3 million in seed funding. The funding was led by Endiya Partners, with participation from Shadow Ventures and Monta Vista Capital.

 Flexiloans Funding News - In an equity funding round led by American not-for-profit fund Accion, US asset management firm Nuveen, and Nandan Nilekani-backed venture fund Fundamentum, Mumbai-based digital lending startup Flexiloans has secured Rs 290 crore (approximately $35 million).

10 September 2024 - Funding News

Crackle Technologies Funding News - Crackle Technologies, an adtech startup, has secured $1.7 million (approximately INR 14 crore) in a pre-seed funding round that was jointly headed by We Founder Circle and AC Ventures.

Nestasia Funding News - Nestasia, a lifestyle and home décor brand, secured $8.35 million in a new funding round from Susquehanna Asia VC, Stellaris Venture Partners, and angel investors.

Supersquad Funding News - Supersquad, a startup that specializes in creator monetization, has secured Rs 2.1 crore in a funding round that was spearheaded by WLDD. Nitin Rajput and Jivraj Singh Sachar, angel investors, also contributed to the round.

AppsForBharat Funding News - AppsForBharat, the parent company of the devotional app Sri Mandir, has secured $17.8 million in its Series B funding round, which was led by Fundamentum.

Arnya Real Estate Funding News - Arnya Realestates Fund Advisors, an alternative investment management firm, has successfully closed the first close of its Rs 1,000-crore maiden debt fund, raising Rs 375 crore.

9 September 2024 - Funding News

Transcell Biologics Funding News - Quantiphi and IAN Group, both of Boston, have invested an undisclosed sum in Transcell Biologics, a biotechnology company.

5 September 2024 - Funding News

Nautical Wings Funding News - Nautical Wings Aerospace Raises Pre-Series A Funding

Rapido Funding News - Rapido Secures $200 Mn Funding Round from WestBridge

4 September 2024 - Funding News

Sunsure Energy Funding News - Sunsure Energy Secures Rs 226 Cr Long Term Debt Funding

Spolto Funding News - Sports-tech Startup Spolto Secures $1 Mn in Seed Funding Round

Valyx  Funding News - Valyx Raises $800K Pre-Seed Funding Round Led by Huddle Ventures and Waveform Ventures

3 September 2024 - Funding News

Mytek Innovations Funding News - Infratech Startup Mytek Innovations Secures Rs 6 Cr Debt in Funding

Plan B Funding News - Kids Innerwear Brand Plan B Secures Funding from JIIF, Others

Theater Funding News - Theater Secures $1.5 Mn Pre-Series A Funding Round

2 September 2024 Monday - Latest Funding News in India

Mintifi Funding News - Mintifi a B2B digital lending startup, is reportedly in discussions to secure $100 million in a new funding round.

Clean Electric Funding News - Clean Electric, an energy storage solutions startup, has secured Rs 48.5 crore (approximately $6 million) in funding from both new and existing investors.

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