Manthan Platform Wins the Best Tech Initiative Award at


The Manthan platform won NSEIT the Best Tech Initiative of the Year at the Dun & Bradstreet Business Excellence Awards 2022 on 29th November 2022 during an event in Mumbai. The award was presented for building the technology infrastructure to support Manthan, a platform that promotes collaboration at scale between industry and the scientific research and development ecosystem. The development of the platform was conceptualized and implemented by the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) to the Government of India. The award was received by Dr. Sapna Poti, Director of Strategic Alliances Division, Office of Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) to the Government of India and Shri. Anantharaman Sreenivasan, MD & CEO, NSEIT.


Manthan is aimed at promoting collaboration between industry and the scientific research and development ecosystem. Launched on India’s 76th Independence Day, Manthan empowers multiple stakeholders to collaborate for co-creating solutions aligned with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and our national scientific missions.


The Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, Prof. Ajay K. Sood launched the platform and noted that the creation of Manthan will be crucial for “building, nurturing, and celebrating the outcome of partnerships between various stakeholders of science, technology, and innovation ecosystem in India.” Emphasising the mandate of Manthan, he added, “This will give an impetus to the government’s efforts to improve participation of industry in terms of GDP. In the last few years, the partnerships between academia and industry have been encouraging and it has worked well when two sides have come together to solve the problems or the challenges faced.


Congratulating the teams behind Manthan, Dr. Parvinder Maini, Scientific Secretary, Office of PSA, said, “Manthan is a unique platform enabling public-private-academia collaboration to achieve sustainability goals, and the goal is to play a transformative role in doing that. It is giving a thrust for innovative ideas and inventive minds to seamlessly collaborate and work towards making India a global innovation hub. This recognition commemorates the larger vision of Digital India and highlights the contributions of the teams behind Manthan’s success.


Dr. Sapna Poti, Director of the Strategic Alliances Division, Office of PSA, said, “As the nation takes rapid strides towards becoming a global innovation hub, a platform to cater to the science, technology, and innovation ecosystem specifically is essential. Manthan – India’s Platform for Research and Innovation will allow industries to source their project and innovation partners for both CSR and Industry R&D, facilitating the exchange of ideas, enhancement of communities’ support, and co-development of solutions that will fuel scientific research and development in the country. Congratulations to the entire NSEIT team who designed and implemented Manthan.


The Manthan platform is visionary and is a true enabler for the Government of India’s Digital India vision. I congratulate the teams from the Office of the PSA and NSEIT for their meticulous contributions toward making this ingenious and innovative platform a reality. This award is an outcome of teamwork and rigorous pursuit of excellence”, said Shri. Ashishkumar Chauhan, MD & CEO of National Stock Exchange of India Limited.


On receiving the award, Shri. Anantharaman Sreenivasan, MD & CEO of NSEIT, said, “This award is a validation of NSEIT’s commitment to delivering high-impact and complex projects for customers. I thank the jury members and the organizing team at Dun & Bradstreet for recognizing NSEIT’s efforts in providing innovation excellence and driving robust business outcomes. I also express gratitude to the Office of PSA to the Government of India for entrusting us with the honor of being a strategic technology partner. The teams behind the successful launch of Manthan deserve all the credit for fructifying this global innovation platform.”







Dun & Bradstreet Business Excellence Awards 2022:


Dun & Bradstreet is a global provider of B2B data, insights, and AI-driven platforms for organizations around the world. Since 1841, companies of every size have relied on Dun & Bradstreet to help them manage risk and reveal opportunity. The Dun & Bradstreet SME and Mid-Corporate ‘Business Excellence Awards 2022’ is an endeavor to acknowledge and recognize the achievements and performance of SMEs and Mid-Corporates. The award covers 23 categories largely based on business performance parameters. The award nominations were reviewed by a distinguished jury panel featuring experts from the banking and energy development sectors.


About NSEIT:


NSEIT Limited is a global technology enterprise focused on delivering excellence in a complex digital environment, primarily in the banking, insurance, and capital market ecosystem, and a 100% subsidiary of the National Stock Exchange of India. Their key service pillars are Application Modernization, Business Transformation, Data Analytics, Infrastructure & Cloud Services, Cybersecurity, EdTech, and online examinations solutions.


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Job Platform Monster Transforms to an End-to-end Talent Management Platform; Reinvents Itself as foundit

Monster.com, leading global job search portal, today announced a significant milestone in its journey as it transforms to a full-fledged talent platform. Starting today, Monster will be known as ‘foundit’ with a new logo and vision, ushering in a new revolution in the job market.


Left to Right: Sekhar Garisa, CEO- foundit.in (previously Monster), Ajit Isaac, Non-Executive Chairman – Quess Corp and foundit.in, and investor Mohandas Pai unveil Monster’s new identity as ‘foundit’ in Asia Pacific and the Middle East


Synonymous with recruitment, Monster has been serving more than 70 million job seekers and 10,000 customers spread across 18 countries. As the Company now transforms itself to an end-to-end talent platform, it will offer comprehensive solutions to recruiters and highly personalised and contextual services to job seekers across Asia Pacific and the Middle East. The transition is in line with the company’s mission towards connecting the right talent with the right opportunities.

Speaking at the new brand unveiling event, Sekhar Garisa, CEO, foundit (previously Monster) said, “Technology is leading disruption across sectors and Talent Acquisition is no exception. The pandemic has fundamentally changed the way we work and the way we hire. We have been privileged to witness the talent acquisition landscape evolve over the last three decades, giving us an unparalleled depth of insights into recruitment. The platform of the future needs to cater to a highly dynamic job market, skill-based hiring & changing expectations from career. We are excited to unveil a new direction for Monster from simply facilitating job and candidate discovery to enabling significantly better talent management outcomes.”

Commenting on foundit’s role in realising its parent Quess Corp’s future-forward strategy, Mr. Ajit Isaac, Founder and Non-Executive Chairman of Quess Corp and foundit, added, “Over the last 15 years, Quess has always been known for its service led offerings that have won the confidence of its associates and customers alike. As an institution, steadfast on our commitment to formalise jobs, we have been focusing on building a product-led portfolio that can help democratise access to formal employment across White, Blue and Grey collar workers. We acquired Monster APAC & ME with a vision to transform white-collar talent acquisition. Over the last couple of years, organisations experienced everything from the Great Resignation and the Great Regret leading to mass hiring at an unprecedented pace. But now as the market settles, hiring is going to be a lot sharper, focused and skill based. Such precision can only be achieved through the combination of human ingenuity and technology, and this is what we have to offer our recruiters and job seekers through foundit.”

In 2018, Quess Corp acquired Monster Worldwide’s APAC & ME businesses as a strategic investment to strengthen its HR services portfolio, and has been operating in Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, India, UAE and Saudi Arabia.

In 2021 Monster raised USD 18 Million in a funding round led by investors Akash Bhanshali of Volrado Venture Partners and Mohandas Pai of Meridian Investments to fuel its product led offerings and market expansion.

As part of its brand evolution, foundit is placing renewed focus on the users of the platform to bring forward the perfect career experience. By leveraging disruptive technology such as AI and ML for precision hiring to superior UI, the company aims to offer recruitment solutions unrivalled by any other player in the market. One of the key features that job seekers can look forward to is personalised job discovery. With foundit’s customised search results feature, candidates will receive results and recommendations that are curated to their educational background, employment experience & validated skills. Other features include community lead mentorship marketplace, skills validation through assessments, mobile first UI, personalised recommendations, and self enhancement tools like upskilling courses.

As the market leader in offering recruitment solutions to the best in business, foundit is transforming into a platform that reflects and adapts to the diversity of the SEA job market. For recruiters, it will offer the richest data set for each candidate along with insights & analytics that will make the process efficient as well as customized for each role requirements. The new interface and features allow for seamless and smart interaction between recruiters and candidates.

About foundit in APAC & the Middle East

foundit, formerly Monster, is a leading talent platform offering comprehensive employment solutions to recruiters and job seekers across APAC & ME. Since its inception, the company has been assisting over 70 million registered users to find jobs, upskill, and connect with the right opportunities across 18 countries. Over the last two decades, the company has been a catalyst in the world of recruitment solutions with advanced technology, seeking to efficiently bridge the talent gap across industry verticals, experience levels, and geographies. Today, foundit is committed to enabling and connecting the right talent with the right opportunities by harnessing the power of deep-tech to sharpen hyper-personalised job searches, and precision hiring. foundit strongly believes that a job title doesn’t define one’s potential and leverages technology to dig deeper to curate opportunities central to the needs, aspirations, and dreams of each user.

To learn more, about foundit in APAC & Gulf, visit: www.foundit.sg | www.foundit.my

| www.foundit.id | www.foundit.hk | www.foundit.com.ph | www.founditgulf.com | www.foundit.in

Contact:

Neha Nayyar: neha.nayyar@monsterindia.com

Namrata Sharma: namrata.sharma@adfactorspr.com

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My Platform Joint Venture Awarded the Winner’s Prize in the 2022 Hong Kong-Macau-Taiwan Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition

My Platform, the MedTech venture in which Black Spade Capital Limited (“Black Spade Capital”) invested, has just announced that its PRC joint venture My Platform Information Technology (Guangzhou) Limited (“My Platform MedTech”) was awarded the Winner’s Prize in the 2022 Hong Kong-Macau-Taiwan Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition organised by the Guangzhou Municipal Science and Technology Bureau.

(1st from the Right) Mr. Jesse Ho, Chief Executive Officer of My Platform

The competition brings together 226 participants from a wide variety of industries to honour the key players from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan for their achievement in the innovative and technology areas. My Platform MedTech ranked top 16 among the companies who received the award.

My Platform MedTech is a joint venture established by My Platform and its partner in Guangzhou in 2021. It provides cloud-based services and doctor-patient community chatroom with telemedicine functions to hospitals and helps build an enclosed communication system between doctors and patients, which strengthens the connection between different specialist departments with patients and increases patient stickiness.

In view of the growing demand for distant medical consultation, My Platform upgraded its system with telemedicine capabilities in 2020. This built-in function enables integration with other features thus offering a seamless and user-friendly experience.

Mr. Jesse Ho, CEO of My Platform, said: “we are incredibly honoured to receive this award. It’s a reflection of our team effort and the impact that we and our partners are making in the implementation of various initiatives to drive the technology development in the medical industry in the Greater Bay Area. We will continue with our good work to improve greater efficiency and better communication in the healthcare industry.”

About Black Spade Capital Limited
Black Spade Capital Limited is an established family office managing the private investments of Mr. Lawrence Ho. Headquartered in Hong Kong, its global portfolio consists of a wide spectrum of cross-border investments as it consistently seeks to add new projects and opportunities to its investment mix. Black Spade Capital’s investment strategy maximises coverage of geographic regions and sectors whilst maintaining a portfolio of diversified asset classes, ranging from equity, fixed income, pre-IPO investments, medical technology, leisure and culture, green energy, real estate to Web3. In July 2021, Black Spade Acquisition Co (NYSE: BSAQ), a special purpose acquisition company of which a subsidiary of Black Spade Capital is sponsor, was listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

About My Platform Information Technology (Guangzhou) Limited
My Platform is a global multi-party interactive cloud-based SaaS platform that provides a seamless experience in the healthcare industry for professionals and end-users. With over 20 years of experience in the medical, finance and IT fields, My Platform is dedicated to reshape the medical ecosystem and eliminate misinformation. Its powerful proprietary software can connect doctors, patients (members), pharmaceutical companies, insurance companies, hospitals and corporations and allows them to interact on one single platform. The all-integrated clinic solution built with state-of-the-art technology facilitates daily operation for all.






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Meet Spectre: The Platform Revolutionizing and Simplifying High Frequency Trading

When first stumbling into the world of high frequency trading, the complicated jargon and unintuitive platforms are oftentimes a barrier for non-technical users to understand their workings. Luckily, with the increase in interest in blockchain technology around the world coupled with human nature to innovate, development teams around the world are creating platforms for novice and experienced users alike to trade cryptocurrencies in a simple manner. A web search for “best trading platform” yields nearly 383 million results. Yet, after diving into some of these results, one stumbles across a conglomerate of difficult-to-comprehend terminology, tools, and trading techniques incomprehensible for beginners. In a world that is so interconnected and education is so accessible, how is it possible that an integral aspect of the financial system is still unreachable for complete beginners?
Luckily, with the increase in interest in blockchain technology around the world coupled with human nature to innovate, development teams around the world are creating platforms for novice and experienced users alike to trade cryptocurrencies in a simple manner. Spectre.AI is leading this trend.

Spectre is an online financial trading site created with the vision of allowing anyone to trade assets in a fraud-free and broker-free manner. Amassing an impressive 140,000 traders, Spectre has created an ecosystem that enables users to trade simply while minimizing risk and complexity.

As opposed to traders betting on token price fluctuations, Spectre introduced a trading strategy by predicting crypto directions! Traders can bet whether they believe the next time period (minutes, hours, days, or even seconds) will have a general up or down price movement. At the time of writing, they offer trading on any normal currency pair, metals, a variety of digital assets (all the big names, with more DeFi and NFT focused tokens to come in the future), and equities across several global stock markets!

Spectre also introduced two new financial products that have been a wide success across the financial trading industry: EPICs and Reverse Futures. In short, EPICs are Spectre’s benchmark index of Euro-based currency pairs, completely traded through time. Reverse Futures are Spectre’s digital contracts on past global equities. Currently, their Reverse Futures offering supports Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Tesla, Twitter, and a variety of Indian equities. Several more are set to launch soon. Reverse Futures allows traders to trade on real-world equities but from an historical point of view. The concept is to synthetically construct the price performance of strong assets from the past and streamed them forward in time. This idea, although a bit complex to understand at first, revolutionizes the financial trading sphere by creating a completely new way for traders to profit.

Another interesting feature Spectre offers is the several ways to structure trading accounts, namely on and off-site trades. Through on-site accounts, the trading funds are deposited into the account and are used to trade directly on the platform, similar to most other trading exchanges. This juxtaposes their other trading option, off-site accounts, which is a fully decentralized and broker-less trading option. In short, users don’t have to actually deposit as all trades are initiated by them through their cryptocurrency wallet whilst using the platform. All of these trades are stored on their underlying blockchain. Given blockchain’s inherently publicly distributed and open-source nature, these trades provide unprecedented levels of transparency to the trading platform while ensuring complete safety of client funds. Additionally, Spectre offers a DeFi boost wallet where traders can earn the highest staking rewards in the industry, both in blue-chips and the DeFi token of their choosing. In addition, coupled with their 24/7 no-fee and fully compliant trading, Spectre has a robust analytics page for everyone to review their past trades and understand their profits and losses.

Another interesting aspect of Spectre is their trading bays. Finance and gaming have long been industries that have not coincided. Yet, with Spectre’s introduction of trading bays, that is slowly changing. Trader’s Bay is an online store, built into the Spectre platform itself that offers many upgrades and privileges that users can subscribe to for a small daily cost to enhance their trading. These enhancements include charms and spells which increase payouts, trade allocations, and limits of open positions! This article (bit.ly/3dPssEJ) brilliantly describes how the Trader Bays will unite gaming and finance. Spectre is certainly a pioneer in this regard.

To understand further how Spectre (www.spectre.ai) works, the Plato Blockchain (www.platodata.ai) team (and authors of this report) dived into the platform to grasp exactly what is attracting Spectre’s massive user base. At first glance, we were very impressed with the intuitive layout of the platform and the ease of creating an account and KYC. One important thing to note, however, is that users with an IP address from the United States will not have access to the platform. After playing with the platform for a short while, we went into the orders page to analyze how our performance was. The presentation of each of our trades was impeccably detailed, featuring the exact timing each action was done, entry and exit prices, sources, amongst a variety of other data points. After years of experience across a variety of trading platforms, we concluded Spectre’s reporting of our past trades was an experience unlike any other. We have plans in the future to experiment with their hyper-API, which allows developers to build automated trading robots, applications and trading interfaces that interact with the Spectre platform. We are curious and excited to understand the better applications and use-cases investment APIs for HFT will have in the future!

All in all, Spectre is certainly a game-changer platform creating a new paradigm in high frequency trading through accessibility and a suite of trading tools. In fact, Forbes India called Spectre “India’s Robinhood!” (bit.ly/3SoOD3G) Ultimately, the next generation of financial tools will be led by Spectre’s efforts. Through security, ease-of-use, and financial tools unique to their platform, Spectre is redefining HFT one trade at a time.

Platform Waste Solutions Restoring Service Quality to Former Red River Customers

Denver, CO, USA – WEBWIRE

Throughout the drawn-out Red River bankruptcy we were working quietly behind the scenes to understand all the underlying service issues and to formulate a sound action plan that would allow us to hit the ground running.”



Platform Waste Solutions, LLC has acquired the assets of Red River Waste Solutions via Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. Platform Waste Solutions is a portfolio company of Denver-based Platform Capital. Municipality contracts with Union City, KY, Nashville, TN, Del Rio, TX and Huntsville, AL were among the assets acquired, expanding Platform Waste’s operational footprint throughout IL, TN, KY, TX and AL.



“This transaction was stuck in court much longer than anyone expected, but once the acquisition was finalized in August, we wasted no time restoring consistent, quality customer service to former Red River customers,” stated Jake Walker, a Platform Capital partner and business turnaround specialist. “Throughout the drawn-out Red River bankruptcy we were working quietly behind the scenes to understand all the underlying service issues and to formulate a sound action plan that would allow us to hit the ground running.”



Walker credits Platform Waste Solutions’ strength of capital, leveraging of talent acquisition strategies and contract negotiation skills as contributing to immediate and measurable improvements in customer satisfaction. Continued improvements will come from capital investments in the fleet, management information systems and daily communication standards that address service issues in real time, he said.



“We are grateful to all parties involved for giving Platform Waste Solutions the opportunity to welcome and serve these communities in the manner they deserve,” stated Chris Bix, CEO. “We are a company that keeps its promises and we look forward to building good will through good service and relationship building.”