Shares of Yext went as high as $14 or so after the company gave its final pricing at $11 last night — meaning it raised at least $115.5 million in its IPO. Following Okta, and before that Mulesoft and even Snap, Yext seems to have capitalised on the open so-called “IPO window,” with investors and executives looking to cash in on the appetite for new tech IPOs. TechCrunch

CBA provides professional executive search and headhunting services across most sectors, offering its clients years of recruitment experience across borders and is therefore well placed to advise them on the best methods to approach recruitment projects. The main sectors that CBA recruit in would be: Engineering, Environment, Financials, FMCG, Industry, Legal, Mergers & Acquisitions, Pharmaceutical, I.T.., Service Industries, Technology & Telecommunications.

The objective of each search assignment is to provide client organisations with suitably qualified executives to fill a position in the client’s organisation. To do this effectively we will:

• Gain a thorough understanding of the client’s organisation, the role to be filled and experience and qualities required by the person to fit the role and the client company’s culture.
• Identify target organisations in which suitably qualified potential candidates are likely to be found, and approach the individuals who appear to meet the requirements of the role.
• Meet and evaluate interested potential candidates to establish their suitability for the client company and the position and introduce the most suitable candidates to the client.

When the selection has been made, CBA will take up references in respect of the successful candidate if asked to do so, and provide advice to the client on framing the offer of employment.

Upon completion of the assignment, CBA will remain in contact with the client and successful candidate to help with the on-boarding to ensure a successful outcome to the recruitment process for both parties.

Martin Hamilton heads up CBA Executive Search from his base in Germany. He was educated at London University graduating with final degree in Education. He moved into the recruitment industry in 1984 where he has spent the last 28 successful years, recruiting at the highest levels and in a variety of markets across Germany and the rest of Europe. He has also recruited in Hong Kong, Canada, Russia and on Singapore.

Martin has been living and working in Germany since 1992 and speaks fluent German. He joined CBA in January 2017 as Consulting Professional in cross-border Executive Search.

To discuss your global recruitment needs please get in touch with him at m.hamilton@cba.associates

ASX-listed mobile entertainment company iCandy today announced that it has completed the acquisition process of Singapore-based mobile games studio Inzen Studio.

The company first announced the acquisition plan in September 2016 as part of is move to capture the Asia Pacific market. It planned to acquire Inzen Studio for S$6 million (US$4.4 million). Yahoo

China's technology and gaming giant, Tencent, has been proclaimed as the world's 10^th biggest company, surpassing America's financial magnate, Wells Fargo. In 2016, Tencent's stocks rose by to up to 43 percent higher than the previous year, and ultimately yielded a market value of more than $279 billion.

Although it is barely operating outside mainland China, Tencent has been able to join the business elites of the world primarily because of universally used apps that it develops like WeChat.

According to Fortune, Tencent's success is primarily attributable to its savvy and hassle-free payment system, a feature that most investors are looking for, hence the interest of many in the company. Fortune stated that in December last year, Tencent made 600 million transactions in one day. On this year's Chinese New Year, 14 billion transactions of messages, emoticons, and calls were recorded using its many platform services.

Recently, Tencent acquired five percent of the shares of Tesla for a whopping sale price of $1.8 billion in the hope of further expanding its assets and properties. Apart from this, Tencent has also invested quite a hefty amount in Didi Chuxing.

Also on the list of the world's 10 biggest companies are Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, Facebook, Exxon Mobile, Johnson and Johnson, and JPMorgan.

Source: CHINA TOPIX   |   Photo: 'Pony' Ma Huateng, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Tencent Holdings Ltd., speaks at a news conference in Beijing, China. (Photo: Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)

Lattice.io uses machine learning to transform "dark data" such as unstructured text and images into structured data for use by traditional data analysis tools. Founded in 2015, Lattice.io was born out of the Stanford research project DeepDive, a framework for extracting raw data from text.

Apple paid $200 million for the Menlo Park, California-based company. Cnet

Spotify announced its latest move to expand its marketing and advertising horizons: it has acquired and shut down content recommendation service MightyTV, a startup that (as its name implies) focused on video recommendations, with an app that used a Tinder-style swipe interface to help guide you to TV and film choices compatible with your own tastes. TC