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Virtana’s AI-powered platform delivers the deepest hybrid infrastructure observability, empowering you to optimize performance, reduce costs, and mitigate risks.

Founded in 2008, more than 150 Global 2000 enterprise customers such as AstraZeneca, Dell, Apple, Geico, Costco, Nasdaq, and Boeing, have long valued Virtana's software solutions. With advanced AI-powered capabilities, Virtana helps IT teams proactively address issues, streamline operations, and transform infrastructure into strategic assets in today's rapidly evolving digital landscape.

In 2023 Virtana Corp. was named:

• Top 20 Coolest Cloud Monitoring Companies (Cloud 100) by CRN.
• Best Place to Work in the Bay Area by Comparably.
• In eight Gartner® reports for innovation in Infrastructure Monitoring and Artificial Intelligence for IT Operations (AIOps).

💰 Funding details

In the most recent funding round, Virtana raised $73 million in Series C funding in January 2022, led by Atalaya Capital Management and Elm Park Capital Management, among others. Virtana has raised a total of $192.42 million so far!

Octobotics Tech is an early-stage robotics engineering startup focused on building advanced robotic solutions for the maritime and oil & gas industries, where inspection and maintenance are complex, risky, and costly.

The company is developing a next-generation marine and aerial robotic platform with modular manipulators designed for autonomous inspection and non-destructive testing (NDT), even on heavily corroded surfaces. The platform supports techniques such as Eddy Current and other NDT methods, and the core technology is already at a matured stage, not just experimental R&D.

Alongside platform development, Octobotics delivers robotic inspection and maintenance services, using specialized robots to navigate challenging environments and perform precision-driven tasks that reduce human risk, downtime, and operational costs. The team also builds custom robotic solutions, working closely with clients to address specific operational and infrastructure challenges.

Backed by a pre-seed round from a Hong Kong–based investor, Octobotics operates as a flat, non-toxic organization that values unconventional thinking, ownership, and hands-on problem solving. The company is now hiring its first core team members to help push the boundaries of applied robotics in real-world industrial environments.

Celcom Solutions is a global technology services firm specialising in the telecom and BFSI sectors. Founded in the UK in 2010, the company has expanded into India (notably Chennai & Bengaluru) and supports clients across APAC, MENA, Europe, and the UK. celcomsolutions.com+2EMIS+2

Their core offerings span:

• Greenfield implementations, transformations and managed services for OSS/BSS environments.
• Digital‐transformation, testing, data & analytics services that help telcos and enterprises upgrade to newer models.
• A culture built around subject-matter expertise, global delivery capability and domain experience — making them a solid employer for professionals who want meaningful telecom/IT work.

With a committed global team of service-delivery professionals and consultants, Celcom Solutions offers the opportunity to work on large-scale, complex projects in the telecom / tech space — which makes it an interesting destination if you’re recruiting talent who want scale + domain depth.

Gemba Concepts, founded in 2014 by former Toyota employees Mohit Bafna and Abhishek Kumar, boasts a dynamic team with extensive industry experience and innovative ideas. We are dedicated to continuously refining our strategies in collaboration with our clients.

At Gemba Concepts, we bridge the gap between Boardroom strategy & On-Floor execution. We’re a new-age management consulting firm that operates where value is created, at the Gemba “The Real Place.”

Our Consultants work shoulder-to-shoulder with clients to design, deliver, and scale transformation, blending the analytical precision of top-tier consulting with the agility of an entrepreneurial firm.

We believe in one simple truth: “Strategy only matters when it works on the Ground.” That’s why every engagement is owned end-to-end, from insight to impact, ensuring measurable business results and lasting client capability.

Today, with over 250+ professionals, including engineers, operations experts, and strategists, Gemba Concepts continues to apply proven manufacturing excellence and Lean Operations from the Toyota Philosophy to diverse sectors helping organizations unlock efficiency, scalability, and long-term value.

Mira is building infrastructure for trustless verification of intelligence. Mira’s verification system significantly enhances AI accuracy by mitigating hallucinations and bias, thereby enabling truly reliable and autonomous AI systems.