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Founded in 2008, Ignite Solutions is cutting-edge software development company that transforms innovative ideas into powerful digital products. Based in Pune with a team of 40+ experts, we specialize in UI/UX design, custom software development, and AI/ML solutions for both startups and established businesses.

Our comprehensive service portfolio ranges from 2-week rapid prototypes to full-scale product development, leveraging modern tech stacks like React, Android, Flutter, Python, and cloud technologies. Our agile approach enables quick iterations and consistent product releases every two weeks, ensuring projects stay aligned with market needs.

We stand out for delivering high-impact results across diverse industries - from healthcare platforms to eCommerce solutions. Our proven track record includes successful partnerships with companies like Parallel Health, OptIn, and Tiivra, where we've developed scalable, user-centric applications that drive business growth.

Work With Us

• We help ambitious companies with UX design, technology strategy, and software development.
• We believe in small teams. Small teams and smart individuals can make things happen.
• We have an open, honest culture. As part of our team, you will get to contribute to our ideas, our plans, and our success.
• We treat you with respect and trust you will do the same to your team members.
• We hire carefully, looking for attitude along with aptitude.
• We like to have fun so bring your sense of humour with you.

Appknox, a leading mobile app security solution HQ in Singapore & Bangalore was founded by Harshit Agarwal and Subho Halder.

Since its inception, Appknox has become one of the go-to security solutions with the most powerful plug-and-play security platform, enabling security researchers, developers, and enterprises to build safe and secure mobile ecosystems using a system-plus human approach.

Appknox offers VA+PT solutions ( Vulnerability Assessment + Penetration Testing ) that provide end-to-end mobile application security and testing strategies to Fortune 500, SMB and Large Enterprises Globally helping businesses and mobile developers make their mobile apps more secure, thus not only enhancing protection for their customers but also for their own brand. 

During the course of 9 years, Appknox has scaled up to work with some major brands in India, South-East Asia, Middle-East, Japan, and the US and has also successfully enabled some of the top government agencies with its On-Premise deployments & compliance testing. Appknox helps 500+ Enterprises which includes 20+ Fortune 1000 and ministries/regulators across 10+ countries and some of the top banks across 20+ countries.

A champion of Value SaaS, with its customer and security-first approach Appknox has won many awards and recognitions from G2, and Gartner and is one of the top mobile app security vendors in its 2021 Application security Hype Cycle report. 

Our forward-leaning, pioneering spirit is backed by SeedPlus, JFDI Asia, Microsoft Ventures, and Cisco Launchpad and a legacy of expertise that began at the dawn of 2014.

About Us

HighLevel is an AI powered, all-in-one white-label sales & marketing platform that empowers agencies, entrepreneurs, and businesses to elevate their digital presence and drive growth. We are proud to support a global and growing community of over 2 million businesses, comprised of agencies, consultants, and businesses of all sizes and industries. HighLevel empowers users with all the tools needed to capture, nurture, and close new leads into repeat customers. As of mid 2025, HighLevel processes over 15 billion API hits and handles more than 2.5 billion message events every day. Our platform manages over 470 terabytes of data distributed across five databases, operates with a network of over 250 microservices, and supports over 1 million domain names.

Our People

With over 1,500 team members across 15+ countries, we operate in a global, remote-first environment. We are building more than software; we are building a global community rooted in creativity, collaboration, and impact. We take pride in cultivating a culture where innovation thrives, ideas are celebrated, and people come first, no matter where they call home.

Our Impact

As of mid 2025, our platform powers over 1.5 billion messages, helps generate over 200 million leads, and facilitates over 20 million conversations for the more than 2 million businesses we serve each month. Behind those numbers are real people growing their companies, connecting with customers, and making their mark - and we get to help make that happen.

EEO Statement:

At HighLevel, we value diversity. In fact, we understand it makes our organisation stronger. We are committed to inclusive hiring/promotion practices that evaluate skill sets, abilities, and qualifications without regard to any characteristic unrelated to performing the job at the highest level. Our objective is to foster an environment where really talented employees from all walks of life can be their true and whole selves, cherished and welcomed for their differences while providing excellent service to our clients and learning from one another along the way! Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Deep Tech Startup Focusing on Autonomy and Intelligence for Unmanned Systems. Guidance and Navigation, AI-ML, Computer Vision, Information Fusion, LLMs, Generative AI, Remote Sensing

At ThoughtClan Technologies, we believe that technology is the backbone of transformation. Since our founding in 2016, we’ve been on a mission to build software and analytics solutions that help businesses operate smarter, faster, and more insightfully. We’re a lean, high-impact team of 150+ technologists working across enterprise web and mobile apps, AI/ML, blockchain, analytics, digital transformation, API integrations, and more.

We sit at the intersection of product innovation and custom software services. We don’t just deliver code, we partner with clients to solve their core business challenges using data, automation, system design, and emerging tech. From greenfield platforms to integrations and advanced analytics, our focus is always to deliver value, not just features.

On the team side, we look for builders, problem solvers, and doers. You’ll find us working in agile sprints, pushing boundaries in AI, blockchain, and full-stack systems, and constantly learning. We value ownership, clarity in communication, and a focus on outcomes over activity.

Joining the team behind the world’s most trusted artifact firewall isn’t just a job - it’s a mission.

🧩 What the Company Does

This company provides software tools to help development teams manage open-source code securely and efficiently. Its platform covers artifact management, automated policy enforcement, vulnerability detection, software bill of materials (SBOM) management, and AI-powered risk analysis. It's used globally by thousands of enterprises and millions of developers to secure their software supply chains.

👥 Founding Team

The company was founded in the late 2000s by a group of open-source contributors, including one who was heavily involved in building a popular Java-based build automation tool. The company was started by veteran engineers with deep roots in the open-source community—one of whom helped create a widely adopted build automation tool used by millions today. 

💰 Funding & Financials

Over the years, the company has raised nearly $150 million across several funding rounds, including a large growth round led by a top-tier private equity firm. It crossed $100 million in annual recurring revenue around 2021 and has remained profitable since. Backers include well-known names in venture capital and private equity.

🏆 Key Milestones & Achievements

• Early on, the company took over stewardship of a widely used public code repository.
• It launched tools for artifact repository management and later expanded into automated security and compliance.
• Has blocked hundreds of thousands of malicious open-source packages and helped companies catch risky components before deployment.
• Released AI-powered tools that go beyond CVE databases to detect deeper threats.
• Recognized as a market leader in software composition analysis by major industry analysts.
• Today, it’s used by many Fortune 100 companies across industries like finance, government, and healthcare.