Piggy is a financial technology start-up based out of Bengaluru, India. This Fintech start-up was started by a team of ex-investment bankers and tech professionals in January 2016. Less than 2 years after its inception the company graduated from the winter batch of the Y Combinator seed accelerator and is also funded and mentored by it. The company was also featured in the NASSCOM 10,000 start-up in 2017.
Features
Piggy allows individuals to invest in Direct Plans from over 34 Asset Management Companies (AMCs) across India. The app provides users with a curated list of top mutual funds and allows the user to monitor and manage their portfolio. The app also allows users to read news and content related to investing. Users can track their Employee Provident Funds (EPFs) as well. Additionally, Piggy provides a platform for users to create an analysis of their portfolios.
Piggy Premier
In 2019, Piggy launched Piggy Premier, their Financial Advisory Services division. Piggy Premier users are provided personal investment advisors to assist in their investments.
History
Piggy was founded by Mr. Nikhil Mantha, Mr. Ankush Singh Baedas, and Mr. Kunal Sangwan in January 2016, with the idea to build an app to help users easily manage a diverse portfolio of investments that are attractive to the average person and first-time investor. Mr. Nikhil Mantha worked for three years as an analyst, creating Data management and Analytics tools for Loan Level and Macroeconomic data for European Asset-Backed Securities for Nomura Holdings, Inc. Mr. Ankush Singh Baedas worked as an Analyst with Nomura Holdings Inc. for 2 years, prior to that he worked as a Business Analyst with Barclays Investment Bank. Mr. Kunal Sangwan is a Software Developer with over 3 years of work experience with Amazon.com, Inc.
Features
Piggy allows individuals to invest in Direct Plans from over 34 Asset Management Companies (AMCs) across India. The app provides users with a curated list of top mutual funds and allows the user to monitor and manage their portfolio. The app also allows users to read news and content related to investing. Users can track their Employee Provident Funds (EPFs) as well. Additionally, Piggy provides a platform for users to create an analysis of their portfolios.
Piggy Premier
In 2019, Piggy launched Piggy Premier, their Financial Advisory Services division. Piggy Premier users are provided personal investment advisors to assist in their investments.
History
Piggy was founded by Mr. Nikhil Mantha, Mr. Ankush Singh Baedas, and Mr. Kunal Sangwan in January 2016, with the idea to build an app to help users easily manage a diverse portfolio of investments that are attractive to the average person and first-time investor. Mr. Nikhil Mantha worked for three years as an analyst, creating Data management and Analytics tools for Loan Level and Macroeconomic data for European Asset-Backed Securities for Nomura Holdings, Inc. Mr. Ankush Singh Baedas worked as an Analyst with Nomura Holdings Inc. for 2 years, prior to that he worked as a Business Analyst with Barclays Investment Bank. Mr. Kunal Sangwan is a Software Developer with over 3 years of work experience with Amazon.com, Inc.
DragonDoor, also known as d2p, was a professional wrestling federation started under Último Dragón's "Toryumon" banner, and was announced on April 27, 2005. It was the first foray into the Japanese pro wrestling market since Toryumon X closed its doors in 2004.
Led by Noriaki Kawabata as Director, it cast Taiji Ishimori and Shuji Kondo as the aces of the promotion.
DragonDoor had difficulties from the start. Taiji Ishimori, despite being a solid performer, had not connected with the fans sufficiently to make him a true ace. On the other hand, Kondo's faction of Aagan Iisou was quite popular, far more so than anyone else on the card. Aagan Iisou (represented here by Kondo, Brother YASSHI and Takuya Sugawara) were fired in controversial fashion from Dragon Gate, and the fans were hot for their return. Aagan Iisou's popularity proved a problem with booking, because while they were supposed to be the heels, they had all the fan support.
There were also issues with Kawabata continuing to book his older Luchador friends on the shows, creating something similar to the situation that killed World Championship Wrestling - older wrestlers taking up the spotlight and keeping it away from the performers the fans wanted to see: despite the few shows the promotion ran, nearly 50 wrestlers were used, thus creating a chaotic situation.
There was also a great amount of focus on Yoshihiro Asai's gimmick related ordeals. With "Dragon Tiger", "Dragon the Great", "Tiger the Great", and numerous imposters, the angle turned out similar to The Undertaker vs Underfaker and the Kane vs. Impostor Kane feuds that bombed in World Wrestling Entertainment.
Bright spots in the promotion included some extremely talented and popular young stars, such as Xtreme Tiger and Joe Lider, and the participation of Los Guerreros del Infierno (Último Guerrero and Rey Bucanero).
Crowd interest was sparse, with only Aagan Iisou (and, oddly, Maximo) getting reactions from the fans, and the average match quality wasn't as good as the former Toryumon projects.
DragonDoor ceased activity after its February 7, 2006 convention, running all of 6 shows.
Roster
* dragondoor Seikigun (Taiji Ishimori, Little Dragon and Milanito Collection a.t.)
* Aagan Iisou (Shuji Kondo, "brother" YASSHI, Takuya Sugawara, Toru Owashi and Shogo Takagi)
Notable guests
*Kota Ibushi
*Último Dragón
*Último Guerrero
*First Tiger Mask
*Gran Hamada
*El Solar
*Jinsei Shinzaki
*Shinjitsu Nohashi
*Extreme Tiger
*Joe Líder
*Sara Del Rey
*Kana
*Masao Orihara
*
*Brazo de Oro
*Brazo de Plata
*Maximo
*Rey Bucanero
*Kagetora
*Ikuto Hidaka
*Mineo Fujita
*Gamma
*Shannon Moore
*Toshiaki Kawada
*Shu and Kei Sato
*Mototsugu Shimizu
*Milano Collection A.T.
*Skayde
Led by Noriaki Kawabata as Director, it cast Taiji Ishimori and Shuji Kondo as the aces of the promotion.
DragonDoor had difficulties from the start. Taiji Ishimori, despite being a solid performer, had not connected with the fans sufficiently to make him a true ace. On the other hand, Kondo's faction of Aagan Iisou was quite popular, far more so than anyone else on the card. Aagan Iisou (represented here by Kondo, Brother YASSHI and Takuya Sugawara) were fired in controversial fashion from Dragon Gate, and the fans were hot for their return. Aagan Iisou's popularity proved a problem with booking, because while they were supposed to be the heels, they had all the fan support.
There were also issues with Kawabata continuing to book his older Luchador friends on the shows, creating something similar to the situation that killed World Championship Wrestling - older wrestlers taking up the spotlight and keeping it away from the performers the fans wanted to see: despite the few shows the promotion ran, nearly 50 wrestlers were used, thus creating a chaotic situation.
There was also a great amount of focus on Yoshihiro Asai's gimmick related ordeals. With "Dragon Tiger", "Dragon the Great", "Tiger the Great", and numerous imposters, the angle turned out similar to The Undertaker vs Underfaker and the Kane vs. Impostor Kane feuds that bombed in World Wrestling Entertainment.
Bright spots in the promotion included some extremely talented and popular young stars, such as Xtreme Tiger and Joe Lider, and the participation of Los Guerreros del Infierno (Último Guerrero and Rey Bucanero).
Crowd interest was sparse, with only Aagan Iisou (and, oddly, Maximo) getting reactions from the fans, and the average match quality wasn't as good as the former Toryumon projects.
DragonDoor ceased activity after its February 7, 2006 convention, running all of 6 shows.
Roster
* dragondoor Seikigun (Taiji Ishimori, Little Dragon and Milanito Collection a.t.)
* Aagan Iisou (Shuji Kondo, "brother" YASSHI, Takuya Sugawara, Toru Owashi and Shogo Takagi)
Notable guests
*Kota Ibushi
*Último Dragón
*Último Guerrero
*First Tiger Mask
*Gran Hamada
*El Solar
*Jinsei Shinzaki
*Shinjitsu Nohashi
*Extreme Tiger
*Joe Líder
*Sara Del Rey
*Kana
*Masao Orihara
*
*Brazo de Oro
*Brazo de Plata
*Maximo
*Rey Bucanero
*Kagetora
*Ikuto Hidaka
*Mineo Fujita
*Gamma
*Shannon Moore
*Toshiaki Kawada
*Shu and Kei Sato
*Mototsugu Shimizu
*Milano Collection A.T.
*Skayde
The Media Image is a digital marketing agency based in Vauxhall, South West London.
History
TMI was founded in Feb 2008 by South African Grant Macfarlane, the first person to be hired by Google for its UK AdWords operation, when the platform changed from an impression-based search buy to a pay-per-click (PPC) model. At first, TMI concentrated exclusively on paid search and quickly built a base of clients in the UK, South Africa and the US.
Since 2013, the agency has offered PPC, Programmatic Media, Paid Social, Content and Creative to clients including bookmaker Coral and The Health Games from its offices in London, Cape Town and New York. The Agency now also works on SEO, social media and design for clients such as US cosmetics company Avon, private jet hire company Air Charter Services and money transfer website Azimo.
In 2017, TMI featured for a third successive year in the Sunday Times Hiscox Tech Track 100 league table which ranks Britain’s 100 private tech (TMT) companies with the fastest-growing sales over their latest three years.
In February 2018, TMI featured in the Inc. 5000 List of Europe's Fastest-Growing Companies at position 446, putting it in the top 10% of Europe's fastest-growing private companies, based on three-year revenue growth.
Awards
In May 2017, TMI UK won a Drum Search Award for Best Travel/Leisure/Sports PPC Campaign and was highly commended in the Best PPC Financial Services category. In November 2016, they won the UK Search Award for Best Use of Search-iGaming, just six months after winning the same category in the European Search Awards. TMI was also named Best Small PPC Agency at the UK Search Awards in September 2015.
Most recently, TMI has been shortlisted in the UK Biddable Media Awards for Finance Campaign of the Year and Client-Led Campaign of the Year, and a finalist in the Drum Media Awards in the Performance Agency of the Year category.
History
TMI was founded in Feb 2008 by South African Grant Macfarlane, the first person to be hired by Google for its UK AdWords operation, when the platform changed from an impression-based search buy to a pay-per-click (PPC) model. At first, TMI concentrated exclusively on paid search and quickly built a base of clients in the UK, South Africa and the US.
Since 2013, the agency has offered PPC, Programmatic Media, Paid Social, Content and Creative to clients including bookmaker Coral and The Health Games from its offices in London, Cape Town and New York. The Agency now also works on SEO, social media and design for clients such as US cosmetics company Avon, private jet hire company Air Charter Services and money transfer website Azimo.
In 2017, TMI featured for a third successive year in the Sunday Times Hiscox Tech Track 100 league table which ranks Britain’s 100 private tech (TMT) companies with the fastest-growing sales over their latest three years.
In February 2018, TMI featured in the Inc. 5000 List of Europe's Fastest-Growing Companies at position 446, putting it in the top 10% of Europe's fastest-growing private companies, based on three-year revenue growth.
Awards
In May 2017, TMI UK won a Drum Search Award for Best Travel/Leisure/Sports PPC Campaign and was highly commended in the Best PPC Financial Services category. In November 2016, they won the UK Search Award for Best Use of Search-iGaming, just six months after winning the same category in the European Search Awards. TMI was also named Best Small PPC Agency at the UK Search Awards in September 2015.
Most recently, TMI has been shortlisted in the UK Biddable Media Awards for Finance Campaign of the Year and Client-Led Campaign of the Year, and a finalist in the Drum Media Awards in the Performance Agency of the Year category.
Abraham Shaji John is a veteran trade union leader who has commenced his activities as Assistant General Secretary of Indian Overseas Bank Officers Association (IOBOA) by winning election in 1993, later elected as Vice President South of IOBOA in 2011 and further elevated as Senior Vice President of IOBOA, now invariably declared as the President of IOBOA. He has also been appointed as the State Secretary of All India Bank Officers Confederation (AIBOC) for the second consecutive term.
Biography
Abraham Shaji was born to Yohannan and Mariamma in Pazhaveedu, a locality of Alappuzha in the south Indian state of Kerala in 1960.
His early schooling was at the Pazhaveedu UP school and T.D. High School after which he graduated from SD College, Alappuzha and followed it with a master's degree in Agriculture from Agriculture College, Vellayani in 1984.
During his young age he showed interest in sports activities like Cricket, Hockey and Table Tennis.
His banking career kick started in 1984 at Indian Overseas Bank, Ranni Branch, as Agriculture Officer. He served in more than 10 IOB branches across Kerala.
He made and continuously expanded to a big circle of friends throughout his career.
In 1993 , he was promoted as Deputy Manager and posted at Kuravankonam Branch and succeeded to Aristo Junction branch as Manager in 1994. There he was well appreciated for his good work and became a star among colleagues.
He was further promoted as Credit Officer, Planning Officer and Senior Manager of Retail Division at IOB Trivandrum Regional Office.
He entered the Trade Union movement of Bank Officers in the year of 1993 through an election. He became the Assistant Secretary of IOBOA Trivandrum Region. During the same year he shifted his residence to Trivandrum.
He was even more appreciated and shown his best performance when he was posted as Lead District Manager of Trivandrum during the years 2003 and 2017.
He decorated many positions in his trade union activities. State Secretary, Deputy General Secretary, Vice President (West Region , including 6 states), Vice President (South), Senior Vice President at 2017.
Since 2019, Shaji holds office as National President, for the Indian Overseas Bank Officers Association.
From 1996 onwards he was also the Trivandrum District President for All India Bank Officers Confederation. In 1998 he was elected as State Assistant Secretary of the same.
During his long tenure he lead many strikes, for the welfare of all bank employees and was a contact point for the government on many disputed banking welfare matters. He was successful in most of them and stood for employees welfare. He is unanimously accepted as a true leader.
Positions Held
#State Secretary, National Executive Member - All India Bank Officers Confederation (AIBOC)
#President - Indian Overseas Bank Officers Association (IOBOA)
#State President - Confederation of Central Government Gazetted Officers’ Organisations (AIPCOC)
#Patron - Arise
#President - HDFC Bank Officers Associaton ( HDFCBOA)
Biography
Abraham Shaji was born to Yohannan and Mariamma in Pazhaveedu, a locality of Alappuzha in the south Indian state of Kerala in 1960.
His early schooling was at the Pazhaveedu UP school and T.D. High School after which he graduated from SD College, Alappuzha and followed it with a master's degree in Agriculture from Agriculture College, Vellayani in 1984.
During his young age he showed interest in sports activities like Cricket, Hockey and Table Tennis.
His banking career kick started in 1984 at Indian Overseas Bank, Ranni Branch, as Agriculture Officer. He served in more than 10 IOB branches across Kerala.
He made and continuously expanded to a big circle of friends throughout his career.
In 1993 , he was promoted as Deputy Manager and posted at Kuravankonam Branch and succeeded to Aristo Junction branch as Manager in 1994. There he was well appreciated for his good work and became a star among colleagues.
He was further promoted as Credit Officer, Planning Officer and Senior Manager of Retail Division at IOB Trivandrum Regional Office.
He entered the Trade Union movement of Bank Officers in the year of 1993 through an election. He became the Assistant Secretary of IOBOA Trivandrum Region. During the same year he shifted his residence to Trivandrum.
He was even more appreciated and shown his best performance when he was posted as Lead District Manager of Trivandrum during the years 2003 and 2017.
He decorated many positions in his trade union activities. State Secretary, Deputy General Secretary, Vice President (West Region , including 6 states), Vice President (South), Senior Vice President at 2017.
Since 2019, Shaji holds office as National President, for the Indian Overseas Bank Officers Association.
From 1996 onwards he was also the Trivandrum District President for All India Bank Officers Confederation. In 1998 he was elected as State Assistant Secretary of the same.
During his long tenure he lead many strikes, for the welfare of all bank employees and was a contact point for the government on many disputed banking welfare matters. He was successful in most of them and stood for employees welfare. He is unanimously accepted as a true leader.
Positions Held
#State Secretary, National Executive Member - All India Bank Officers Confederation (AIBOC)
#President - Indian Overseas Bank Officers Association (IOBOA)
#State President - Confederation of Central Government Gazetted Officers’ Organisations (AIPCOC)
#Patron - Arise
#President - HDFC Bank Officers Associaton ( HDFCBOA)