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Zoho: Partnership
Zoho invested ₹70 Cr (~$7.3M) in ONDC (Open Network for Digital Commerce) to back India's sovereign digital commerce infrastructure. Strategic partnership deepens Zoho's integration across commerce and finance products (Vikra, ERP, Books, Inventory, Commerce) targeting MSME digitization.
Source: Inc42 (India/SEA)
The leadership read
Alliances like this can broaden the sector commercial leadership bench strength.
Market context: This lands while the Talent Market Index reads 105.8 (Hot) — down 2.4 versus the prior month — and Asia signal share is steady (+0.5pts).
Zoho: 2 signals in the last 90 days; 0.1% of MitchelLake's Asia signal flow; 2 tracked across 28 days.
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