<article>While Hero Group&#8217;s subsidiary Rockman Industries is in talks to form a joint venture with a foreign company, AppSay has raised $150k from Venture Catalysts.</article>

While Hero Group&#8217;s subsidiary Rockman Industries is in talks to form a joint venture with a foreign company, AppSay has raised $150k from Venture Catalysts.
<h3>Hero Group arm Rockman in talks with foreign co to form JV</h3>
<a style="color: #000080;" href="http://www.rockman.in/">Rockman Industries</a>, the auto component manufacturing arm of the <a style="color: #000080;" href="http://dealstreetasia.com/tag/hero-group">Hero Group</a>, is in talks to form a joint venture with a foreign company, according to <a style="color: #000080;" href="http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/index.aspx?eid=31818&amp;dt=20160729">a report</a> in The Economic Times.
The joint venture will help Rockman to acquire technical knowhow in new-age materials required for manufacturing hybrid and electric cars.
“Every 10-15 years, the automobile industry transforms globally with the advent of new technology .The next big opportunity would come from hybrid and electric vehicles,&#8221; said  Rockman Industries chairman Suman Kant. “It may take some time for the segment to evolve in India, but we want to be future ready , said the chairman.“
The company is keen on acquiring technical expertise in magnesium, titanium and carbon fibre composites, which are utilised in aerospace and motorsports.
<h3>AppSay raises $150k from Venture Catalysts</h3>
Business communication platform AppSay has raised seed funding of $150,000 from <a style="color: #000080;" href="http://dealstreetasia.com/tag/venture-catalysts">Venture Catalysts</a> in a round led by Shreyans Shah and Mayank Shah of Toyochem Laboratories.
AppSay is a customer engagement platform that helps protect customer information of businesses and also the privacy of users.
&#8220;To start with, it will certainly work very well with the BFSI (banking, financial services and insurance) sector to help protect customer information, privacy and choice,&#8221; said Shah.
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While Hero Group's subsidiary Rockman Industries is in talks to form a joint venture with a foreign company, AppSay has raised $150k from Venture Catalysts.

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