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Pee Safe wipes In $32 Mn as Orbimed bets big on women’s hygiene
MUMBAI: Breaking taboos has turned into big business for Pee Safe. The women’s hygiene and wellness brand has raised $32 million (around Rs 290 crore) in growth capital from global healthcare-focused private equity firm Orbimed, marking one of the larger recent bets in India’s consumer healthcare space.
The funding round includes a mix of primary capital and secondary share purchases from early investors. Pee Safe founded by Vikas Bagaria and Rithish Kumar, Pee Safe has quietly built scale while staying in the black, clocking over Rs 150 crore in annualised net revenue, a rarity in India’s consumer start-up ecosystem.
The brand, best known for its leadership in toilet hygiene and feminine hygiene products, has steadily expanded into personal care and wellness, serving millions of women across India and select global markets. The fresh capital will be channelled into widening its offline retail footprint, stepping up brand-led marketing, and accelerating growth across quick commerce platforms and leading online marketplaces.
According to the founders, profitability has remained non-negotiable even as the company scaled. That discipline, they say, made the business attractive to a healthcare specialist investor rather than a purely consumer-focused fund. On Orbimed’s side, the firm sees Pee Safe as a differentiated, trust-led brand operating in large, under-penetrated categories with repeat demand.
As part of the deal, Sunny Sharma and Sumona Chakraborty will join Pee Safe’s board, signalling Orbimed’s intent to play an active role in the next phase of growth.
With fresh capital, a profitable core, and ambitions that stretch well beyond niche hygiene products, Pee Safe now appears set to scrub up into one of India’s more credible consumer healthcare scale-ups proving that when it comes to wellness, clean thinking can also mean clean numbers.
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Boeing appoints Barun as head of FP&A for global engineering function
Seasoned finance leader to steer budgets and strategy across global centres
BENGALURU: Boeing’s finance cockpit has a new pilot, and he is no stranger to turbulence or transformation. Boeing has appointed Barun as head of FP&A for global engineering, placing him at the centre of financial strategy for its worldwide engineering and technology operations.
Based in Bengaluru, Barun steps into a role that is as expansive as it is critical. He will serve as the primary finance lead for Boeing’s Engineering and Technology Centers globally, working closely with executive leadership to shape financial decisions, manage complex budgets, and design scalable finance processes that support the company’s growing engineering footprint.
In a note announcing his move Barun said, “I’m excited to share that I’ve joined Boeing Global Engineering. This opportunity is incredibly meaningful to me not just from a professional standpoint, but also for what Boeing represents globally.” He added that he looks forward to contributing to an organisation that continues to shape the future of aerospace and innovation.
Barun’s mandate spans strategic financial leadership, operational oversight, and stakeholder engagement. From directing large-scale budgets and schedules to influencing long-term organisational goals, the role blends financial discipline with business foresight. He will also lead cross-functional teams and partner with finance colleagues worldwide to support engineering programmes across geographies, including India.
The appointment caps a long stint at Juniper Networks, where Barun spent over a decade, most recently as finance senior manager. There, he led FP&A for global product business units and G&A functions, driving budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning. He also played a key role in enterprise-wide transformation, including spearheading an Oracle to SAP ERP migration and building advanced analytics capabilities using tools such as Tableau and SAP Analytics Cloud.
His earlier career includes finance leadership roles at Sony India Software Centre, Cognizant Technology Solutions, and Mphasis, where he focused on financial planning, governance frameworks, and operational efficiency across global delivery centres.
A chartered accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Barun brings nearly two decades of experience across financial planning, digital transformation, and analytics-led decision making.
His appointment comes at a time when global engineering operations are becoming increasingly complex and distributed, requiring sharper financial oversight and agile planning. With Barun at the helm of FP&A for engineering, Boeing appears to be tightening its financial playbook as it looks to scale innovation with discipline.
