Mike Gupta quits Twitter Mike Gupta, overseer of Twitter’s venture arm, has quit the company, reports the ET. Previously Gupta served as the CFO of the company, but was replaced in 2014 by Anthony Noto. As of now, cofounder Jack Dorsey is serving as the interim CEO at Twitter and at the digital payment company Square. This was after Dick Costolo stepped down as its CEO after five years in the position. In July, Twitter’s chief communications officer Gabriel Stricker had also quit. Towards the end of June, Twitter’s vice president of corporate development and strategy, Rishi Garg quit to “pursue some exciting new projects.” In August, Twitter India appointed Viral Jani as head of TV partnerships. In his new role, Jani leads strategic collaboration with TV channels to increase audience engagement on Twitter. He is also responsible for working with broadcasters, production houses and audience measurement systems, to bring content from TV to Twitter. *** Zopper appoints Harneet Singh as chief business officer Hyperlocal marketplace Zopper has appointed Harneet Singh as it chief business officer, reports Vccircle. Prior to Zopper, Singh worked at Dominos as senior vice president responsible for marketing, ecommerce and new product development. In June, Zopper raised $20 million in a Series B round of funding from Tiger Global and Nirvana Ventures Advisors. The platform had said then that it would use the funds for making ’key’ appointments other than for expansion and technology development. Zopper had previously raised $5 million in a round of funding in July…
