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Freshworks Funding Round

On 11/14/2019, Freshworks raised $150 million in funding from Accel Partners, CapitalG and Sequoia Capital.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Freshworks
Announced On
11/14/2019
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$150,000,000
Round
Undisclosed
Investors

Accel Partners (Lead Investor) (Sameer Gandhi)

CapitalG (Lead Investor)

Sequoia Capital (Lead Investor) (Mohit Bhatnagar)

Proceeds Purpose
The capital will be used to further Freshworks' worldwide expansion as well as accelerate investment in its integrated SaaS platform.

Company Information

Company Status
Publicly-held
Industry
Enterprise IT
Mailing Address
2950 S. Delaware St. 201
San Mateo, CA 94403
USA
Phone
(650) 513-0514
Website
www.freshworks.com
Email Address
[email protected]
Overview
Let's face it. Most people hate the software they use at work. Business software is clunky, expensive, hard to setup and frustrating to use. Countless hours are wasted trying to customize these solutions and they often require expensive professional services to get everything to work.
Profile
Freshworks LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Freshworks Company Twitter Account
Company News
Freshworks News
Facebook
Freshworks on Facebook
YouTube
Freshworks on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Girish Mathrubootham
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Chief Information Officer
Prasad Ramakrishnan
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Chief Information Officer
Shivanath Somanathan
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Chief Marketing Officer
David Thompson
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Chief Technical Officer
Shan Krishnasamy
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General Manager
Sreelesh Pillai
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Vice President
Anand Venkatraman
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VP - Engineering
STS Prasad
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VP - General Counsel
Henock Gessesse
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VP - Human Resources
Suman Gopalan
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VP - Operations
Arun Mani
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VP - Product Management
Prakash Ramamurthy
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VP - Sales
Bobby Jaffari
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VP - Sales
Sidharth Malik
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VP - Sales
Sukumar Ramachandran
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