Freshworks Inc., a cloud-based customer service software company, announced the appointment of Johanna Jackman as the company’s new Chief People Officer (CPO). Johanna joins the executive team and reports to Freshwork’s Chief Executive Officer Girish Mathrubootham and President Dennis Woodside. Jackman will be responsible for the company’s global human resources strategy and operations, which oversees HR…
Upekkha, a B2B SaaS-specific accelerator which also provides option-friendly pre-seed capital, announced it has invested in 41 startups to date. Currently, UP Funds invests $100K in every Upekkha startup. In 2021, Upekkha invested in 11 Value SaaS startups, and in 2022 the number went up to 30. Upekkha’s intention is to fund 60 businesses in…
Freshworks Inc., a software company empowering businesses to delight their customers and employees, announced the appointment of Jennifer Taylor, senior vice president and chief product officer at Cloudflare, and former product executive at Salesforce and Adobe, as a new independent member of the board of directors. “Jennifer brings a unique combination of skills to Freshworks, from shaping…
Freshworks, a leading software company empowering businesses to delight their customers and employees, announced the appointment of former NetSuite CEO Zach Nelson, as a new independent member of the board of directors. Nelson is a pioneer in the enterprise SaaS industry having held leadership positions at Oracle, Sun Microsystems, McAfee, and Netsuite, according to the company’s…
Freshworks Inc., a software company empowering businesses to delight their customers and employees, announced the appointment of Pam Sergeeff as Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel reporting to CEO and Founder Girish Mathrubootham. In her new role, Sergeef will lead the company’s worldwide legal organization, responsible for corporate strategy, governance, product compliance, data protection, privacy, and intellectual property. …
India could be on the cusp of unlocking a $1 trillion opportunity for SaaS companies, creating nearly half a million new jobs in the process over the next nine years, according to the “Shaping India’s SaaS Landscape” report released by SaaSBOOMi, Asia’s largest community of SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) founders and product builders. SaaSBOOMi is a community…
Freshworks Inc., a leading software company empowering businesses to delight their customers and employees, announced the appointment of diversity advocate Randi Bryant as the company’s first Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer. Bryant brings more than 20 years of experience to Freshworks, having helped large and complex organizations like Comcast, McDonald’s, the New York Transit Authority, and the U.S.…
Hubilo, a global intelligent virtual events platform that brings Experience & Intelligence together, announced that it has raised $4.5 million in a seed funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. Angel investors that participated in the current financing round include Freshworks chief executive Girish Mathrubootham, former LinkedIn India CEO Nishant Rao and Slideshare cofounder Jonathan Boutelle. …
Securden, an IT security startup that offers complete control over privileged access, visibility without barriers, and superior access governance across cloud, physical, virtual environments, announced that it has raised $1.2 million seed funding led by Accel Partners. Other investors that took part in the financing round include Freshwork’s Girish Mathrubootham, Eka Software’s Manav Garg, CaratLane’s…
Freshworks Inc., the customer engagement software company, announced the appointment of SaaS veteran Tyler Sloat as Chief Financial Officer. The executive appointment comes on the heels of the company surpassing $200 million in annual recurring revenue, doubling in the past 18 months. Sloat is charged with maintaining sustainable growth across its customer segments, overseeing all…
Freshworks Inc., the customer engagement software company, has secured the signing of definitive agreements for a $150 million series H round of funding at a post-financing valuation of $3.5 billion. The round was led by existing investors Sequoia Capital, CapitalG, and Freshworks’ first investor, Accel. The company was founded by Girish Mathrubootham and Shan Krishnasamy…
India’s first ever performance wear fashion brand Turms which sells stain repellent, odor-resistant daily wear has raised Rs 6.3 crore from angel investors. The round was led by Freshworks founder Girish Mathrubootham, former Reliance Retail Lifestyle president Bijou Kurien, Pepperfry founder Ambareesh Murty, OneAssist founder Subrat Pani, and former Flipkart executive Mekin Maheshwari. Turms will use these…