GIRISH MATHRUBOOTHAM
Exclusive: Unacademy founders Gaurav Munjal, Roman Saini plan Rs 700 crore AI, deeptech fund
The fund, named Longshot Capital, has secured commitments of about Rs 300 crore and is targeting its first close in January 2027, following which it plans to begin investing, the people said. Fundraising discussions are continuing, and the size and timing of the first close could change.
Meet Dennis Woodside, who began his career as M&A lawyer in 1990s; decades later, he became CEO of Freshworks after leadership roles at Google and Dropbox
Woodside went to Cornell University and studied industrial relations. Later, he earned a law degree from Stanford Law School. He started his professional career as an M&A lawyer in the 1990s. He later moved into management consulting at McKinsey & Company. He joined Google in 2003. There, he spent more than a decade in sales and strategy leadership roles.
Girish Mathrubootham exits Freshworks: A timeline of the SaaS major’s 15-year journey
The vision of the founder of the company is summed up in one of his posts: “I wanted us to think and act like a global company even if we were still a team of 10.” Per its website, the provider of enterprise-grade, AI-assisted service software has served more than 73,000 customers in over 120 countries.
Girish Mathrubootham to exit Freshworks, 15 years after founding the SaaS major
Girish Mathrubootham, founder of Freshworks, will step down as executive chairman on 1 December 2025, ending a 15-year journey. Current lead independent director Roxanne Austin will take over as chair. Mathrubootham said that he will now focus on the Together Fund and AI startups, supporting India’s vision of becoming a leading product-driven nation.
AI is a huge opportunity, much more than SaaS: Girish Mathrubootham
Speaking at the annual SaaSBoomi event in Chennai on March 25, Mathrubootham said, “AI is exciting and scary at the same time. It is exciting because we are disrupting other industries, It is scary because we are disrupting our own industry,” referring to comments that SaaS is dead.
Girish Mathrubootham’s Together eyes final close of Fund-II by June to up AI play
Venture capital firm Together Fund expects to close its $150 million Fund-II by June and ride India's artificial intelligence (AI) wave. Founded in 2021 by Freshworks founder Girish Mathrubootham and Eka Software founder Manav Garg, Together plans to focus on AI through its second fund and support 19-20 firms in the segment.
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Girish Mathrubootham sells $40 million worth of Freshworks stock
The chairman of the board of directors of Freshworks sold 2.5 million shares in two tranches on December 18 and 19, filings made with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) showed. Before this, he held around a 5% stake in the company. In February this year, he had divested shares worth $9.6 million.
Freshworks stock value drop not due to top deck rejig: Girish Mathrubootham
Freshworks' stock decline attributed to AI impact concerns. Mathrubootham plans to release AI adoption stats later. Woodside appointed new CEO, Device42 acquired. Clear path to billion-dollar revenue. Transition details and Silicon Valley experience emphasized.
Girish Mathrubootham steps down as Freshworks CEO
Freshworks founder Girish Mathrubootham has stepped down as the chief executive and is being replaced by Dennis Woodside. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
Girish Mathrubootham steps down as Freshworks CEO; Dennis Woodside takes charge
Freshworks president Dennis Woodside appointed as new CEO. Mathrubootham to be redesignated as executive chairman. Recently his performance-based stock incentives were cancelled recently citing macroeconomic concerns. The Freshworks stock fell nearly 25% as the news sparked a massive selloff. Freshworks was founded in Chennai in 2010, primarily targeting small and medium businesses with its CRM software.
Girish Mathrubootham steps down as CEO of Nasdaq-listed Freshworks, stock plunges over 25%
Girish Mathrubootham has stepped down from the position of Freshworks Inc's chief executive officer (CEO) and the company has appointed Dennis Woodside as the new CEO & President, effective from May 1.
Freshworks pares annual revenue guidance; Q2 revenue jumps 40%
Churn in SMBs higher but mid-market, enterprise segments showing resilience: CEO Girish Mathrubootham
Freshworks CEO Girish Mathrubootham gets seven-year performance-linked stock award
The Freshworks board had okayed the award in a pre-IPO decision in September last year, with a third of the nine million share award routed as Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) that began vesting with him beginning November last year.
ET Entrepreneur of the Year 2021: Girish Mathrubootham - the man with a fresh approach to keeping both employees as well as customers happy
Mathrubootham attributed Freshworks’ success to employees at the company. “All the credit goes to my incredible Freshworks ‘kudumba’ (family) for all the hard work that has helped us get where we are today. The journey continues as we strive to build an iconic global product company out of India. I consider this an honour, a milestone in our dream of seeing India as a ‘product nation’ on the world stage,” he said.
Kunal Shah, Girish Mathrubootham invest in Chennai startup Pickyourtrail
Pickyourtrail had raised its Series A of Rs 21 crore in 2019 from Vembu and other investors, utilizing the funds towards scaling its proprietary technology platform. With the current round, Pickyourtrail is all set to open its office in Dubai.
This is clearly a moment for Indian SaaS: Girish Mathrubootham
Freshworks CEO Girish Mathrubootham India will see more large SaaS IPOs in the next 12-24 months, even as he warned of issues such as a talent shortage and excessive money being poured into the sector that’s causing some companies to exhibit “bad behaviour”
RBI whitelist of good companies can ease payments woes: Freshworks' Girish Mathrubootham
“For SaaS businesses where you have to have customers’ credit cards on file, there is some improvement that we could do with RBI payment infrastructure. The rules are not helping SaaS companies,” Freshworks CEO Girish Mathrubootham said.
Mathrubootham's wife, sons & pet Shih Tzu all smiles as Freshworks IPO at Nasdaq creates history
The 46-yr-old called going public in the US a "dream come true."
Top bosses applaud Freshworks CEO Girish Mathrubootham for making India story 'come true'
Freshworks became the first SaaS company from India to go public in the US.
Freshworks IPO was code named 'Project SuperStar' after Rajini, founder Mathrubootham calls him his 'maanaseega' guru
Mathrubootham expressed his love and gratitude to the superstar in his IPO note.
Interview Mocha raises pre-Series A round, sees participation from Freshworks CEO Girish Mathrubootham
Mocha helps recruiters and hiring managers screen candidates and identify skill proficiencies, with the intent of speeding up hiring cycles.
Freshworks raises $150 million in Series H
Freshworks also announced a common data platform to unify important customer information from marketing, sales, support and customer success to enhance visibility of functions across the board.
Mid-market clients power Freshworks’ growth engine
CEO Mathrubootham believes firm’s unlocking large market potential by entering mid-market segment after serving small businesses.
Freshworks bolsters Business Software Platform with customer success tracker
Founder and CEO Girish Mathrubootham unveiled Freshsuccess at the Refresh 19 conference in Las Vegas on Wednesday.
Freshworks sees the way forward in AI chatbots
Freshworks is tapping the need for an AI engine that can gather real-time behavioural data while it works across multiple communication channels.
The making of Freshworks: From the ‘middle of nowhere in Chennai’ to a freshly-minted unicorn
Freshworks has indeed come a long way. Here's what makes the business software company click.
Freshworks launches its recruitment management software, Freshteam
Cloud-based business software provider launches recruitment management software
SaaS startups find guardian angels in its investors now
These entrepreneur-investors help young companies with advice during their initial phases of product development
Freshdesk launches marketplace of customer support apps
This means a developer can now build a business facing customer enagagement app and push it on the Freshdesk marketplace.
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