Girish Mathrubootham exits Freshworks: A timeline of the SaaS major’s 15-year journeyThe 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 w...
06 Sep, 2025, 11.13 AM IST
Girish Mathrubootham to exit Freshworks, 15 years after founding the SaaS majorGirish Mathrubootham, founder of Freshworks, will step down as executive chairman on 1 December 2025, ending a 15-year journey. Current lea...
05 Sep, 2025, 10.58 AM IST
Byju’s Rs 158 crore BCCI settlement; FirstCry IPO detailsEmbattled edtech startup Byju's has arrived at a settlement with the Board of Control for Cricket in India. Details on this and more in tod...
31 Jul, 2024, 08.35 PM IST
Digit cuts valuation for IPO; Internet firms vs Google in NCLATInsurtech startup Digit is eyeing a discounted $3 billion valuation through its proposed public offering. Details on this and more in today...
10 May, 2024, 07.47 PM IST
Shareholder rights firms file class action suits against FreshworksLitigation firms Scott + Scott Attorneys and The Schall Law firm said they have filed securities class action suits against Nasdaq-listed p...
02 Nov, 2022, 10.32 PM IST
Freshworks CEO Girish Mathrubootham gets seven-year performance-linked stock awardThe 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...
30 May, 2022, 09.01 PM IST
Paytm IPO ‘very high-risk’; How tech IPOs are differentPaytm’s IPO may be the biggest India has ever seen but it might not be the most bankable. Investing in the Rs 18,300 crore offering could b...
09 Nov, 2021, 08.40 PM IST
ETSA Alumni: Where are they now?The previous winners of the ET Startup Awards (ETSA) have stood out in a crowded startup ecosystem and gone on to become successful busines...
27 Sep, 2021, 07.00 AM IST
Indian investors line up to buy newly listed Freshworks; Tesla falls out of favourAs of now, savvy Indian investors are infatuated with newly listed Freshworks Inc, which by their own admission made over 500 employees cro...
26 Sep, 2021, 07.26 PM IST
Mathrubootham's wife, sons & pet Shih Tzu all smiles as Freshworks IPO at Nasdaq creates historyThe 46-yr-old called going public in the US a "dream come true."
24 Sep, 2021, 12.54 PM IST
Girish Mathrubootham says 'Day Zero' at Freshworks in note post-IPO; throwback video shows him shaking a leg with Sequoia Capital MDMathrubootham also quoted Steve Jobs in the note.
24 Sep, 2021, 12.52 PM IST
Freshworks IPO has made 500 employees crorepatis, says CEO Girish Mathrubootham"I want all my employees to have BMWs," Freshworks CEO Girish Mathrubootham had told The Economic Times in an interview in 2015. After the ...
24 Sep, 2021, 09.15 AM IST
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.
23 Sep, 2021, 07.36 PM IST
Freshworks lists on Nasdaq after billion-dollar IPOThe Freshworks IPO saw the SaaS startup sell 28.5 million shares at $36 apiece, up from the marketed range of $32-34. Freshworks’ share pri...
23 Sep, 2021, 09.45 AM IST
Freshworks’ share price surges 21% over IPO, market cap at $12.2 billionFreshworks had priced its initial public offering (IPO) above the top end of the range to raise $1.03 billion. It had earlier raised its pr...
22 Sep, 2021, 11.35 PM IST
Freshworks to raise $1 billion in IPO at $10 billion valuationFreshworks plans to sell 28.5 million shares at a price of $36 in the IPO, up from the marketed range of $32-$34 the company announced earl...
22 Sep, 2021, 07.23 PM IST
Freshworks files for US IPO, CEO cites Rajinikanth as 'mentor'Freshworks listed the size of the IPO as $100 million, a placeholder that will change when terms of the share sale are set. The SaaS startu...
29 Aug, 2021, 08.41 AM IST