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
Freshworks appoints Shelton Rego as vice president, salesFreshworks Inc has appointed Shelton Rego as Vice-President of Sales India operations. Rego will oversee regional business strategy, market...
20 Sep, 2024, 03.42 PM IST
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 Den...
02 May, 2024, 01.26 PM IST
Freshworks targets 18-19% annual revenue growth on back of winning large clientsDuring the June quarter, Freshworks had 855 customers providing it with annual recurring revenue (ARR) of more than $100,000, against 737 s...
08 Sep, 2023, 07.19 PM IST
Freshworks Q1 results: SaaS major posts first adjusted operating profit, shares riseThe software as a service (SaaS) company has raised its full-year 2023 financial forecast midpoint for an adjusted operating profit of $5 m...
03 May, 2023, 06.09 PM IST
SaaS firm Freshworks undertakes fresh round of layoffsConcerns over margin and recessionary pressures and increasing interest rates in the US have led to a rout in technology stocks.
16 Mar, 2023, 09.11 PM IST
Layoffs likely at product software company Freshworks amid reorganisationA person aware of the reorganisation said Freshworks was trying to match skills to demand across teams and the exercise may lead to some em...
15 Dec, 2022, 09.42 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
ET Entrepreneur of the Year 2021: Girish Mathrubootham - the man with a fresh approach to keeping both employees as well as customers happyMathrubootham attributed Freshworks’ success to employees at the company. “All the credit goes to my incredible Freshworks ‘kudumba’ (famil...
28 Mar, 2022, 08.35 AM 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' Nasdaq listing echoes in India's startup ecosystemFreshworks Inc, a company that Girish Mathrubootham cofounded in 2010, has become the first Indian SaaS startup to list on the Nasdaq, open...
23 Sep, 2021, 11.20 AM 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