Freshworks cuts 500 jobs; Q1 revenue hits $228 millionFreshworks announced significant job cuts, reducing its workforce by 11% or approximately 500 employees. This move comes as the business so...
06 May, 2026, 04.36 PM IST
Freshworks cofounder Mathrubootham rejects ‘SaaSpocalypse’ prediction, says AI agents won’t kill industryMathrubootham said Anthropic’s February Claude Cowork plugins triggered a sell-off in markets across the globe, erasing $285 billion in sof...
26 Mar, 2026, 03.33 PM 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
Girish Mathrubootham sells $40 million worth of Freshworks stockThe 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 U...
21 Dec, 2024, 02.07 PM IST
Freshworks stock value drop not due to top deck rejig: Girish MathruboothamFreshworks' stock decline attributed to AI impact concerns. Mathrubootham plans to release AI adoption stats later. Woodside appointed new ...
10 May, 2024, 08.38 PM IST
Girish Mathrubootham steps down as Freshworks CEOFreshworks founder Girish Mathrubootham has stepped down as the chief executive and is being replaced by Dennis Woodside. This and more in ...
02 May, 2024, 07.46 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 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
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
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 in...
01 Dec, 2021, 10.10 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
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 IPO was code named 'Project SuperStar' after Rajini, founder Mathrubootham calls him his 'maanaseega' guruMathrubootham expressed his love and gratitude to the superstar in his IPO note.
28 Aug, 2021, 04.29 PM IST
Freshworks bolsters Business Software Platform with customer success trackerFounder and CEO Girish Mathrubootham unveiled Freshsuccess at the Refresh 19 conference in Las Vegas on Wednesday.
04 Sep, 2019, 11.11 PM IST
Freshworks launches its recruitment management software, FreshteamCloud-based business software provider launches recruitment management software
18 Aug, 2017, 09.42 AM IST
SaaS startups find guardian angels in its investors nowThese entrepreneur-investors help young companies with advice during their initial phases of product development
10 Jul, 2017, 05.39 PM IST
Event-tech startup Hubilo raises funding from Freshdesk's Girish Mathrubootham & othersAhmedabad-based startup offers an user-friendly interface for every event organiser to create, promote, sell tickets, manage and analyse a ...
25 Nov, 2016, 09.11 AM IST