Freshworks

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Freshworks Inc.

Company type	Public
Traded as	Nasdaq: FRSH
Industry	Technology Information technology Software development Cloud computing
Founded	2010; 14 years ago (2010) in Chennai, India (as Freshdesk)
Founders	Girish Mathrubootham Shan Krishnasamy
Headquarters	San Mateo, California, United States
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Girish Mathrubootham (executive chairman) Dennis Woodside (president and CEO)
Products	Customer relationship management (CRM) and IT service management (ITSM) tools
Services	Online office suite, online business management tools
Revenue	US$596 million (2023)
Operating income	US$−170 million (2023)
Net income	US$−137 million (2023)
Total assets	US$1.46 billion (2023)
Total equity	US$1.07 billion (2023)
Number of employees	4,900 (2023)
Website	freshworks.com
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Freshworks Inc. is a cloud-based software-as-a-service company, founded in 2010 in Chennai, India.^[2][3] The company provides cloud-based tools for customer relationship management (CRM), IT service management (ITSM), and e-commerce marketing.

On September 22, 2021, Freshworks became the first Indian SaaS company to be listed on Nasdaq.^[4] In its initial public offering, Freshworks raised $1.03 billion^[4][5] following earlier funding rounds from venture capital firms such as Accel and Google's venture capital fund, CapitalG.^[6][7]