Freshworks

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22 September, 2021

Salesforce rival Freshworks raises $1.03 bn in US IPO, valued at $10.13 bn

Business software firm Freshworks said it had priced its US initial public offering well above the target range to raise ......

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13 September, 2021

SaaS unicorn Freshworks plans up to $912mn IPO; seeks $9bn valuation

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) company, Freshworks Inc., which filed for its initial public offering (IPO) last month with the US Securities and ......

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28 July, 2021

Founders of Freshworks and Eka Software, others launch SaaS focused venture capital fund

The founders of Freshworks and Eka Software and former executives of Matrix Partners and Accel have launched Together Fund, a ......

General

29 April, 2021

Grapevine: FirstCry venture to hunt sellers on ecommerce marketplaces; upGrad to raise funds

Omnichannel children’s retailer FirstCry has received a $75 million commitment from Japan’s SoftBank, TPG, ChrysCapital and PremjiInvest to launch India’s ......

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31 July, 2020

Freshworks, Toppr attract most VC attention this week

Steadview Capital's acquisition of a minority stake in software-as-a-service unicorn Freshworks Inc. for $85 million via a secondary transaction created ......

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15 November, 2019

Why India's B2B unicorns are more capital-efficient than B2C startups

Indian or Indian-origin technology unicorns that focus on the business-to-business segment are more capital-efficient than their business-to-customer counterparts, a new ......

Finance

23 September, 2019

HarbourVest backs B2B fund floated by former Norwest, Freshworks execs

Global private equity investment firm HarbourVest Partners LLC has come in as the single Limited Partner (LP), or investor, in ......

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10 July, 2019

Accel India bets on construction materials marketplace

Venture capital firm Accel India has invested in a real estate and construction materials marketplace, a person privy to the ......

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02 April, 2019

Prime Venture Partners backs SaaS startup SurveySparrow

SurveySparrow, a cloud-based customer experience platform which offers tools for online surveys, has raised $1.4 million (around Rs 9.6 crore) ......

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04 October, 2018

Why OYO's billion-dollar fundraise can't hide sustained slowdown in startup funding

Walmart acquired Flipkart, Paytm became Warren Buffett-led Berkshire Hathaway’s first bet in India, and SoftBank-backed OYO is now valued more ......