Freshworks raises $100 mn, becomes billion-dollar startup
Chennai and San Bruno based business software tools providing startup Freshworks (formerly Freshdesk) on Tuesday raised $100 million in Series G funding and became a billion-dollar startup at a valuation of $1.5 billion. The funding round was co-led by Sequoia and Accel Partners, with participation from Google's CaptialG. Freshworks was founded in 2010 by Girish Mathrubootham and Shan Krishnasamy.