Bengaluru: Unacademy, the online learning platform, has raised $4.5 million (approx. Rs 30 crores) in a Series A funding led by Nexus Venture Partners and existing investor Blume Ventures. Girish Mathrubootham, CEO of Freshdesk and Ananth Narayanan, CEO of Myntra along with Stanford Angels have a…
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Freshdesk buys data integration firm Pipemonk
Freshdesk, a cloud-based customer engagement software provider, has acquired Pipemonk, a data integration platform that allows companies to synchronise and move data among multiple cloud apps, for an undisclosed amount. This is Freshdesk’s seventh acquisition in 16 months. The deal expected to he…
Cloud-based software maker Zoho bets on India’s SaaS moment
Cloud-based software maker Zoho is eyeing India as the next big opportunity, as the software-as-a-service (SaaS) segment in the West has saturated with too many players overcrowding the largest market. With an annual investment of more than Rs 10 crore allocated for marketing in India, the compan…
SMEs have lot more growth potential than large enterprises: Freshdesk Founder
Bengaluru: The idea that large companies cannot be built by only selling to small businesses is based on conventional wisdom, believes Girish Mathrubootham, Chief Executive Officer and founder of Freshdesk Inc. In an interview, he insists that there is a lot more growth potential in small and med…
Online events platform Hubilo secures angel funding
Ahmedabad-based events startup Hubilo Softech Pvt. Ltd has secured an undisclosed amount of angel funding from 12 investors, including Freshdesk CEO and Co-Founder Girish Mathrubootham, multiple media reports said. Hubilo will use the funds to develop its technology platform and grow its sales an…
Google cap to back edu-startup Cuemath
Google Capital, the investing arm of tech giant Google, may lead a $13-15 million financing round in Bengaluru-based education startup Cuemath, three people aware of the fund-raise said. Backed by Sequoia Capital, Cuemath develops in-house math content which is a combination of worksheets, tabbas…
Analystic start-up Vymo raises $5 mn from Sequoia India
Vymo, a Bengaluru-based predictive sales analytics start-up, said it has raised $5 million in a series A round of fundraising from the venture capital firm Sequoia India. The start-up will use this funding to deepen its research and development (R&D) initiatives and expand its presence in int…
SaaS start-ups raise over $256 mn in VC funding
In the midst of a funding winter for startups, companies offering software-as-a-service (SaaS) have raised over $256 million in venture capital funding since January, counting several big-ticket deals. What has worked for SaaS startups is the focus on unit economics – a metric to measure a …
Freshdesk raises $ 55 mn from Sequoia Capital, Accel
Cloud-based customer engagement software provider Freshdesk said it has raised USD 55 million (about Rs 367 crore), led by Sequoia Capital India. The series F funding round also saw participation from existing investor, Accel. “The latest round of funding will be used to accelerate the gro…
Freshdesk buys ex-Google execs’ AI-based social chat platform Chatimity
Chennai-based cloud-based customer engagement software provider Freshdesk has acquired Chatimity, a social chat platform that developed artificial intelligence (AI) and chatbot technology. Cost of acquisition was not disclosed. Chatimity was built to enable user interactions and improve engagemen…