# Freshworks

> Freshworks is a VC fund in San Mateo backing SaaS and Software. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Mateo, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Sep 2022
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/freshworks-inc
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/freshworksinc
- Website: https://www.freshworks.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FreshworksInc

Freshworks is a VC fund in San Mateo focused on SaaS and Software. Freshworks provides innovative customer engagement software for businesses of all sizes, making it easy for teams to acquire, close, and keep their customers for life. Freshworks SaaS products provide a 360-degree view of the customer, are ready to go, easy to use, and offer quick return on investment. It was founded in 2010 and Headquartered inSan Mateo, USA.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Freshworks. Shizune tracks 10 team members at Freshworks. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/freshworks?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $123k–$4.5M |
| Non-Equity Assistance | $1.3k–$20k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 2 | 40% |
| Software | 2 | 40% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 40% |
| FinTech | 1 | 20% |
| Finance | 1 | 20% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Non-equity Assistance | 2 | 40% |
| Seed | 1 | 20% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Adit Parekh | Director Corporate Development | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adit-parekh |
| Bobby Jaffari | President, North America | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bobby-jaffari |
| Dennis Woodside | Chief Executive Officer & President | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dennis-woodside |
| Pradeep Rathinam | Chief Customer Officer | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pradeep-rathinam |
| Prakash Ramamurthy | Chief Product Officer | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/prakash-ramamurthy |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Presear Softwares PVT LTD | Presear Softwares dominates in building solutions that can assist you with zeroing overheads for technology and increasing mindfulness in your business. | $1.3K | Non-equity Assistance | Sep 19, 2022 |  |
| WorqHat | WorqHat is a groundbreaking no-code platform builder that utilizes the power of Generative AI to produce brandable Custom Apps, Workflows, and Automation for businesses of all sizes, from solopreneurs and startups to medium-sized enterprises. By automating complex workflows, WorqHat streamlines team collaboration, enables top-notch productivity,and ensures that your business thrives.At the core of WorqHat is our advanced deep learning model - AiCon (short for AI Content Optimization Network). This revolutionary language model has been trained on vast amounts of data to understand natural language with exceptional precision and unmatched speed, allowing for faster and easier platform building.Whether you need to improve your sales and marketing strategy, optimize financial operations, or manage HR workflows, WorqHat offers the flexibility and adaptability necessary to meet your needs. With our intuitive drag-and-drop interface, you can easily design and deploy custom apps with zero coding experience required. Say goodbye to lengthy development cycles, limited functionality, and expensive developers - WorqHat empowers you to bring your vision to life, your way. | $20K | Non-equity Assistance | Sep 24, 2021 |  |
| Fyle | Fyle is a digital transaction platform that solves the problem of business expense reporting and management.Fyle brings in deep linking, deep learning to the world of transaction processing and management. Imagine a world where expense processing happens with a single click of a button. Fyle is a digital transaction platform that allows usersto connect, store and share business transactions with a click of a button. | $4.5M | Series A | Oct 03, 2019 |  |
| Fyle | Fyle is a digital transaction platform that solves the problem of business expense reporting and management.Fyle brings in deep linking, deep learning to the world of transaction processing and management. Imagine a world where expense processing happens with a single click of a button. Fyle is a digital transaction platform that allows usersto connect, store and share business transactions with a click of a button. | $123K | Series A | May 24, 2019 |  |
| Fyle | Fyle is a digital transaction platform that solves the problem of business expense reporting and management.Fyle brings in deep linking, deep learning to the world of transaction processing and management. Imagine a world where expense processing happens with a single click of a button. Fyle is a digital transaction platform that allows usersto connect, store and share business transactions with a click of a button. | $1.1M | Seed |  |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Pravega Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pravega-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Steadview Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/steadview-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Freshworks invest in?

Freshworks invests primarily in SaaS, Software and Information Technology startups, most often at Non-equity Assistance and Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Freshworks's check size?

Freshworks typically joins rounds of $123k–$4.5M at Series A and $1.3k–$20k at Non-Equity Assistance. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Freshworks participates in.

### How do I contact Freshworks?

Public channels for Freshworks include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Freshworks?

The team at Freshworks includes Adit Parekh (Director Corporate Development), Bobby Jaffari (President, North America) and Dennis Woodside (Chief Executive Officer & President), among 10 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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