# Pradeep Rathinam

> Pradeep Rathinam is a seed investor at Freshworks (Bellevue) backing SaaS and Collaboration. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Freshworks](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/freshworks)
- Location: Bellevue, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jun 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paddyrathinam/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/pradeeprat
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pradeep.rathinam.58

Pradeep Rathinam is a seed investor at Freshworks in Bellevue focused on SaaS and Collaboration. Pradeep Rathinam is the Chief Customer Officer of Freshworks.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 100% |
| Collaboration | 1 | 100% |
| Customer Service | 1 | 100% |
| Project Management | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rocketlane | Rocketlane is a professional services automation (PSA) platform designed to enhance project profitability and streamline customer onboarding processes. The platform combines project management, collaboration, and communication tools to help teams plan, track, and execute client-facing projects. It includes features such as task management, documentsharing, time tracking, and customer portals, enabling visibility into project progress for both internal teams and clients. Rocketlane also supports workflow automation, resource planning, and reporting to help organizations coordinate onboarding activities and monitor performance. The system integrates with other business tools to streamline data flow across sales, customer success, and service teams. | $3M | Seed | Jun 23, 2021 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Nexus Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nexus-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [First Cheque](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/first-cheque) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [iSeed](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/iseed-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Z47](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matrix-partners-india) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Speciale Invest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/speciale-invest) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Freshworks

VC Fund · San Mateo, United States

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.

5 contacts available at Freshworks.

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

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## FAQ

### What does Pradeep Rathinam invest in?

Pradeep Rathinam invests primarily in SaaS, Collaboration and Customer Service startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Pradeep Rathinam last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Pradeep Rathinam closed in Jun 2021. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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