Tech Company Financing Transactions
Freshdesk Funding Round
Freshdesk, operating out of San Mateo, received $5 million in investment from Tiger Global Management and Accel Partners.
Transaction Overview
Company Name
Announced On
4/27/2012
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$5,000,000
Round
Undisclosed
Investors
Tiger Global Management (Lead Investor)
Accel Partners (Shekhar Kirani)
Proceeds Purpose
The company will be using the funds raised in this round to ramp up engineering and build more exciting product features. Freshdesk also plans to expand its global support team to meet the growing demand, and use the finance to help other growing businesses provide best-in-class support to their customers.
Company Information
Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Internet & IoT
Mailing Address
2950 S. Delaware St. 201
San Mateo, CA 94403
USA
San Mateo, CA 94403
USA
Phone
Website
Email Address
Overview
Freshdesk is a cloud-based customer support software that lets you support customers through traditional channels like phone and email, social channels like Facebook and Twitter, and your own branded community.
Profile
Social Media
Company News
Facebook
YouTube
Management Team
Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Girish Mathrubootham
Chief Technical Officer
Shan Krishnasamy
VP - Engineering
STS Prasad
VP - Sales
Bobby Jaffari
VP - Sales
Sidharth Malik
VP - Sales
Sukumar Ramachandran
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