# Freshworks funding: rounds and investors > Freshworks has raised $250M across 2 rounds since 2018. Investors include Sequoia Capital, Accel and Google. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/freshworks (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) India · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Freshworks* 2 rounds we have observed, with the 4 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it. Advertising & Adtech Martech Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$250M** raised across 2 rounds since 2018, from 2 sources **$100M** Round **$150M** Round - **Latest round:** Round, $150M Nov 2019 - **Step-up i:** 1.5× - **Investors:** 4 See who backed them ## The funding story Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total. 2019 **$100M** Round **$150M** Round - **First round:** Round, $100M - **Biggest round:** $150M - **Between rounds:** 15 months ## The rounds - **Nov 2019** Round **$150M** *2 new* *1 returning* [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) [Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments) Reported by Moneycontrol - **Jul 2018** Round **$100M** *2 new* [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) Accel Partners/ CapitalG Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $66M sold, first sale Jul 2018 ## Founders and team From the SEC filings it signed: 2 on the team. - **Rathnagirish Mathrubootham** Executive Officer, Director i - **Shanmugam Krishnasamy** Executive Officer, Director i On the board, as filed i *Barry Padgett* *Eugene Frantz* *Johanna Flower* *Mohit Bhatnagar* *Randy Gottfried* *Sameer Gandhi* ## Who was in which round The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led. **Round** 2018 **Round** 2019 [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) [Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments) Accel Partners/ CapitalG ## Everyone who backed them [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) VC firm **2** rounds [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) VC firm **1** round [Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments) Accelerator **1** round Accel Partners/ CapitalG no record of our own yet **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=freshworks). ## Also claim to have backed them These 3 firms list Freshworks as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above. [AIC - SMU Technology Business Incubator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aic-smu-technology-business-incubator) Incubator Per its own site [Conduit](https://millionrounds.com/fund/conduit) Accelerator Per its own site [Haro Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/haro-ventures) Family office Per its own site ## Quick answers about Freshworks ### Who invested in Freshworks? Freshworks's investors include Sequoia Capital, Accel, Google and Accel Partners/ CapitalG. ### How much has Freshworks raised? Freshworks has raised $250M across 2 rounds since 2018. ### When did Freshworks last raise? Freshworks's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $150M in Nov 2019. ### What was Freshworks's biggest round? Its most recent round, $150M in Nov 2019, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Freshworks first? Freshworks's first round on record, in Jul 2018, was backed by Sequoia Capital and Accel Partners/ CapitalG. ### What stage is Freshworks at? Freshworks's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Nov 2019. ### Where is Freshworks based? Freshworks is based in India. ## Companies like Freshworks In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**Famyo** $880K · Aug 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/famyo)[**Qoruz** $1.5M · Jul 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/qoruz)[**Kevel** $75M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/kevel)[**Cuttable** $29M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/cuttable)[**Cashbanx** $4.1M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/cashbanx)[**Whop** $400M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/whop) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. Open the investor searchOr these rounds in the app