Kiran Darisi

The firm

FreshworksCorporate VC · US0cheques in 12 months1all time0ledquiet

Companies they are listed as backing

Portfolio

• MARUT Drones
• Testsigma
• Varaha Studio
• Zarget
• BookEventz

Also at Freshworks

• Girish MathruboothamCo-Founder and Managing Partner9 rounds
• Adit ParekhCorporate0 rounds
• Dennis WoodsidePresident0 rounds
• Kevin LauVice President, Global Customer Marketing0 rounds
• Mika YamamotoChief Integrated Customer Growth Officer0 rounds
• Murali SwaminathanChief Technology Officer0 rounds
• Pradeep RathinamChief Revenue Officer0 rounds
• STS PrasadTaking Time Off0 rounds

Hear them before you pitch them

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  The Neon Show · 13 Sept 2025 · 1h 25m

  If Big AI Goes Everywhere, What’s Left for B2B SaaS? | 25 Years, 4 Startups, 3 Eras of SaaS w/ Sreedhar Peddineni & Kiran Darisi

  WithKiran DarisiSreedhar Peddineni

  About this episode

  A full founder’s arc: starting small, building global SaaS companies from Hyderabad, taking one to IPO, another to a billion-dollar exit, and then choosing to begin again (and again). Kiran Darisi began at Zoho, founding team member of Freshworks at 25, and stayed twelve years till the company…

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  The Neon Show · 29 Dec 2025 · 50 min

  What Best Founders & Investors Said in 2025?

  MentionsAsha JadejaAshish ToshniwalAshu GargKiran DarisiParas ChopraSanjeev Bikhchandani

  About this episode

  Best of 3500 Minutes in 45 Minutes 2025 was a great year for The Neon Show. 60 episodes, 72 guests, and thousands of minutes of insightful conversations on everything around building a business. You’ll hear perspectives from Founders scaling companies across the world, sharing the real challenges…

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