# Kiran Darisi, Founding Supporter

> Kiran Darisi, Founding Supporter. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/kiran-darisi (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

Hyderabad, IN · Angel

# Kiran Darisi

Founding Supporter at [Freshworks](https://millionrounds.com/fund/freshworks)

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Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** - none observed
- **Filings:** 1 with regulators
- **Podcasts:** 1 +1 mentions

What this record rests on

- **Named in rounds** No round names them yet
- ✓ **On filings** 1 filing with a regulator
- ✓ **Linked to a firm** At Freshworks
- **Claimed** Not claimed yet

Titles come from filings their firm signed.

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## The firm

[**Freshworks** Corporate VC · US **0** cheques in 12 months **1** all time **0** led quiet](https://millionrounds.com/fund/freshworks)

## Companies they are listed as backing

Portfolio

- [MARUT Drones](https://millionrounds.com/startup/marut-drones)
- [Testsigma](https://millionrounds.com/startup/testsigma)
- [Varaha Studio](https://millionrounds.com/startup/varaha-studio)
- [Zarget](https://millionrounds.com/company/zarget)
- BookEventz

## Where they are named on record

Filings

- SEC Form D · Company raising **Atomicwork Inc.** Executive Officer, Director since 2023

Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date.

## Also at Freshworks

- [**Girish Mathrubootham** Co-Founder and Managing Partner *9 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/girish-mathrubootham)
- [**Adit Parekh** Corporate *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/adit-parekh)
- [**Dennis Woodside** President *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/dennis-woodside)
- [**Kevin Lau** Vice President, Global Customer Marketing *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/kevin-lau)
- [**Mika Yamamoto** Chief Integrated Customer Growth Officer *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/mika-yamamoto)
- [**Murali Swaminathan** Chief Technology Officer *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/murali-swaminathan)
- [**Pradeep Rathinam** Chief Revenue Officer *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/pradeep-rathinam)
- [**STS Prasad** Taking Time Off *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/sts-prasad)

## Hear them before you pitch them

- [The Neon Show](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/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 With [Kiran Darisi](https://millionrounds.com/person/kiran-darisi)[Sreedhar Peddineni](https://millionrounds.com/person/sreedhar-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… Listen on Apple Podcasts

### Mentioned in

Episodes that name Kiran Darisi in their description, which is not the same as being on them.

- [The Neon Show](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/neon-show) · 29 Dec 2025 · 50 min What Best Founders & Investors Said in 2025? Mentions [Asha Jadeja](https://millionrounds.com/person/asha-jadeja)[Ashish Toshniwal](https://millionrounds.com/person/ashish-toshniwal)[Ashu Garg](https://millionrounds.com/person/ashu-garg)[Kiran Darisi](https://millionrounds.com/person/kiran-darisi)[Paras Chopra](https://millionrounds.com/person/paras-chopra)[Sanjeev Bikhchandani](https://millionrounds.com/person/sanjeev-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… Listen on Apple Podcasts

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