Girish has never lost his passion for building products that delight customers and their employees, nor for helping others along the way. He has invested in over 60 startups and is a founding member of SaaSBOOMi, Asia’s largest community of founders and product builders shaping India’s SaaS industry. He also founded FC Madras, a grassroots youth football club in Chennai, India to promote talent and provide a positive outlet for local youth and teenagers through the sport.
Girish Mathrubootham, the founder of Freshworks, is not your typical tech mogul.
For a long time, one of the biggest concerns global investors had about India was the lack of exits. By taking Freshworks public, we wanted to demonstrate that Indian SaaS companies could compete with the best in the world and provide meaningful returns to investors.