Company growth continues as businesses look for better ways to engage customers Freshworks Inc., the customer engagement software company, announced its H1 2020 highlights, showcasing continued momentum during the pandemic. Freshworks’ Freshdesk Omnichannel product, which combines the power of customer support software with chat and telephony solutions, showed particular strength by doubling its ARR during the first half of 2020 — propelling the company further past the $200M ARR milestone announced earlier this year.…

Acquisition brings advanced automation and cloud management capabilities for IT teams navigating the remote work era Freshworks Inc., the customer engagement software company, announced that it completed a key acquisition with Flint, a leading IT orchestration and cloud management platform, to bolster Freshservice’s IT service management (ITSM) and IT operations management (ITOM) capabilities. This acquisition provides greater visibility for IT teams to better manage hybrid infrastructure, optimize spend and automate…

Freshworks Inc., the customer engagement software company, announced a strategic partnership with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, to jointly build and market new age marketing, sales, support, customer success, and ITSM solutions on top of Freshworks cloud software to elevate end-user and employee experiences. Marketing Technology News: Sitel Group To Hire 1,000 Licensed Insurance Agents In North America Freshworks is synonymous with…

Freshworks is only vendor to be recognized as a Visionary for its Freshdesk Omnichannel helpdesk software Freshworks Inc., the customer engagement software company, announced it is the only company named a Visionary in the 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for CRM Customer Engagement Center.* Freshworks was evaluated for its cloud-based omnichannel customer support software, Freshdesk Omnichannel. This comes on the heels of Gartner evaluating multiple products across Freshworks' portfolio for Magic Quadrants including the CRM,…

Freshteam customers can now collect signatures for documents such as offer letters, compensation agreements, NDAs, and legal contracts using SignEasy, providing a seamless and paperless candidate experience. SignEasy, the leading eSignature solution used by over 130,000 customers worldwide, and Freshworks Inc., the customer engagement software company, announced a new integration that digitizes the HR recruiting and onboarding process from end to end. This new integration makes remote hiring a reality for Freshteam…

Freshworks is fueling its IPO ambition in 2020, after announcing a very encouraging annual revenue numbers. The Freshworks IPO moment remains the most-awaited MarTech event -- and longer it waits, stronger the speculations about Freshworks ongoing funding plans get. Maybe that’s why, to attract investors through IPO, Freshworks has announced a new CFO, when companies are actually dropping their hiring and headhunting strategies. In February, the company had acquired AnswerIQ. The company, which is known for its…

Customer engagement leader makes strategic executive hire naming former Zuora CFO to lead financial strategy and operations Freshworks Inc., the customer engagement software company, announced the appointment of SaaS veteran Tyler Sloat as Chief Financial Officer. The executive appointment comes on the heels of the company surpassing $200 million in annual recurring revenue, doubling in the past 18 months. Sloat is charged with maintaining sustainable growth across its customer segments, overseeing all the accounting,…

Market first customer support integration enables millions of users of popular communications app to accelerate collaboration and swiftly resolve soaring inquiries Freshworks Inc., the customer engagement software company, announced the integration of its customer support and engagement software Freshdesk with Slack, the leading channels-based messaging platform which counts over 12 million active daily users performing over five billion actions every week. This first-to-market customer support integration extends…

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AnsweriQ CEO Pradeep Rathinam Joins Freshworks as Chief Customer Officer to Maximize Customer Success Freshworks Inc., the customer engagement software company, announced the acquisition of AnsweriQ Inc., a provider of ML and AI for larger enterprises that want to better serve their customers. AnsweriQ complements Freshworks' AI engine, Freddy, by enabling enterprise organizations to fully leverage their existing customer data to scale self-service experiences and automate complex customer workflows. AnsweriQ's unique ML…

Software Completes Freshworks' Customer-For-Life Cloud Platform to Help Teams Focus on Customer Results and Preventing Churn Freshworks Inc., the customer engagement software company, has announced the general availability of Freshsuccess, becoming the first CRM vendor to natively integrate customer success software into its portfolio for complete customer engagement from first touch to latest inquiry. With Freshsuccess, organizations will be able to improve customer results, prevent churn and identify sales…

New Customer-for-Life Cloud Aggregates Data Across Silos to Improve Customer Engagement from First Touch to Latest Interaction Freshworks Inc., the customer engagement software company, announced the signing of definitive agreements for a $150 million series H round of funding at a post-financing valuation of $3.5 billion. The round was led by existing investors Sequoia Capital, CapitalG, and Freshworks' first investor, Accel. The capital will be used to further Freshworks' worldwide expansion as well as accelerate…

Freshworks Inc., the customer engagement software company, announced the highlights of its Q3 2019, headlined by global expansion, customer growth, continued product innovation and industry recognition. Buoyed by rapid growth, Freshworks expanded its global presence, opening its second U.S. office in Denver. As part of its expansion efforts, the company aims to hire over 100 sales and solution engineers to support increased sales activity in the region. With the addition of the Denver office, Freshworks now counts over 11…

Freshworks Inc., the customer engagement software company, and KMS Lighthouse, a cutting-edge knowledge management solutions provider announced an offering to integrate expanded support for existing Freshworks customers. Together, these integrated solutions boost agent response efficiency by providing them access to a powerful, centralized knowledge base that in turn enhances customer satisfaction. Marketing Technology News: Absolutdata and SafeGraph Form a Strategic Alliance to Strengthen Data-Driven Decision Making with…

SaaS unicorn Freshworks has acquired Bengaluru-based design collaboration tool CanvasFlip in a cash and equity deal. Post-acquisition, CanvasFlip’s website feedback management tool, Visual Inspector, will continue to be available in Chrome Webstore. However, its prototyping and collaboration solutions will be discontinued. CanvasFlip was founded by Vipul Misra and Manish Jha in 2015. The company built various products to enable easy collaboration between product designers, developers, and product managers. The company…

Freshworks Inc., a global innovator in customer engagement software, announced that it has been recognized in the Gartner June 2019 Magic Quadrant for Sales Force Automation. Freshsales, its cloud-based sales CRM software, was also recognized in the report. With a highly intuitive UI and a powerful feature set including AI-based lead scoring, visual deal pipeline and intelligent workflow automations, Freshsales gives businesses of all sizes everything they need to manage their sales in a hassle-free package. "As a…

Integration of Freshdesk with Nexmo, the Vonage API Platform, provides seamless social conversations Vonage, a global business cloud communications leader, has announced a partnership with Freshworks Inc,  a global innovator in customer engagement software. The partnership integrates messaging APIs via Nexmo, the Vonage API Platform directly into the Freshdesk customer support software, enabling business messaging with customers on the channels they prefer including SMS, MMS, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger.…

Cloud-Based Customer Support Platform Lands Important Rating From Professionals Who Have Used It Freshworks Inc., a global innovator in customer engagement software, announced that its Freshdesk software has been designated as Customers' Choice  in the inaugural publication of Gartner Peer Insights 'Voice of the Customer': CRM Customer Engagement Center Market. The company was placed in the Customer Choice zone, based on vetted end-user reviews of several software vendors on the Gartner peer review website gathered during…

OrangeOne Corporation, a leading software services provider in Japan offering localization and distribution for overseas products, partners with Freshworks,  a global innovator in customer engagement software. As a strategic partner to expand in Japan, OrangeOne will be offering Freshworks' suite of products including Freshdesk, the award winning helpdesk software, and an integrated 'Freshworks 360' solution. The partnership will come into effect on June 6, 2019. Freshworks is at the forefront of customer engagement. As…

Acquisition Makes Freshworks the Industry's First Customer Engagement Platform to Seamlessly Connect Every Customer Touchpoint from First Web Visit to Latest Invoice Freshworks Inc., a global innovator in customer engagement software, announced it has acquired Natero, Inc., a leading customer success management software company. The acquisition gives Freshworks a SaaS platform that unifies marketing, sales, support and, now, customer success. With Natero's AI/ML-powered technology, the Freshworks platform puts actionable…