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Freshworks: India First SaaS Unicorn

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  By Sonali Munda About and The Founder’s of The Company: Freshworks is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) providing company. It is basically an information technology or cloud computing company that was founded in 2010 by Girish Mathrubootham and Shan Krishnasamy . Its headquarters are situated in San Mateo, California. Its products are customer relationship management (CRM) and IT service management tools (ITSM tools) and it provides its services in “online office suite, online business management tools. Founder’s Stake in The Company: The founder, Girish Mathrubootham owns an 8.1% stake in the company and Accel Partners and the Sillicon Valley venture capital firm are the largest shareholders, holding a stake of 33% by the end of December 2021. History of the Company and How it Achieved the Unicorn Status: The founders, Girish Mathrubootham and Shan Krishnasamy began this startup with the initiative of creating a user-focused cloud-based customer service software. Initially, the startup
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Policybazaar: Journey Behind India’s Largest Insurance Aggregator that Became A Unicorn

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By Sonali Munda About the Company and the Founder(s): Policybazaar is a Gurgaon-based fintech company and an insurance aggregator. It is India's largest insurance aggregator. It was founded by Yashish Dahiya, Alok Bansal, and Avaneesh Nirjar in 2008. It is a digital platform that provides its users to compare insurance policies and other financial services from different insurance companies. PB Fintech Ltd is the parent company of Policybazaar. Policybazaar is the flagship subsidiary of PB Fintech Ltd which also owns the credit product aggregator Paisabazaar.  The founders of Policybazaar had one objective to bring transparency in insurance. They wanted to make the complex concept of policy easier for the people by simplifying all the information around plans, ending rampant mis-selling, and preventing policy lapses. History of How The Company Became A Unicorn: Initially, Policybazaar was an insurance comparison website. It listed the details of multiple insurance policies for cus
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