Zoho

includes Zoho Payroll, Zoho Books, Zoho Invoice

7 statements across 6 episodes · 5 bullish · 0 bearish · 7 people on the record · first statement Jan 17, 2022 by Abhishek Rungta · said 222 times in 43 episodes since 2022 · across every show →

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Jan 17, 2022 neutral
Disclosure
Rungta passed on early Freshworks because he exhausted his angel capital allocation.
“Someone, someone came and said that, you know, do you know someone is coming out of Zoho and starting a company, you know, and he's raising funds. Would you like to speak to them? And I said, you know, I have done a lot of investments and I think I am out of t…”
Abhishek Rungta Jan 17, 2022 ▶ 30:08 100+ Investments, 8 Exits in 10 Years! Journey of Abhishek Rungta, Founder, Seeders VC & Indus Net
Aug 30, 2022 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Srinivasa: High-quality Indian SaaS founders are emerging from Freshworks, Chargebee, and Zoho
“India right now is in an amazing place in terms of very, very high quality entrepreneurs in the SaaS space, and people are coming off very strong organizations, whether it's Freshworks, whether it's Chargebee, whether it is Zoho, etc.”
Bala Srinivasa Aug 30, 2022 ▶ 4:26 The Framework to Build Category Creators in India ft Bala Srinivasa,Managing Director-Arkam Ventures
Jan 9, 2023 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Goyal: Number of Indian $100M+ ARR SaaS companies will grow exponentially
“I think of this as an exponential curve, Siddharth, not as a linear curve. You build one today, you build three tomorrow, you build nine the year after, and then 27 the year after. So, I think of it as an exponential journey and not a linear journey.”
Alok Goyal Jan 9, 2023 ▶ 26:18 Top SaaS startups to watch in 2023 with Alok Goyal, Investor in Whatfix, LimeChat, GTM Buddy
Mar 13, 2023 positive
Assertion Supported
Zoho reached $1 billion in SaaS revenue by 2023, notes Ahluwalia
“Sridhar Vembu could never have imagined that today in 23, Zoho would be a one billion dollar SaaS revenue company from India with multiple products.”
Siddhartha Ahluwalia Mar 13, 2023 ▶ 1:50 Acquisition By Freshworks and Building SaaS in Chennai with Srikrishnan Ganesan, Founder, Rocketlane
Mar 13, 2023 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Many Chennai SaaS startups are founded by Zoho and Freshworks alumni
“In fact, a lot of, I would say, Chennai-based SaaS startups have Founders who may be ex-Zoho, ex-Freshworks, etc.”
Srikrishnan Ganesan Mar 13, 2023 ▶ 3:21 Acquisition By Freshworks and Building SaaS in Chennai with Srikrishnan Ganesan, Founder, Rocketlane
Sep 13, 2025
Assertion Supported
Darisi: Building third helpdesk at Atomicwork after Zoho and Freshworks
“This is my third help desk in building, right? One, I did it in Zoho, which is an installable era where people install software to get things done. And I built Freshworks in a cloud era. Where the technology is actually booming, but still it took time, but I d…”
Kiran Darisi Sep 13, 2025 ▶ 3:56 4 Startups. 2 Founders and 3 Eras Of SaaS: Installable → Cloud → AI | Sreedhar & Kiran
Oct 10, 2025 bullish
Prediction Open · timeframe Oct 2028
Dodda: Freshworks will be the next Indian SaaS company to hit $1B
“Yeah, I think we have Zoho, which is already, and then I'm sure like Freshworks will be the next, and there'll be a lot more that will follow.”
Raviteja Dodda Oct 10, 2025 ▶ 1:19:47 Ola, Flipkart & Swiggy use This $800 Million Software to Send Notifications | Raviteja, MoEngage
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