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<keyword id="1495802" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="manageengine" source="Orion">ManageEngine</keyword>, the enterprise IT management division of tech company <keyword id="830107" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="zoho-corporation" source="Orion">Zoho Corporation</keyword>, on Thursday announced its plans to hire 1,000 employees in 2022 in <keyword id="3658" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="india" source="Orion">India</keyword> for development, research and development and customer-facing roles. Since 2002, the company which is the enterprise IT management division of Chennai-based Zoho Corporation has served over 2,80,000 organisations in more than 190 countries. "We invest heavily in R&amp;D, product design and integration, so that our customers can accelerate their own digital transformation. We invest heavily in support so that our customers have a reliable partner to navigate a fast-changing landscape. We are in IT for the long haul, so customers can trust us to be around," said <keyword id="191862" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="sridhar-vembu" source="Orion">Sridhar Vembu</keyword>, CEO and co-founder of Zoho, who was honoured with <keyword id="25105" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="padma-shri" source="Orion">Padma Shri</keyword> last year. ManageEngine has offices worldwide, including India, the US, the UAE, the Netherlands, Mexico, Singapore, Japan, China and Australia, as well as more than 200 global partners. <keyword id="13976807" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="shailesh-davey" source="Orion">Shailesh Davey</keyword>, Co-Founder &amp; Vice President of <keyword id="13976806" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="engineering-of-zoho" source="Orion">Engineering of Zoho</keyword>, said the company plans to boost its local workforce by 25 per cent. "In India, we registered a year-on-year revenue growth of 63.2 per cent in 2021, while our customer count increased by 26.3 per cent, driven by demand primarily from the <keyword id="6356925" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="bfsi" source="Orion">BFSI</keyword> and IT services and solutions sectors," Davey said during an event here. Nine of every 10 Fortune 100 organisations rely on ManageEngine's real-time IT management tools to ensure optimal performance of their IT infrastructure, including networks, servers, applications, desktops and more, said the company. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/india-climbs-2-ranks-in-speed-test-for-mobile-broadband-speed-but-fixed-broadband-speed-dips-aa-per-ookla-report/articleshow/91660037.cms">India climbs 2 ranks in speed test for mobile broadband speed but fixed broadband speed dips: Ookla</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/space/news/esa-satellite-sentinel-1a-dodges-a-high-risk-collision-from-russian-space-debris/articleshow/91659653.cms">ESA satellite Sentinel-1A dodges a 'high-risk collision' from Russian space debris</a>

Zoho's ManageEngine to hire 1,000 people this year as part of expansion plans

<ul><li>Indian startups have already laid off a little over 11,000 employees in the first six months of 2022.</li><li>It could get even worse in the near future as experts expect Indian startups to layoff close to 60,000.</li><li>Both low-funded and highly-funded startups have been impacted by this, and would be in the future too.</li></ul>The prospects of a long funding winter has pushed several Indian startups to fire a significant chunk of their employees. However, amid the gloom there are some outliers who continue to hire employees even as they maneuver through the economic challenges. Sridhar Vembu-led software-as-a-service (SaaS) company Zoho Corp plans to hire 2,000 employees in India and abroad this fiscal, as it plans to further scale its operations. Even TaCa Healthcare is continuing its hiring to strengthen its existing business and expand to new geographical locations. The same stands true for other startups hiring amidst the chaos. Indian startups have already laid off a little over<a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/startups/news/indian-startups-have-already-laid-off-a-little-over-11000-people-in-the-last-six-months/articleshow/92541036.cms"> 11,000 employees in the first six </a>months of 2022 as the flow of capital is expected to remain constricted for the next 18-24 months. It could get even worse in the near future. Archit Garg, co-founder at Glamyo Health, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/startups/news/60000-jobs-in-startup-companies-may-lose-their-jobs-this-year-in-india-experts-say/articleshow/91804572.cms">pegs startup layoffs at 60,000</a>. Both low-funded and highly-funded startups have been impacted by this, and would be in the future too. Yogita Tulsiani, the managing director and co-founder of global tech-recruiter iXceed Solutions, noted that most companies hired aggressively during the start of the pandemic and are unable to handle it now. Amidst all this, these are the startups that are hiring at the moment: <table style="border-width: initial; border-style: none;"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Startups </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Hiring </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Verticals </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Timeline </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Zoho </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">2,000 </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Software developers, quality assessment engineers, web developers, designers, product marketers, writers, technical support engineers and sales executives </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">FY2023 </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Vivifi </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">1,000 </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Multiple verticals </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">FY2023 </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">VDO.AI </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#ffffff;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">100+ </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#ffffff;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Tech, sales, operations, finance and strategy </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#ffffff;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">September 2022 </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">iThink Logistics </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">120+ </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Tech, marketing, sales in different locations like Mumbai, Surat, Jaipur, Delhi, Bangalore </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">FY2023 </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Faircent </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">200-250 </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Technology and data analysts, predictive analytics, data mining technologies </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">3-6 months </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Collabera Technologies </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">600-800 </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">BFSI, retail, life sciences and healthcare and Hi-Tech Industry </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">4-6 week </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">TaCas </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">400 </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">N/A </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">6 months </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">LeadSquared </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">800 </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Sales and marketing, finance, product, engineering, delivery, and support functions </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">8 months </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">MBA Chai Wala </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">500 </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Baristas, restaurant staff </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">6 months </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Utkarsh </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">500 </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">N/A </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">FY2023 </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">HappyLocate </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">600 </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Sales, HR, accounts, operations, marketing and tech. </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">FY2023 </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Sequretek </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">500 </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">N/A </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.8333325pt;vertical-align:middle;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">FY2023 </td></tr></tbody></table> Piyush Bhartiya, co-founder and CEO of AdmitKard — an end-to-end career advisory for students studying abroad — earlier in May highlighted that for every company that is laying off employees there are 100 others who are hiring. “Like I said, some companies are laying off, others like ours are hiring. 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Zoho, LeadSquared and other startups continue to hire amid industry layoffs

<ul><li>Some of these companies include Hippo Video founded by ex <keyword id="265415" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="zoho" source="Orion">Zoho</keyword> employees and Niki founded by former Innovaccer employees.</li><li><keyword id="4621694" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="freshworks" source="Orion">Freshworks</keyword> and <keyword id="2760306" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="chargebee" source="Orion">Chargebee</keyword> are also founded by former employees of Sridhar Vembu-led Zoho Corporation.</li><li><keyword id="4360787" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="indian-saas-companies" source="Orion">Indian SaaS companies</keyword> — both old and new — have created over 62,000 jobs in India in 2021 so far.</li></ul>Over 500 former employees of India’s top fifteen software-as-service (SaaS) companies — like Zoho, Freshworks and others — have founded their own companies, a recent report by Bain &amp; Company revealed. The report noted that these 500 employees have created more than 5,000 employment opportunities. Some of these companies include Hippo Video, SurveySparrow, Facilio founded by ex Zoho employees, Slintel founded by former Eightfold employees and Niki founded by former Innovaccer employees. Freshworks and Chargebee are also founded by former employees of Sridhar Vembu-led Zoho Corporation. Collectively, Zoho has contributed nearly 133 entrepreneurs to the Indian startup ecosystem. <div type="image" title="Zoho, Freshworks and top Indian SaaS companies have given 500 entrepreneurs to the Indian Startup ecosystem" msid="88145268" hostid="261"></div> The report further suggests, “50% of founders, new companies, and resulting job opportunities are coming from emerging <keyword id="9700532" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="indian-saas" source="Orion">Indian SaaS</keyword> companies.” The Indian SaaS report of 2021 further highlighted that the Indian SaaS companies — both old and new — have so far created over 62,000 jobs in India this year alone. These job opportunities are spread across professionals skilled in cloud, artificial intelligence and machine learning, product management and advanced analytics like data engineers, data scientists and more. <div type="image" title="Zoho, Freshworks and top Indian SaaS companies have given 500 entrepreneurs to the Indian Startup ecosystem" msid="88145301" hostid="261"></div> Indian SaaS companies are poised to reach $30 billion in revenue, capturing 8% to 9% share of the global SaaS market by 2025, the report by Bain &amp; Company added. Meanwhile, a report by investment firm Chiratae Ventures and consulting firm Zinnov released in June noted that the Indian SaaS segment has the potential to clock a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/enterprise/news/amazon-twitter-hyundai-and-dominos-are-buying-indian-software-fuelling-a-75-billion-dream-chased-by-top-vcs-like-sequoia-and-tiger-global/articleshow/85646116.cms">total turnover of $75 billion by 2025</a>. The Bain &amp; Company report also noted that the investment in this space is expected to reach $4.5 billion in 2021. “While the overall growth in funding has been driven by an increase in deal volume across stages, there has been notable growth in the volume of deals larger than $50 million, as investors give a clear vote of confidence in the potential of Indian SaaS companies to achieve substantial future growth,” Arpan Sheth, who is a partner and leader at Bain &amp; Company’s Global Vector Solution Group, said. SEE ALSO <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/indigo-stock-gains-as-a-plea-to-shut-down-spicejet-has-been-admitted/articleshow/88138734.cms" style="">Indigo stock gains as a plea to shut down SpiceJet has been admitted</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/zoho-is-selling-its-video-calling-app-in-as-many-ways-as-possible/articleshow/88137006.cms" style="">Zoho is selling its video calling app in as many ways as possible</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/these-are-the-states-with-confirmed-cases-of-omicron-covid-19-strain-in-india/slidelist/88138240.cms" style="">Omicron in India — Maharashtra and Rajasthan have recorded 19 positive cases so far</a>

Zoho, Freshworks and top Indian SaaS companies have given 500 entrepreneurs to the Indian startup ecosystem

<ul><li>Salaries for software-as-a-service (SaaS) roles in comparison to traditional <keyword id="57650" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="IT-jobs">IT jobs</keyword> are higher by at least 30% if not more.</li><li>Demand for SaaS specific skills is on the rise after the ‘digital transformation’ wave of the pandemic.</li><li>Moreover, small businesses and startups are willing to pay more than bigger MNCs in order to secure the right talent.</li></ul>If you’re an engineer in India, the job market is tough. There’s a lot of competition and companies are selective about who they hire. But one thing that can give you an edge over other candidates is the right set of skills — SaaS-y skills. India’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) market is still young, but that’s where the real money is, if you’re an engineer. The demand is overflowing, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic’s ‘digital transformation’ wave. “COVID-related trail winds have led to a massive leverage using technology and that in turn leading firms to look at incrementing their teams with high quality engineers,” Siddharth Sangwan, the director and head of talent strategy at venture capital company Lightspeed Venture Partners, told Business Insider. Recruitment firm TeamLease told Business Insider that <keyword id="11126922" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="salaries-in-saas">salaries in SaaS</keyword> firms are at least 30% higher than traditional IT services, if not more. “The potential for growth is better as a SaaS firm because product development on this platform is more robust and exposure to technology is higher. Whereas in traditional IT service companies, they tend to stick to one project for longer durations,” explained Siva Prasad Nanduri, the vice president and business head of IT Staffing at TeamLease Digital. Five SaaS skills that have seen the biggest uptake in demand: <table style="border-width: initial; border-style: none; table-layout: fixed; width: 468pt;"></colgroup></colgroup></colgroup></colgroup></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">SaaS skills </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Spike in demand from December 2020 to January 2021 </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">IT security </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">166% </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Full Stack </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">110% </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Android Developers </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">80% </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Data Analytics </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">44.7% </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Angular JS </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">40% </td></tr></tbody></table>Source: Quess IT Staffing What were once considered to be niche skills before the pandemic are now mainstream, especially with the wave of ‘digital transformation’ as lockdown forced businesses to shut down their physical stores. “Organisations are looking to hire talent with bundled skill sets, rather than just one skill, driving up the salary expectations and offers in the market,” said Vijay Sivaram, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Quess IT Staffing. Having at least two years of experience is all you need to capitalise on your skillset. It doesn’t matter which sector you were in, or what brand you were working on, your knowledge is what companies are looking for when hiring. “If you get a reasonable 2-3 years of experience, salaries have virtually doubled in the last one year. The demand is coming from traditional companies, from startups, from IT, and from global companies,” said Haresh Chawla, a partner at True North, during a Business Insider Twitter Live. <div type="javascript" title="Custom" contenttype="Video"><cdata><![CDATA[]]></cdata></div> Sirion Labs, a contract life-cycle management company that has clients like Vodafone, Unilever, Credit Suisse, and EY, agrees that experience is key. Just having the right set of skills is not enough. A potential employee must also know how to use those skills to get the job done. “When it comes to technical hires specialising in AI/ analytics/data science, we look for top talent with practical experience in NLP, streaming applications (Kafka, Rabbitmq), and programming languages such as Python and R,” explained the co-founder and CEO of SirionLabs, Ajay Agrawal. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Startups are pulling talent away from the bigwig MNCs" comment="subhead" text="Startups are pulling talent away from the bigwig MNCs">Startups are pulling talent away from the bigwig MNCs</cmsannotation> It’s not that traditional IT companies aren’t hiring for the same skills. They’re even giving out pay hikes to junior employees to keep them around for longer. But startups and small businesses are willing to offer more money. “I know for a fact that startups are paying more. They’re more discerning in terms of the kind of people they have. Their interviewing style is very different from an IT services company or even some of the MNCs that are out there,” said Lathika Pai, country head of venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) partnerships at Microsoft. According to her, the keyword is ‘passion’. Startups are looking for young employees who aren’t working for money, but from the heart — people who want to shoot for the stars, not just the Moon. "More than the skills, it’s the mindset that differentiates engineers who ship great products. The ability to solve a problem for a customer and then do it at scale is what excites most SaaS engineers," Praval Singh, the vice president of marketing at Zoho Corp, told Business Insider. He estimates that there over 1000 SaaS companies in India. More than 150 have annual recurring revenue of more than $1 million. And, these companies are a hotbed for engineering talent. They have a healthy customer retention rate, which means they willing to shell out the big bucks because they know they will see higher revenue per employee as the business grows. “As far as salaries go, there is a higher percentile of companies in the SaaS space who offer more salaries, but that is linked to the skills and competencies required based on the type of work or role the employee is expected to play,” said Atlassian, one of the biggest software companies in the world. It is currently planning to recruit 300 research and development engineers in India over the next year. Every other company wants to build a mobile app so that they can reach customers on their smartphones. Cloud is the new mantra, and cybersecurity concerns are on the rise. And firms are on the hunt to secure the right talent, which also means paying out big bucks to keep others from poaching talent away. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/sports/news/jp-morgan-is-funding-european-super-league-of-chelsea-real-madrid-barcelona-and-others/articleshow/82143811.cms">JP Morgan is doling out billions to fund the ‘Dirty Dozen’ Super League — the biggest disruption in the history of club football</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/apps/news/whatsapp-users-need-to-update-their-apps-and-report-malicious-links-as-new-malware-makes-the-round-and-cert-in-warns-of-multiple-vulnerabilities/articleshow/82140756.cms">WhatsApp under threat — multiple vulnerabilities in older versions of the app and a new ‘Pink’ malware on the prowl</a>

SaaS-y salaries are 30% more than traditional IT services — and they’re making it tougher for traditional IT service firms to find the right talent

For the last five years, a team of 150 engineers have been working day in and out in a tiny<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=indian+village&amp;sortorder=effectivedate"> Indian village</a> in <keyword id="239945" type="CITY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Tenkasi">Tenkasi</keyword>, about 650 kms south of <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=chennai&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Chennai</a>, building a world-class context-aware helpdesk software called <keyword id="3860891" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Zoho-Desk">Zoho Desk</keyword>. 
 This may sound like it's straight out of the plot of a movie, but <keyword id="191862" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Sridhar-Vembu">Sridhar Vembu</keyword>, CEO of <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=zoho&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Zoho Corp</a> has ensured it became a reality with his able guidance and vision. As a result, <keyword id="265415" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="ZOHO">Zoho</keyword>, a multi-billion dollar customer management (CRM) company with offices in <keyword id="12864" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Chennai">Chennai</keyword> and <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=silicon+valley&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Silicon Valley,</a> has achieved something no company can boast of- harnessing and training the talent in rural India to build a software product for a global market. 
 “Zoho has challenged conventional wisdom so many times in its history. We built the first software products from India when IT services were the rage and established them in the global market. We are now showcasing something that has never been done before: the first software product created in rural India, world-class in its refinement, competing with the best,” said a proud Sridhar Vembu, CEO, <keyword id="447145" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Zoho-Corp">Zoho Corp</keyword>. 
 Zoho Desk, which is the sixth product that the company has launched in 2016, uses customer data from past interactions and from other Zoho products, like Zoho CRM and <keyword id="3870877" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="zoho-projects">Zoho Projects</keyword>, to organise tickets and intelligently present information to agents so that they can better understand a customer's problem and resolve it efficiently. 
 
It thus helps companies deliver the right solution at the right time. Its clean user interface packs innovations like Work Modes that help agents send context-aware responses, the Headquarters dashboard that provides the visibility managers need to make better decisions, and the Team Feed to help the entire company participate in customer service. 
 
As is the case with every Zoho product, Zoho Desk is also available for free up to 10 users. Paid plans begin at Rs 720 per user per month for the Professional Edition and increase to Rs 1,500 per user per month for the Enterprise version. 
 
The company's 15 acre Tenkasi facility from where Zoho Desk was built started out with three engineers who had moved from Chennai five years ago, which has today blossomed into a modest-size office housing 150 employees. Vembu himself makes it a point to visit this office once every three months. "Investment in building the entire centre at Tenkasi stood at Rs 3,000 per sq feet, excluding land costs," he revealed. To accommodate more employees, the company is also expanding its facility, which is going to be three times bigger than the existing office. 
 
 
 
From the very beginning of this plan, Vembu was clear about one thing- he had to first build a durable product, regardless of how long it took him. Infact, it was this very decision that stopped him from making Zoho Desk public despite it being ready for a year. Instead, the company used those 12 months to test out the product themselves and launch it in the market once they were absolutely sure of it. 
 
That seemed to paid off wonderfully for Vembu, as Zoho Desk currently boasts of handling 50 million tickets for 20 million users. Vembu is of the hope that out of 150,000 organizations across the world that Zoho counts as its customers, atleast one-third of them will become Zoho Desk users, making it a force to reckon with while it takes on two large rivals- global major <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=zendesk&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Zendesk </a>and local product <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=freshdesk&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Freshdesk</a>. 
 
Naturally, the road till here was fraught with challenges as Vembu attempted to build everything from ground up, but that hardly deterred the man who is known for building a one of the most profitable global tech company without any external funding. 
 
"We would have definitely built it faster if we had chosen a city like Chennai, but from the onset we were clear that we wanted to build a world-class product from rural India using the talent that most often than not remains untapped," he explained. 
 
Combine that with Vembu's belief that rural talent shouldn't have to leave home to find opportunity and you get an insight into the mind of the man who has proved that ‘a determined and sincere group of people can build path-breaking products anywhere.’ 
 
Sticking to their guns, the company developed local talents through its own university, Zoho University, recruited engineers through campus placements, then trained and mentored them. 
 At a time when almost all companies are moving from the suburbs to the cities to make a name for themselves, Zoho is busy reversing that trend to prove that you don't really need to be in <keyword id="6357722" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="silicon-valley">Silicon Valley</keyword> to build a world-class product. 
 
 
 
Image credit: Zoho

Here's how Zoho's Sridhar Vembu built a world-class software product from a tiny village in India

<ul><li><keyword id="4621694" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="freshworks" source="Orion">Freshworks</keyword> made its debut in the US-based Nasdaq on September 22 and it is the first Indian SaaS company to do so.</li><li>Freshworks was the first Indian SaaS company to achieve a billion dollar valuation, in 2019.</li><li>The company has now crossed a $10 billion valuation, thanks to its public listing.</li></ul>The Indian software-as-a-service (SaaS) industry had already been growing exponentially since last year, but Freshworks’ public listing at Nasdaq has taken it all to another level. The company, which makes customer engagement software for businesses, was valued at a whopping<a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/freshworks-ipo-500-crorepatis-12-billion-market-cap-and-more-that-emerged-from-indias-first-saas-listing-at-nasdaq/articleshow/86445614.cms"> $12.2 billion </a>after it opened 21% above the initial offering price of $36 apiece. Freshworks sold 28.5 million common shares, hitting an intraday high of $48.75 on September 22. Freshworks was founded over a decade ago by <keyword id="2167965" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="girish-mathrubootham" source="Orion">Girish Mathrubootham</keyword> and <keyword id="2167964" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="shan-krishnasamy" source="Orion">Shan Krishnasamy</keyword>. Both the co-founders were former employees of Zoho Corp, which too is one of the biggest SaaS companies in India. Both Zoho Corp and Freshworks are rivals and the biggest players in this industry. Here is a glimpse of Freshworks’ journey so far: <table class="redcator-table-advance" style="border-width: initial; border-style: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; box-shadow: none; width: 910.922px; font-family: Merriweather; padding-bottom: 10px !important; background-image: inherit !important; background-position: inherit !important; background-size: inherit !important; background-repeat: inherit !important; background-attachment: inherit !important; background-origin: inherit !important; background-clip: inherit !important;"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 5pt; border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Year </td><td style="padding: 5pt; border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Development </td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5pt; border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Early 2010 </td><td style="padding: 5pt; border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Girish Mathrubootham decided to start his entrepreneurial journey. Shan Krishnasamy too decided to join this venture as a co-founder. </td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5pt; border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">October 2010 </td><td style="padding: 5pt; border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Mathrubootham and Krishnasamy resigned from Zoho Corp. </td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5pt; border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">December 2010 </td><td style="padding: 5pt; border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Freshworks, then known as Freshdesk, incorporated in the USA due to lack of recurring payment solutions in India. </td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5pt; border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">March 2011 </td><td style="padding: 5pt; border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Created a team of six people — three developers, one UI/UX designer, one customer acquisition/support engineer and Mathrubootham himself as product manager and CEO. </td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5pt; border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">December 2011 </td><td style="padding: 5pt; border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Raised $1 million in a funding* round led by Accel. </td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5pt; border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">August 2015 </td><td style="padding: 5pt; border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Acquired co-browsing and live video chat provider 1CLICK.io. This was Freshdesk’s first acquisition. </td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5pt; border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">August 2015 </td><td style="padding: 5pt; border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">The company crossed 50,000 customers. </td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5pt; border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">June 2017 </td><td style="padding: 5pt; border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Freshdesk rebranded to Freshworks. </td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5pt; border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">June 2017 </td><td style="padding: 5pt; border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">The platform was used by 100,000 companies in 145 countries. </td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5pt; border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">December 2018 </td><td style="padding: 5pt; border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Freshworks turned unicorn, after raising $100 million at a valuation of more than a billion dollars. </td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5pt; border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">November 2019 </td><td style="padding: 5pt; border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Freshworks valued at $3.5 billion, after raising $150 million. </td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5pt; border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">November 2019 </td><td style="padding: 5pt; border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">It crossed 150,000 customers. </td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5pt; border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">March 2020 </td><td style="padding: 5pt; border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Zoho Corp filed a lawsuit alleging that Freshworks stole confidential information and built a business out of it. </td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5pt; border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">August 2021 </td><td style="padding: 5pt; border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Freshworks filed for $100 million IPO in USA </td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5pt; border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">September 2021 </td><td style="padding: 5pt; border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; vertical-align: top; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Freshworks made its debut on Nasdaq and its valuation touched $12 billion. </td></tr></tbody><tbody></tbody><tbody></tbody><tbody></tbody></table>*Freshworks has raised one funding round every year since 2011. There was a year-long break in 2017, when the SaaS firm did not raise any capital. Freshworks and Zoho’s rivalry took a serious turn in 2020, when Zoho filed a lawsuit <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/startups/zoho-says-freshworks-intentionally-accessed-database-in-new-us-lawsuit/articleshow/79413070.cms">alleging</a> that Freshworks stole confidential information and built a business out of it. Vembu-led company has also accused Freshworks of poaching its employees and customers. The battle is still ongoing. According to a report by investment firm Chiratae Ventures and consulting firm Zinnov last month, the Indian SaaS segment has the potential to clock a total turnover of <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/startups/news/india-software-service-sector-needs-more-than-200000-employees-by-2025/articleshow/84632003.cms">$75 billion</a> by 2025. Companies like Zoho, Freshworks, and others are expected to be at the forefront of it. Freshworks was the first Indian SaaS company to achieve a billion dollar valuation, in 2019. A year later, the company closed another round at a valuation of $3.5 billion. It is backed by some of the prominent investors across the globe — Sequoia Capital, Tiger Global, Accel, Steadview, CapitalG and more. The company raised another billion dollars through its public issue. It’s valuation also increased over three times to $12.2 billion. The SaaS giant has acquired 13 companies to date including AnswerI1Q, Flint, CanvasFlip, Natero, and Zarget, among others. "I feel like an Indian athlete who has won a gold medal at the Olympics. We are showing the world what a global product company from India can achieve,” Mathrubootham said, in an <a href="https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/freshworks-ipo-creates-more-than-500-crorepatis-in-india-with-70-of-them-aged-below-30-7496681.html">interaction </a>with Moneycontrol. He further claimed that the <keyword id="11167545" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="freshworks-ipo" source="Orion">Freshworks IPO</keyword> has made 500 crorepatis in India, 70 of which are under 30. 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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="13256775" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="secure-email" source="Orion">Secure email</keyword> providers offer end-to-end encryption to prevent third parties from seeing transmitted content. </li><li>Fully encrypted email providers aren't quite as common as end-to-end encrypted texting services, which offer robust security.</li><li>Here are seven of the best secure email providers you can subscribe to today. </li></ul>These days, we expect much of our communication to be secure, often with <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/end-to-end-encryption" target="_blank" rel="noopener">end-to-end encryption</a>. Messaging apps like <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-whatsapp-guide" target="_blank" rel="noopener">WhatsApp</a> and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/signal-app" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Signal</a> are known for their enhanced security, for example, but many people still use email services that don't prioritize security in the same way. That's ironic because plenty of our routine communication still happens via email. If you want to switch to a secure email provider that can ensure only the intended recipient sees what you've written, here are seven of the best alternatives. <h2><keyword id="13256776" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="protonmail" source="Orion">Protonmail</keyword></h2><div type="image" title="Protonmail website" height="744" width="1210" msid="89835433" hostid="261"></div><a href="https://protonmail.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Protonmail</a> is one of the best secure email provider options because of its wealth of security and usability features. It's built on open-source software with true end-to-end encryption, utilizing a zero-knowledge proof, which means that even Protonmail staff can't read the contents of the email it handles. The provider is Swiss-owned and data centers are underground in Switzerland, both nuclear-hardened and protected by Swiss privacy law.You can use iOS and Android mobile apps as well as webmail. You can start with a free account that includes 500MB of storage. Paid subscriptions start around $6 per month. <h2>Hushmail</h2><div type="image" title="Hushmail website" height="849" width="1198" msid="89835435" hostid="261"></div><a href="https://www.hushmail.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hushmail</a> is a secure email provider that has sculpted plans for a number of specific verticals, including healthcare, law, small business, nonprofits, and personal use. Healthcare providers, for example, should appreciate that Hushmail is HIPAA-compliant and comes with built-in email archiving. The service uses OpenPGP to encrypt email and is located in Canada, protected by Canadian privacy laws. One nice addition: Hushmail offers signable, encrypted web forms along with its email services. Unfortunately, Hushmail no longer offers a free tier of service. Professional plans start at $5.99 per month and the personal version starts at $49.98 per year. You can use Hushmail on the web as an <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hushmail/id1008495364" target="_blank" rel="noopener">iOS</a> app. An <a href="https://www.hushmail.com/android/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Android app</a> is forthcoming. <h2>Tutanota</h2><div type="image" title="Tutanota website" height="722" width="1188" msid="89835436" hostid="261"></div><a href="https://tutanota.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tutanota</a> combines end-to-end encryption with <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/two-factor-authentication" target="_blank" rel="noopener">two-factor authentication</a> and not only encrypts the entire message, including subject line and message header, but encrypts your contacts and offers a secure calendar as well. Tutanota is open-source and a zero-knowledge platform, so the provider's staff has no access to your messages. You can start using Tutanota for free, with 1GB of storage, but the account is limited — for example, you can only search one month's worth of stored emails. For more robust search, you'll need to step up to a paid plan (which starts around $1 per month for personal plans or $5 per month for business accounts). <h2>Zoho Mail</h2><div type="image" title="Zoho website" height="785" width="1115" msid="89835437" hostid="261"></div><a href="https://www.zoho.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Zoho</a> is a popular secure email provider because, in addition to offering end-to-end encryption, it's extremely affordable. Zoho uses both encryption in transit and encryption at rest strategies, so the data is unreadable both if intercepted and while stored on its servers. Moreover, Zoho fully supports secure email access like two-factor authentication and single sign-on, and automatically generates unusual activity reports if it sees suspicious account activity. There are multiple subscription tiers, but Zoho's Mail Lite service is just $1 per month, and with 5GB of storage per user, might be as much as you need. It's also optionally part of a much more comprehensive suite of office productivity tools. <h2>Mailfence</h2><div type="image" title="Mailfence website" height="987" width="1222" msid="89835439" hostid="261"></div><a href="https://mailfence.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mailfence</a> is based in Belgium and is protected by that country's robust privacy laws. It relies on full end-to-end encryption, though unlike a solution like Tutanota, the software isn't open-source, and the email in your inbox isn't encrypted (it doesn't encrypt resting data). But Mailfence offers encryption on your calendar, documents, and contacts. There is a free tier of service that gives you 500MB of email storage — probably enough to try the service, but not enough for long-term use. Paid plans start around $3 per month for 5GB and 10 email aliases. <h2>StartMail</h2><div type="image" title="Startpage website" height="890" width="1216" msid="89835440" hostid="261"></div><a href="https://www.startmail.com/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">StartMail</a> does not offer true end-to-end encryption, but its Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) security is nonetheless strong and protected by Dutch privacy laws. The service features two-factor authentication as well. Created by the same team behind the privacy-minded search engine Startpage, a StartMail account also gives you access to an unlimited number of disposable, anonymous email aliases. There's no free tier of service, but you can get a free seven-day trial and service starts at $2.50 per month for 10GB of email storage. Because there's no end-to-end encryption, unlike most email providers, StartMail doesn't offer a mobile app (though you can add <a href="https://support.startmail.com/hc/en-us/articles/360006422158-Add-StartMail-to-your-home-screen" target="_blank" rel="noopener">browser shortcuts to your email</a>). You're expected to use webmail or add your StartMail account to an existing email client. <h2>Posteo</h2><div type="image" title="Posteo website" height="804" width="1073" msid="89835442" hostid="261"></div><a href="https://posteo.de/en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Posteo</a> is a Germany-based secure email provider that offers end-to-end encryption, two-factor authentication, and protection via robust German privacy law. It's one of the few email providers that does not require you to enter any personal information as part of the signup process, and all emails are stripped of their IP addresses, making it extremely difficult to connect you to the account or your messages. In addition to webmail and mobile apps, Posteo also supports <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-imap" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IMAP</a> for connection to any mail client. There's no free account, but you can sign up for an account for as little as about $1 per month. And if green tech is important to you, Posteo runs its data centers on 100% green energy from Green Planet Energy.

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New Delhi, Power transmission player <keyword id="3245667" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Sterlite-Power">Sterlite Power</keyword> on Monday announced that it has raised ₹200 crore in debt financing from Allianz Global Investors (<keyword id="3349683" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Allianz-GI">Allianz GI</keyword>) -- one of the world's leading investment managers with a focus on sustainable investments. This transaction is one of the first infrastructure sector financing deals for Allianz GI in India. The ₹200 crore facility from Allianz GI has been raised as a non-convertible debenture with a three-year tenure and is part of the larger refinancing exercise undertaken by <keyword id="45465" type="DOMAIN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Sterlite">Sterlite</keyword> Power to reduce its holding company borrowings. Sterlite Power is increasingly <keyword id="1189281" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="focused">focused</keyword> on integrating renewable energy (RE) to the grid. Commenting on the transaction, <keyword id="189377" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Pratik-Agarwal">Pratik Agarwal</keyword>, Managing Director, Sterlite Power, said: "We remain focused on our endeavour towards greening the grid by delivering some of the most challenging and impactful transmission projects in the country." Sterlite Power has been successful in concluding a number of financial deals with global and national investors. It has raised project finance from both private as well as public sector financial institutions like <keyword id="6357149" type="DOMAIN" weightage="20" keywordseo="hdfc-bank">HDFC Bank</keyword>, <keyword id="77463" type="DOMAIN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Power-Finance-Corporation">Power Finance Corporation</keyword> Limited and REC Ltd, for its transmission projects. Recently, the company announced an equal partnership with global investment manager AMP Capital, to develop greenfield power transmission projects in India. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/telecom/news/employment-opportunities-in-the-telecom-sector-are-expected-to-grow-by-20-in-2021/articleshow/80183579.cms">Fiber layers and field engineers to researchers ⁠— telecom jobs may see a 20% spike in 2021 as India leaps into the 5G era</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/budget/news/india-may-be-considering-a-covid-cess-on-high-income-earners-aside-from-more-levy-on-fuel/articleshow/80208520.cms">India may be considering a COVID cess on high income earners — aside from more levy on fuel</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/apps/news/with-whatsapp-popularity-hit-zoho-plans-to-launch-arattai-messaging-app/articleshow/80206802.cms">Zoho plans to woo WhatsApp defectors with its own messaging app Arattai</a>

Sterlite Power raises ₹200 crore in debt financing from Allianz Global Investors

<keyword id="5065" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Ahmedabad">Ahmedabad</keyword>, After remaining shut for over nine months due to the coronavirus outbreak, schools for <keyword id="6405739" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Classes">classes</keyword> 10 and 12 and <keyword id="37181" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="colleges">colleges</keyword> for final year graduation and post-graduation <keyword id="3216" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="students">students</keyword> reopened in <keyword id="6354766" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Gujarat">Gujarat</keyword> on Monday. Wearing masks and maintaining social distancing is a must for students, teachers and other staff members, and everyone entering the schools and colleges is being checked using thermal guns, state Education Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama told reporters. Various state ministers and BJP MLAs remained present at different schools in Gujarat to welcome the students, a release from the state government said. Chudasama welcomed students at a school in Kalol town of <keyword id="6356847" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="gandhinagar">Gandhinagar</keyword>, while Minister of State for Home Pradeepsinh Jadeja was present at a school in Vastral area of Ahmedabad to greet students. "There is great enthusiasm among students as schools and colleges are reopening after a long COVID-19 vacation. Apart from reopening colleges for final year under-graduate and post-graduate students, we have decided to open schools for classes 10 and 12 because of the upcoming board exams," Chudasama said. Managements of schools have already been instructed to strictly follow Centre's standard operating procedures to check the spread of COVID-19, he said. Following a significant drop in the number of new COVID-19 cases being reported daily, the state cabinet last week decided to reopen schools for Classes 10 and 12, and colleges for the final year graduation and PG students. It was also announced that students attending schools must get the consent of their parents. The government had also made it clear that attendance will not be mandatory and online classes will continue. Schools, colleges and university campuses across the state were shut after the outbreak of coronavirus in the state in March-end last year. Since then, classes are being held online. Though the government had earlier decided to reopen secondary schools and colleges after the Diwali vacation last year, it eventually dropped the idea following a sudden spike in the daily coronavirus cases at that time. Later, the number of new cases being reported daily started declining from mid-December. As against 1,500 to 1,600 cases emerging in a day in October and November last year, around 700 cases are getting registered daily at present. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/telecom/news/employment-opportunities-in-the-telecom-sector-are-expected-to-grow-by-20-in-2021/articleshow/80183579.cms">Fiber layers and field engineers to researchers ⁠— telecom jobs may see a 20% spike in 2021 as India leaps into the 5G era</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/budget/news/india-may-be-considering-a-covid-cess-on-high-income-earners-aside-from-more-levy-on-fuel/articleshow/80208520.cms">India may be considering a COVID cess on high income earners — aside from more levy on fuel</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/apps/news/with-whatsapp-popularity-hit-zoho-plans-to-launch-arattai-messaging-app/articleshow/80206802.cms">Zoho plans to woo WhatsApp defectors with its own messaging app Arattai</a>

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