Freshworks Inc. · NASDAQ:FRSH

Freshworks — Investor Day (September 2023)

107 slides from Freshworks's investor day presentation, Sep 7, 2023

  1. Slide 1: Investor Day 2023

    Exhibit 99.1 Investor Day 2023 September 7, 2023

  2. Slide 2: Welcome

    Welcome Joon Huh VP Finance & Investor Relations © 2023 Freshworks Inc. All rights reserved. © 2023 Freshworks Inc. All rights reserved. 2

  3. Slide 3: Disclaimer

    Disclaimer This presentation has been prepared by Freshworks Inc. (“Freshworks”) for informational purposes only and not for any other purpose. Nothing contained in this presentation is, or should be construed as, a recommendation, promise, or representation by Freshworks or any officer, director, e

  4. Slide 4: Investor Day Agenda

    Investor Day Agenda Welcome 8:30am Joon Huh, VP Finance & Investor Relations Company Vision and Strategy 8:35am Girish Mathrubootham, Chief Executive Officer & Founder Solutions in Action 8:55am Dennis Woodside, President Mukesh Mirchandani, SVP Global Solution Engineering Payal Patel, Director Solu

  5. Slide 5: Submit Questions

    Submit Questions ir@freshworks.com © 2023 Freshworks Inc. All rights reserved. 5

  6. Slide 6: Company Vision and Strategy

    Company Vision and Strategy Girish Mathrubootham Chief Executive Officer & Founder © 2023 Freshworks Inc. All rights reserved. © 2023 Freshworks Inc. All rights reserved. 6

  7. Slide 7: Freshworks at a glance

    Freshworks at a glance Multiple 2010 $545M 20% Founded TTM Revenue Q2 Revenue Growth YoY Products (constant currency basis) Two at scale 5,000+ 19,105 FRSH 10% FCF Margin Customers over Employees Initial Public Offering $5K ARR FY 2023 Est. September 2021 Notes: Unless otherwise noted, financial dat

  8. Slide 8: Our mission

    Our mission We deliver modern and innovative AI-guided customer and employee service solutions that enable the Fortune 5 million to drive delightful engagement and increase productivity © 2023 Freshworks Inc. All rights reserved. 8

  9. Slide 9: Industry tailwinds helping Freshworks grow

    Industry tailwinds helping Freshworks grow 1 Digital transformation of every business 2 Rising demands of customers and employees 3 The data imperative and the opportunity of generative AI © 2023 Freshworks Inc. All rights reserved. 9

  10. Slide 10: Businesses of all sizes must transform to compete in a digital-first world

    1 Businesses of all sizes must transform to compete in a digital-first world Large companies Small companies must be agile must deliver world and responsive class experiences © 2023 Freshworks Inc. All rights reserved. 10

  11. Slide 11: Expectations for customer and employee experience have changed

    2 Expectations for customer and employee experience have changed The race for faster, more enjoyable service Conversational Contextual Immediate Multi-channel engagement understanding results interaction © 2023 Freshworks Inc. All rights reserved. 11

  12. Slide 12: The need for better insights drives demand for high-quality data

    3 The need for better insights drives demand for high-quality data Need to break down The rise of customer Your AI is only as data silos data platforms good as your data © 2023 Freshworks Inc. All rights reserved. 12

  13. Slide 13: Consistent innovation and product evolution

    Consistent innovation and product evolution Journey to multi-persona, AI-guided strategy Freshsales Sales Freshworks CS Suite Customer service Freshservice Freshmarketer Marketing automation ITSM 2023 2020 Customer Freshservice for Business Teams 360 Vision ESM 2011 Freshworks Neo Platform Freshchat

  14. Slide 14: The Freshworks solution

    The Freshworks solution IT & Employee Service Customer Service Sales & Marketing Freshdesk Freshchat Freshservice Freshservice Freshsales Freshmarketer for Business Teams Freshworks CS Suite Neo Platform Freddy AI Data & Analytics Unified Customer Experience Developer & Marketplace Experience © 2023

  15. Slide 15: Neo platform and Freddy infuse AI across all products

    Neo platform and Freddy infuse AI across all products IT & Employee Service Customer Service Sales & Marketing Freshdesk Freshchat Freshservice Freshservice Freshsales Freshmarketer for Business Teams Freshworks CS Suite Neo Platform Freddy AI Capabilities Freddy Insights Freddy Copilot Freddy Self

  16. Slide 16: Our India advantage

    Our India advantage World class talent that innovates fast ● Born in India, global from Day 1 ● Access to world class talent Hyderabad ● Product scale and velocity Bengaluru Chennai © 2023 Freshworks Inc. All rights reserved. 16

  17. Slide 17: Global customer base

    Global customer base 65K+ customers across verticals and 120+ countries Retail, Logistics, Financial Auto & Media & High Hospitality & & E-Commerce Services Manufacturing Entertainment Tech Travel © 2023 Freshworks Inc. All rights reserved. 17

  18. Slide 18: Culture is our intangible asset

    Culture is our intangible asset Craftsmanship Happy ‘Work’ Agility with True Friend to Environment Accountability the Customer These values are the bedrock of our culture © 2023 Freshworks Inc. All rights reserved. 18

  19. Slide 19: Experienced global leadership team

    Experienced global leadership team Girish Mathrubootham Dennis Woodside CEO & Chief Executive Officer & Founder President President PRIOR: PRIOR: Leadership Tyler Sloat Prakash Ramamurthy Pradeep Rathinam Chief Financial Officer Chief Product Officer Chief Revenue Officer team PRIOR: PRIOR: PRIOR: P

  20. Slide 20: Our path to multi billion dollar scale

    Our path to multi billion dollar scale We are competing in three massive TAMs We have business momentum moving upmarket and serving larger customers Our customers are adopting multiple products as cross sell remains a large opportunity AI & automation is a tailwind to our business creating increment

  21. Slide 21: Our Solutions in Action

    Our Solutions in Action Dennis Woodside President © 2023 Freshworks Inc. All rights reserved. © 2023 Freshworks Inc. All rights reserved. 21

  22. Slide 22: We compete in three large, growing and adjacent markets

    We compete in three large, growing and adjacent markets IT & Employee Customer Sales & Service Service Marketing Intelligent, Omnichannel, Unified sales $78B right-sized service intelligent customer and marketing management support automation TAM (1) Sales & IT Teams Support Teams Marketing Teams (1

  23. Slide 23: Why we win

    Why we win Unified Time to Total Cost of Ease of Use Experience Value Ownership Rapid Innovation Enterprise scale & extensibility © 2023 Freshworks Inc. All rights reserved. 23

  24. Slide 24: IT & Employee Service

    IT & Employee Service © 2023 Freshworks Inc. All rights reserved. 24

  25. Slide 25: Our products scale with the needs of IT departments and beyond

    IT & Employee Service Our products scale with the needs of IT departments and beyond Project Business ITSM ITOM ITAM Management Teams Neo Platform Freddy AI © 2023 Freshworks Inc. All rights reserved. 25

  26. Slide 26: Freshservice crossed $260M in ARR and is growing fast

    IT & Employee Service Freshservice crossed $260M in ARR and is growing fast 2022 TAM(1) ARR(2) Growth Rate(2) $20B $260M Low 40s 2022-2026 Target Customers TAM CAGR(1) Persona >$5K ARR(2) 12% CIO 8,624 (1) Source: Gartner. This includes IT Service Management, IT Asset Management & Software Asset Man

  27. Slide 27: Significant opportunity to innovate within IT and adjacent spaces

    IT & Employee Service Significant opportunity to innovate within IT and adjacent spaces Sec Ops Freshworks for Gov’t. MSPs Governance, Risk and Business Compliance Teams Freddy AI Industry Solutions ITAM Freddy ITOM Gen AI IT Project Management ITSM 2023 FUTURE © 2023 Freshworks Inc. All rights rese

  28. Slide 28: Customer and industry analyst recognition

    ITSM Solutions IT & Employee Service IT & Employee Service Customer and industry analyst recognition User Ratings User Reviews Industry Analyst Coverage “Freshservice has allowed us to handle approximately 20% more tickets and incidents per month, Covered in 3 distinct markets compared to our previo

  29. Slide 29: A&E selects Freshservice to handle IT and G&A requests

    IT & Employee Service CASE STUDY A&E selects Freshservice to handle IT and G&A requests seamlessly Business Challenge The Solution With Freshservice, multiple A&E Legacy ITSM solution did not allow A+E Networks is a global departments were able to improve A&E to efficiently route and respond content

  30. Slide 30: Freshservice enables digital transformation for Georgetown University

    IT & Employee Service CASE STUDY Freshservice enables digital transformation for Georgetown University students and faculty Business Challenge The Solution Georgetown University is in Using a homegrown IT management All faculty and student IT, HR and Washington DC with 20,000 system made it difficul

  31. Slide 31: Product Demo #1 – IT & Employee Service

    [Product Demo #1 –IT & Employee Service] © 2023 Freshworks Inc. All rights reserved. 31

  32. Slide 32: Customer Service

    Customer Service © 2023 Freshworks Inc. All rights reserved. 37

  33. Slide 33: Modern, intelligent omnichannel customer service solutions

    Customer Service We offer modern, intelligent omnichannel customer service solutions Automated Conversational Advanced Voice self service support ticketing support Neo Platform Freddy AI © 2023 Freshworks Inc. All rights reserved. 38

  34. Slide 34: Customer service solutions at $300M in ARR

    Customer Service Customer service solutions at $300M in ARR Growth Rate(2) 2022 TAM(1) ARR(2) Low-Mid $27B $300M Teens 2022-2026 Customers Target TAM CAGR (1) >$5K ARR(2) Persona CS, CCO 15% 10,272 (1) Source: Gartner. Customer Service includes: Customer engagement center, CCI and CCAS, Workforce En

  35. Slide 35: Building upon a history of innovation

    Customer Service Building upon a history of innovation Field Service Management Quality All in one Management, Customer WFM, Agent Freddy AI Service Suite Performance Omnichannel Management & Support & Training Conversational Customer Success Industry Support Solutions Social Self Service Freddy wit

  36. Slide 36: Customer and industry analyst recognition

    Customer Service Customer and industry analyst recognition User Ratings User Reviews Industry Analyst Coverage “I am using Freshdesk in my organization to support more Covered in 2 distinct markets than 13,000 customers. The ticketing system records and solves all their inquiries, requests, and repo

  37. Slide 37: Ingram Micro scales to countries with Freshdesk

    Customer Service CASE STUDY Ingram Micro scales to 28 countries, delighting customers with Freshdesk Business Challenge The Solution Ingram Micro used multiple tools Freshdesk and Freshbots helped About Customer to provide customer support over Ingram Micro automate and Ingram Micro is a global dist

  38. Slide 38: Clopay selects Freshworks to modernize dealer support

    Customer Service CASE STUDY Clopay selects Freshworks to automate and modernize dealer support Business Challenge The Solution Clopay experienced increasing Freshdesk, Freshchat and Freshcaller About Customer multi-channel interactions with were purchased to create a unified Clopay is North America’

  39. Slide 39: Product Demo #2 – Customer Service

    [Product Demo #2 – Customer Service] © 2023 Freshworks Inc. All rights reserved. 44

  40. Slide 40: Sales and Marketing

    Sales and Marketing © 2023 Freshworks Inc. All rights reserved. 52

  41. Slide 41: Unified view of the customer journey

    Sales & Marketing Our Sales and Marketing solution offers a unified view of the customer journey Sales Force Marketing Configure, Price Ecommerce Automation Automation & Quote integrations Neo Platform Freddy AI © 2023 Freshworks Inc. All rights reserved. 53

  42. Slide 42: Sales and Marketing products complement customer service solutions

    S&M Solutions Sales & Marketing Sales and Marketing products complement our customer service solutions in a large TAM Growth Rate(2) 2022 TAM(1) ARR(2) Less than $32B $25M 10% Target Persona 2022-2026 Customers TAM CAGR (1) >$5K ARR(2) CRO 15% 1,114 CMO (1) Source: Gartner. Sales includes Sales Exec

  43. Slide 43: Unified CRM to accelerate growth

    Sales & Marketing Unified CRM to accelerate growth Conversational Commerce Highly Personalized Experiences Freddy AI Unified CRM On UCR Generative AI Enhancements Marketing Automation E-commerce Integrations Freshsales Suite Sales Automation 2023 FUTURE © 2023 Freshworks Inc. All rights reserved. 55

  44. Slide 44: Addison Lee hits the brakes on legacy CRM

    Sales & Marketing CASE STUDY ITSM Solutions Addison Lee hits the brakes on legacy CRM and selects Freshworks About Customer Business Challenge The Solution Addison Lee is an on-demand A disjointed set of customer Building upon their positive ride service based in the UK management and communication

  45. Slide 45: Product Demo #3 – Sales and Marketing

    [Product Demo #3 – Sales and Marketing] © 2023 Freshworks Inc. All rights reserved. 57

  46. Slide 46: Strategy for Durable Growth

    Strategy for Durable Growth © 2023 Freshworks Inc. All rights reserved. © 2023 Freshworks Inc. All rights reserved. 63

  47. Slide 47: Our growth drivers

    Our growth drivers 1 Unique GTM designed to efficiently serve the Fortune 5 Million 2 SMB opportunity remains large 3 Large customers are increasingly turning to Freshworks 4 Significant opportunity to expand with our existing customers 5 AI and Neo amplify our value proposition © 2023 Freshworks In

  48. Slide 48: Unique GTM designed to efficiently serve the Fortune 5 Million

    Unique GTM designed to efficiently 1 serve the Fortune 5 Million © 2023 Freshworks Inc. All rights reserved. 65

  49. Slide 49: Sales motions to drive a high velocity business

    We have 3 sales motions to drive a high velocity business Scaling Partner Growing Field Efficient Inbound Ecosystem Sales Motion Sales Motion Enable Partners to build a Online search, web traffic, Deeper coverage for our profitable business trials, paying customers largest customers 45% of new 30% o

  50. Slide 50: Efficient inbound sales motion serves businesses of all sizes

    Efficient inbound sales motion serves businesses of all sizes Thousands of monthly trials Majority sourced from non-paid channels Transparent Multiple acquisition Intuitive, DIY High velocity business Pricing sources Products 80% of SMB accounts close within 30 days(1) Low cost of sales Due to India

  51. Slide 51: Growing field sales motion provides local customer coverage

    Growing field sales motion provides local customer coverage Utrecht London Berlin Seattle, WA Denver, CO Paris San Mateo, CA Hyderabad Bengaluru Chennai NA EMEA APAC & ROW 44% of Revenue 39% of Revenue 17% of Revenue Singapore Q2-23 Q2-23 Q2-23 Average time to close Closed 17 $100K+ ~5 months, avera

  52. Slide 52: Our partner ecosystem supports moving upmarket

    Our partner ecosystem supports our strategy of moving upmarket ● Refreshed partner program this year ● Partners are now winning bigger deals with us: Robust Ecosystem In Q2-23, Partners In H1, partners partner sourced generate 25% closed 11 large 400+ new business of our new customers Partners grew

  53. Slide 53: Changes to GTM are driving business impact

    Changes to GTM are driving business impact Separation of new Focus on New business & expansion larger deals leadership Record field new Highest number of Senior leaders across business in H1-23 large deals signed in GTM and supporting Q2-23 in company functions are driving history growth © 2023 Fres

  54. Slide 54: SMB opportunity remains large

    SMB opportunity remains large 2 © 2023 Freshworks Inc. All rights reserved. 71

  55. Slide 55: Millions of SMBs need to adopt AI and automation to compete

    Millions of SMBs need to adopt AI and automation to compete > 1.2M SMBs $23B TAM > 332M SMBs with 10+ employees and growing fast (3) worldwide in 2021 (1) in the USA alone (2) (1) Source: Statista, Estimated number of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) worldwide from 2000 to 2021. (2) Source:

  56. Slide 56: Strong track record of solving the needs of SMBs

    Strong track record of solving the needs of SMBs SMB Customers using Freshworks CAGR SMB customers 2019 to Q2-23 >51,700 15% 51,700 Avg. deal size 50,200 44,900 $2K ARR 38,700 Avg. time to close 31,700 25 days Payback period ~10 months Served out of India 2019 2020 2021 2022 Q2-23 Note: Above data i

  57. Slide 57: PLG 2.0 project to supercharge our SMB business

    PLG 2.0 project to supercharge our SMB business Expanding content sources to acquire Product Discovery new leads; optimizing SEO strategy Experimenting with personalized sign up, revised tutorials, and proactive customer Sign-up and Adoption assistance to accelerate time to value Revamping post 30-d

  58. Slide 58: SMBs trust us to transform and compete in digital-first world

    SMBs trust us to transform and compete in digital-first world About the company About the company About the company Employee Retention Credit (ERC) Specialists Blue Raven Solar is one of the fastest J. W. Pepper & Son, Inc. is a privately are tax experts dedicated to maximizing credits growing resid

  59. Slide 59: Large companies are turning to Freshworks

    Large companies are turning 3 to Freshworks © 2023 Freshworks Inc. All rights reserved. 76

  60. Slide 60: Freshworks delivers against the pain points large companies face

    Freshworks delivers against the pain points large companies face Solutions that require High cost solutions Complex solutions Siloed apps with long implementation that require expensive that require specialized clunky integrations cycles that take consultants or significant skills and knowledge that

  61. Slide 61: Larger companies are adopting Freshworks

    Larger companies are adopting Freshworks Mid Market & Enterprise Customers using Freshworks We are winning more Mid Market and Enterprise customers than ever before ● 759 new customers landed in Q2-23, CAGR 13,800 30% YoY growth 2019 to Q2-23 16% ● 215 of G2000 have at least one deployment 11,118 8,

  62. Slide 62: Coherent leaves legacy system behind with Freshservice

    CASE STUDY Coherent leaves legacy system behind to increase work efficiency with Freshservice Business Challenge The Solution About Customer Coherent selected Freshservice for of Coherent is comprised of two distinct Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR) its ability to separate sector instances sectors: Comme

  63. Slide 63: Opportunity to expand our existing customers

    Opportunity to expand our existing 4 customers © 2023 Freshworks Inc. All rights reserved. 80

  64. Slide 64: Our largest customers already use multiple Freshworks offerings

    Our largest customers already use multiple Freshworks offerings Customer Customer Service IT & Employee Service Sales & Marketing 1. Financial Services✓ 2. IT Infrastructure & services ✓✓✓ 3. Telecommunications ✓✓ 4. IT Infrastructure & services ✓ 5. Financial Services ✓ 6. Retail✓ 7. Entertainment✓

  65. Slide 65: We have multiple expansion paths with our customers

    We have multiple expansion paths with our customers New Products 20% of new IT customers are Bots buying Freshservice for $100 for 1,000 Business Teams Freshbots agents along Agent Addition sessions with IT(1) 26% CAGR 2019 to Q2-23 Add-on SKUs Freddy AI Copilot $29 per Pricing & Plans agent ● Ratio

  66. Slide 66: iQor increases business efficiency with multiple Freshworks products

    CASE STUDY iQor increases business efficiency as it expands to multiple Freshworks products Business Challenge The Solution Manually managing email inboxes Freshservice integrated with About Customer for their internal support system existing systems and quickly iQor is a business process slowed dow

  67. Slide 67: AI and Neo amplify our value proposition

    AI and Neo amplify our value 5 proposition © 2023 Freshworks Inc. All rights reserved. 84

  68. Slide 68: Our Freddy AI resolves millions of inquiries

    Our Freddy AI resolves millions of inquiries >220M 1,000+ >20M Interactions assisted Customers assisted Times Gen AI was by Freddy Self Service (1) by Freddy Copilot (1) used to increase agent productivity (1) “We adopted Freshworks' Freddy omnibot platform for a highly automated and personalized cu

  69. Slide 69: AI is a tailwind for Freshworks

    AI is a tailwind for Freshworks Agent Software Customers see value from: Customer Savings ● Improved agent productivity Freshworks● Lower labor costs AI Software Software Costs● Better outcomes Agent Software We capture value from: Customer ● Per seat license upcharge Agent Costs (Freddy Copilot) ●

  70. Slide 70: Neo Platform is a force multiplier

    Neo Platform is a force multiplier Neo Platform 1 2 3 Marketplace Apps AI services power Shared platform for interoperability Freddy Insights services enable and extensibility across products faster innovation © 2023 Freshworks Inc. All rights reserved. 87

  71. Slide 71: Our growth drivers

    Our growth drivers 1 Unique GTM designed to efficiently serve the Fortune 5 Million 2 SMB opportunity remains large 3 Large customers are increasingly turning to Freshworks 4 Significant opportunity to expand with our existing customers 5 AI and Neo amplify our value proposition © 2023 Freshworks In

  72. Slide 72: Customer Spotlight

    © 2023 Freshworks Inc. All rights reserved. Customer Spotlight Prakash Ramamurthy Paddy Rathinam Chief Product Officer Chief Revenue Officer © 2023 Freshworks Inc. All rights reserved. 89

  73. Slide 73: Our speaker: Jacen Cadabing

    Our speaker Jacen Cadabing Customer Experience © 2023 Freshworks Inc. All rights reserved. 90

  74. Slide 74: Our speaker: David Harrington

    Our speaker David Harrington IT and Asset Management © 2023 Freshworks Inc. All rights reserved. 91

  75. Slide 75: Our speaker: Pradeep Singh

    Our speaker Pradeep Singh Infrastructure and Operations © 2023 Freshworks Inc. All rights reserved. 92

  76. Slide 76: Financial Overview

    Financial Overview Tyler Sloat Chief Financial Officer © 2023 Freshworks Inc. All rights reserved. 93

  77. Slide 77: Business model highlights

    Business model highlights Maturing Financial Delivering Durable Creating Operating Revenue Growth Leverage Model ● 2 products at scale● Prioritizing investment to drive● Creating a path to more than $1B in revenue top line growth ● Serving SMB to lower enterprise, globally● Maintaining strong gross

  78. Slide 78: Delivering strong and durable revenue growth

    Delivering strong and durable revenue growth ($ in millions) $600 CAGR $591 2019-2023 36% $498 $400 $371 $200 $250 $172 $0 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023E Note: 2023 figures are based on the midpoint of Freshworks full year 2023 financial estimates. © 2023 Freshworks Inc. All rights reserved. 95

  79. Slide 79: Growth driven by products at scale with growing ARPA

    Growth driven by 2 products at scale with growing average revenue per account (ARPA) ARPA Drivers CAGR 2019 to Q2-23 $17.5K ● With smaller initial 19% CAGR deal sizes for CS, ARPA CAGR 2019 to Q2-23 2019 to Q2-23 growth primarily 16% driven by expansion 10% $9.5K ● IT ARPA growth $9.0K primarily dri

  80. Slide 80: Larger customers are becoming a bigger part of our business

    Larger customers are becoming a bigger part of our business $5K+ ARR Customers $50K+ ARR Customers $100K+ ARR Customers 19,105 CAGR CAGR CAGR 17,722 2,186 2019 to Q2-23 2019 to Q2-23 2019 to Q2-23 855 26% 50% 56% 1,908 14,814 737 11,570 1,416 535 8,588 881 321 534 180 2019 2020 2021 2022 Q2-23 2019

  81. Slide 81: Growth from new lands and expansion for larger customer cohorts

    Growth is coming from new lands for $5K+ ARR customers and expansion for larger customer cohorts $5K+ ARR $50K+ ARR $100K+ ARR Customers Customers Customers 12% Net Expansion 64% 78% New Business 88% 36% 22% Contribution of net customer adds over TTM average © 2023 Freshworks Inc. All rights reserve

  82. Slide 82: Billing mix evolving to longer duration

    As we serve larger customers, our billing mix is evolving to longer duration % of ARR Customer Segment % of ARR by Billing Frequency 10% 14% Other 19% Mid Market & 59% 56% Monthly Enterprise 32% 32% 71% Annual 54% SMB 44% 41% 2019 Q2-23 2019 Q2-23 © 2023 Freshworks Inc. All rights reserved. 99

  83. Slide 83: Our annual cohorts have delivered consistent expansion

    Our annual cohorts have delivered consistent expansion 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 The chart illustrates the total ARR of each cohort as of December 31, 2022 over the periods presented, net of contraction and churn. Ea

  84. Slide 84: Net dollar retention continues to drive growth

    Net dollar retention continues to drive growth with meaningful upside to improve expansion Net Expansion Levers ● Purposeful cross-sell motion: 115% multi-product adoption of 25% 114% ● Drive edition upgrades: opportunity to 111% upgrade across 250K+ agents in lower plans 108% 108% 107% ● Pricing fo

  85. Slide 85: We are driving overall operating efficiency

    We are driving overall operating efficiency Non-GAAP 80% 81% 82% 82% 84% Gross Margin Non-GAAP (15%) (3%) (5%) (4%) 6% Operating Margin FCF Margin (13%) 9% 1% (3%) 10% 20% 19% 18% 18% 16% 22% COR 21% 20% 20% 17% R&D S&M 64% 53% 54% 56% 50% G&A 9% 12% 11% 11% 8% 2019 2020 2021 2022 H1-23 Non-GAAP Exp

  86. Slide 86: Our India operations provide a strategic advantage

    Our India operations provide a strategic advantage ● 4,200 employees in India, or 85% of total employees, spanning each function of R&D, S&M and G&A ● GTM responsibilities for SMB, inbound and customer support ● Nearly all of product development and engineering with 1,600 employees ● Lower cost infr

  87. Slide 87: Our financial model creates operational agility

    Our financial model creates operational agility Growth Drivers Margin Levers ● Recurring revenue provides● Disciplined approach stability and predictability to hiring ● Shorter lead time for● GTM investments driven by inbound provides ability efficiency of spend to manage spend ● Prudent discretiona

  88. Slide 88: 2023 Financial estimates

    2023 Financial estimates ($ in millions except for per share data) Q3-23 Est. FY 2023 Est. Revenue(1) $149.0 - $151.5 $587.0 - $595.0 Year-over-year growth 16% - 18% 18% - 19% Adjusting for constant currency(2) 15% - 16% 18% - 20% Non-GAAP income from operations (1) $6.0 - $9.0 $24.0 - $32.0 Non-GAA

  89. Slide 89: Planning to grow to the Rule of 40 and beyond

    Planning to grow to the Rule of 40 and beyond Rule of 40 20% Revenue Growth 19% 20% FCF Margin 10% 2023E 2025 Long Term Note: Rule of 40 is calculated as the sum of revenue growth and free cash flow margin. 2023 figures are based on the midpoint of Freshworks full year 2023 financial estimates. See

  90. Slide 90: More than $1 billion revenue for 2026 in our baseline plan

    More than $1 billion revenue for 2026 in our baseline plan ARPA continues Larger customers 20% CAGR to increase driving growth % of ARR TODAY 2026 TODAY 2026 TODAY 2026 >$5K ARR: 19.1K >$5K ARR: 30K+ ARPA: ARPA: CS: 51% CS: 35% $9K $14K >$50K ARR: 2.2K >$50K ARR: 5K+ IT: 44% IT: 60% S&M: ~5% S&M: 5%

  91. Slide 91: Multiple sources of upside to the baseline plan

    We have multiple sources of upside to the baseline plan Broader macroeconomic stability Product changes in S&M driving traction & growth AI & bot monetization driving expansion Higher cross persona penetration driving expansion Pricing & packaging adjustments PLG 2.0 driving resulting in greater fas

  92. Slide 92: We are reducing SBC % and managing dilution

    We are reducing SBC % and managing dilution 47% 42% Post-IPO 38% PRSUs Pre-IPO SBC as % 18-20% of Revenue 2021 2022 2023 2026 Dilution 12% 5% ~3% <3% Notes: Dilution is calculated as [shares granted - shares forfeited] / weighted average shares outstanding. © 2023 Freshworks Inc. All rights reserved

  93. Slide 93: 2026 Model leads to FCF margin of 20%+

    2026 Model leads to FCF margin of 20%+ 2023 2026 19% Revenue Growth 20-22% Non-GAAP Gross Margin 83% 83% R&D 18% 17% As a % of Revenue S&M 49% 37-39% As a % of Revenue G&A 11% 9% As a % of Revenue Operating Margin 5% 18-20% Free Cash Flow Margin 10% 20-22% GAAP Operating Margin (33%) 0% Notes: 2023

  94. Slide 94: Summary of financial strategy

    Summary Summary of financial strategy Durable revenue growth Investments driving 20% revenue building toward a multi-billion growth, with potential upside dollar business Financial model combines growth Improving operating efficiency with operating agility to deliver and FCF generation to achieve sh

  95. Slide 95: Our path to multi billion dollar scale

    Our path to multi billion dollar scale We are competing in three massive TAMs We have business momentum moving upmarket and serving larger customers Our customers are adopting multiple products as cross sell remains a large opportunity AI & automation is a tailwind to our business creating increment

  96. Slide 96: Q&A

    Q&A © 2023 Freshworks Inc. All rights reserved. 113

  97. Slide 97: Appendix

    Appendix © 2023 Freshworks Inc. All rights reserved. 114

  98. Slide 98: Definitions

    Definitions Customer: a unique domain or unique email address with at least one more more paid subscriptions to one or more of our products ARPA: annual revenue per account ARR: annual recurring revenue CAGR: compounding annual growth rate TTM: trailing twelve months SMB: companies with 250 or fewer

  99. Slide 99: Use of Non-GAAP Measures

    Use of Non-GAAP Measures In addition to the U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) financials, this presentation includes certain non- GAAP financial measures, including non-GAAP income (loss) from operations, non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP cost of revenue, non-GAAP operating expens

  100. Slide 100: GAAP to non-GAAP Reconciliations: Revenue

    GAAP to non-GAAP Reconciliations Revenue ($ in millions) Q2-22 Q3-22 Q4-22 Q1-23 Q2-23 GAAP Revenue $121.4 $128.8 $133.2 $137.7 $145.1 YoY Growth rates 37% 33% 26% 20% 19% Add: Effects of foreign currency rate fluctuations $2.6 $3.4 $3.9 $3.5 $1.2 (1) Revenue adjusted for constant currency $124.0 $1

  101. Slide 101: GAAP to non-GAAP Reconciliations: Cost of revenue

    GAAP to non-GAAP Reconciliations Cost of revenue ($ in millions) 2019 2020 2021 2022 H1-23 GAAP cost of revenue $36.5 $52.5 $78.0 $95.8 $50.1 Less: stock-based compensation expense - employee awards – – (5.6) (7.0) (3.4) Less: employer taxes and employee stock transactions – – (0.3) – (0.1) Less: am

  102. Slide 102: GAAP to non-GAAP Reconciliations: Gross profit

    GAAP to non-GAAP Reconciliations Gross profit ($ in millions) 2019 2020 2021 2022 H1-23 GAAP gross profit $135.9 $197.2 $293.0 $402.2 $232.7 Add: stock-based compensation expense - employee awards – – 5.6 7.0 3.4 Add: employer taxes and employee stock transactions – – 0.3 – 0.1 Add: amortization of

  103. Slide 103: GAAP to non-GAAP Reconciliations: Operating expenses

    GAAP to non-GAAP Reconciliations Operating expenses ($ in millions) 2019 2020 2021 2022 H1-23 GAAP sales and marketing $111.1 $133.3 $260.3 $343.2 $174.8 Less: stock-based compensation expense - employee awards (0.1) – (53.2) (64.3) (33.0) Less: employer taxes and employee stock transactions – – (4.

  104. Slide 104: GAAP to non-GAAP Reconciliations: Operating expenses

    GAAP to non-GAAP Reconciliations Operating expenses ($ in millions) 2019 2020 2021 2022 H1-23 GAAP research and development $38.6 $69.2 $120.4 $135.5 $67.0 Less: stock-based compensation expense - employee awards (0.2) (15.9) (45.2) (36.4) (19.0) Less: employer taxes and employee stock transactions

  105. Slide 105: GAAP to non-GAAP Reconciliations: Income (loss) from operations

    GAAP to non-GAAP Reconciliations Income (loss) from operations ($ in millions) 2019 2020 2021 2022 H1-23 GAAP income (loss) from operations ($29.7) ($56.1) ($204.8) ($233.4) ($91.4) Add: stock-based compensation expense - employee awards 0.3 43.3 173.4 207.7 104.9 Add: employer taxes and employee st

  106. Slide 106: GAAP to non-GAAP Reconciliations: Free cash flow

    GAAP to non-GAAP Reconciliations Free cash flow ($ in millions) Q1-22 Q2-22 Q3-22 Q4-22 Q1-23 Q2-23 Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities $1.4 ($6.8) ($4.2) $7.2 $11.5 $19.9 Less: purchases of property and equipment ($1.4) ($2.0) ($1.9) ($1.8) ($0.4) ($0.3) Less: capitalized internal-u

  107. Slide 107: GAAP to non-GAAP Reconciliations: Free cash flow

    GAAP to non-GAAP Reconciliations Free cash flow ($ in millions) 2019 2020 2021 2022 H1-23 Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities ($8.2) $32.5 $11.5 ($2.5) $31.4 Less: purchases of property and equipment ($11.5) ($4.4) ($5.6) ($7.1) ($0.7) Less: capitalized internal-use software ($3.3) (

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