# Prabhu Ramachandran

> Prabhu Ramachandran is the co-founder and CEO of Facilio, a property operations software company founded in 2017 with Rajavel Subramanian, Krishnamoorthi Rangasamy and Yogendra Babu. He spent about 17 years at Zoho, including leading WebNMS, before applying his telecom and IoT experience to connecting building systems and facilities workflows. Facilio announced a $35 million Series B in February 2022; his 2026 interviews focus on AI agents that reduce manual coordination in facilities operations.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Facilio
- **Organizations:** Facilio, Zoho Corporation, WebNMS
- **Education:** Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communications, University of Madras
- **Known for:** Co-founded Facilio in 2017 after about 17 years at Zoho., Led Facilio through a $35 million Series B announced on February 22, 2022., Built customer relationships including Brookfield, British Land, Investa and Dubai World Trade Centre.

## Career timeline

- **2000** — Joined Zoho; later led its WebNMS business.
- **2004** — Business Standard reports that he began heading the WebNMS team.
- **2010** — Led development of IoT capabilities for the platform at Zoho.
- **2017** — Co-founded Facilio with Rajavel Subramanian, Krishnamoorthi Rangasamy and Yogendra Babu.
- **2018** — Facilio raised a $6.4 million Series A backed by Tiger Global and Accel.
- **2020** — ICD Brookfield Place in Dubai launched with Facilio as its connected operations platform.
- **2022** — Facilio announced a $35 million Series B led by Dragoneer, with Brookfield Growth, Accel and Tiger Global participating.
- **2024** — Discussed international enterprise sales and paid pilots on SaaS Scaling Secrets.
- **2026** — Discussed autonomous AI agents for facilities operations and shared international expansion lessons with Real Estate:UK.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Facilio in 2017 after about 17 years at Zoho.
- Led Facilio through a $35 million Series B announced on February 22, 2022.
- Built customer relationships including Brookfield, British Land, Investa and Dubai World Trade Centre.
- Facilio and Equiem received the UK PropTech Awards Best Use of Data award, discussed in January 2024.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Public LinkedIn activity described Facilio’s August 13–14 Vibeathon: 93 participants across 31 teams building working apps in two days.
- **2026-07** — Real Estate:UK published PropTech Without Borders, featuring his lessons on international expansion and earning local customer trust.
- **2026-04** — An IT Tech Pulse interview focused on autonomous AI agents and the coordination burden in facilities operations.
- **2026-01** — In a Pulse 2.0 interview he discussed Facilio’s connected operations platform, global customers and AI workflow priorities.

## Links

- Website: https://facilio.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rprabhu78/

---

Profile page: https://yespress.io/prabhu-ramachandran
Published by YesPress — https://yespress.io
Last updated: 2026-10-26