# Srikrishnan Ganesan

> Srikrishnan Ganesan is the co-founder and CEO of Rocketlane, a software company focused on customer onboarding and professional services delivery. He previously co-founded Konotor, acquired by Freshworks in 2015, and helped build Freshchat before starting Rocketlane in 2020 with Vignesh Girishankar and Deepak Bala.

- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO at Rocketlane
- **Organizations:** Rocketlane, Konotor, Freshworks, Verizon, Rediff.com, Jigsee
- **Education:** Computer Science and Engineering, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, MBA, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
- **Known for:** Co-founded Konotor and participated in its acquisition by Freshworks in 2015., Helped build Freshchat within Freshworks., Co-founded Rocketlane and led its expansion from customer onboarding into professional services automation.

## Career timeline

- **2007-2010** — Product Manager at Verizon.
- **2010-2011** — Senior Product Manager at Rediff.com.
- **2011-2012** — Product Head at Jigsee.
- **2012** — Co-founded Konotor.
- **2015** — Konotor acquired by Freshdesk, now Freshworks.
- **2015-2019** — Worked at Freshworks, helping build Freshchat.
- **2020** — Co-founded Rocketlane with Vignesh Girishankar and Deepak Bala.
- **2021** — Rocketlane publicly launched in June.
- **2022** — Rocketlane announced an $18 million Series A.
- **2024** — Rocketlane announced a $24 million Series B.
- **2026** — Rocketlane announced a $60 million Series C led by Insight Partners and later an Atlassian Ventures investment.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Konotor and participated in its acquisition by Freshworks in 2015.
- Helped build Freshchat within Freshworks.
- Co-founded Rocketlane and led its expansion from customer onboarding into professional services automation.

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Rocketlane announced a $60 million Series C led by Insight Partners, taking total disclosed funding to $105 million, and introduced Nitro.
- **2026-07** — Rocketlane announced a strategic investment from Atlassian Ventures.
- **2026-08** — Discussed forward deployed engineers and human accountability for AI outcomes in an FDE Hub interview.
- **2026-09** — Published the LinkedIn article Staffing for the Outcome Era: How to hire an FDE on September 11.

## Links

- Website: https://www.rocketlane.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/srikrishnang/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/srikrishnang

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Last updated: 2026-10-15