BrowserStack

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BrowserStack
Company type Private
Industry Enterprise software, Software testing
Founded2011
FounderRitesh Arora, Nakul Aggarwal
Headquarters
Mumbai
,
India
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Ritesh Arora
(Co-founder & CEO)
Nakul Aggarwal
(Co-founder & CTO)
Number of employees
1000+ (2024) [1]
Website browserstack.com

BrowserStack is a cloud-based software testing platform founded in 2011. It provides tools for testing websites and mobile applications across multiple devices, browsers, and operating systems. [2] [3] The company is headquartered in Mumbai, with additional offices in San Francisco, New York, and Ireland. [4]

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History

BrowserStack was co-founded in 2011 by Ritesh Arora and Nakul Aggarwal, alumni of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. The concept for the company developed while the founders were working on a consulting project called Downcase. During this time, they began working on a tool to simplify software testing. A beta version of BrowserStack was released after four months of development and attracted approximately 10,000 users. A commercial version followed, and the company became profitable within six months of launch. [5] The platform was originally started as a service to let developers test their websites on Internet Explorer. [6] In October 2015, BrowserStack was recognised as a Bootstrap Champ in The Economic Times Startup Awards. [7]

In January 2018, BrowserStack raised $50 million in Series A funding from Accel. In July 2020, it acquired Percy, a San Francisco-based visual testing platform. A $200 million Series B funding round in June 2021, led by BOND with participation from Insight Partners and Accel, valued the company at $4 billion. [8] That year, it was described as one of several Indian SaaS companies to achieve unicorn status. [9] The company adopted a remote-first work model in 2021. [5]

In December 2021, BrowserStack acquired Nightwatch.js, an open-source test automation framework. [10] In August 2024, the company acquired Bird Eats Bug, [11] a bug reporting and debugging platform, for $20 million. [12] In May 2025, it acquired Requestly, an HTTP interception and mocking tool backed by Y Combinator, [13] for an undisclosed amount. [14] In June 2025, BrowserStack announced the addition of AI-based tools to its software testing platform. [15]

As of 2025, BrowserStack is reported to support over three million tests daily for over seven million developers and testers and 50,000 teams, including clients such as Amazon, Microsoft, and NVIDIA. [2]

Products

BrowserStack's products include Live, App Live, [16] Automate, App Automate and Percy.

Browserstack integrates with other software testing products such as Selenium IDE, Testim, Katalon and playwright [17] [18] used in 135 countries [9] and operates 21 global data centers. [2]

Recognition

In 2015, BrowserStack received the "Bootstrap Champ" award at the Economic Times Startup Awards. [7] In 2021, the company’s co-founders Nakul Aggarwal and Ritesh Arora were listed in the Hurun India Rich List among self-made entrepreneurs in India under 40. [19] [20] In 2023, Aggarwal was included in the Economic Times 40 Under Forty list. [21] BrowserStack was named to the Forbes Cloud 100 in 2024 [22] and received a Forbes India Leadership Award in the "Outstanding Startup" category in 2025. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "BrowserStack - Company Overview & News". Forbes.
  2. 1 2 3 Rag, Ajay (2025-06-30). "BrowserStack launches AI agent suite to automate, simplify software testing". The Economic Times. ISSN   0013-0389.
  3. ↑ "Automating the workplace". CIO. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
  4. 1 2 Arakali, Harichandan (March 7, 2025). "Forbes India Outstanding Startup BrowserStack Is Building A Global Software Leader From India". Forbes India.
  5. 1 2 Arakali, Harichandan (March 28, 2018). "Meet The Duo That's Making Software Testing A Child's Play". Forbes India.
  6. ↑ "ET Startup Awards 2015: No venture funding yet, but BrowserStack has cracked the code to profitability". Economic Times. Archived from the original on September 4, 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  7. 1 2 "Economic Times Startup Awards 2015". Economic Times. Economic Times. 14 October 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  8. ↑ Rakheja, Harshit (2020-07-10). "Mumbai-Based SaaS Company BrowserStack Acquires American Visual Testing Platform Percy". Inc42 Media.
  9. 1 2 Singh, Manish (2021-06-16). "BrowserStack valued at $4 billion in $200 million BOND-led funding". TechCrunch.
  10. ↑ Rudra, Tapanjana (2023-01-28). "BrowserStack's Profit Jumps 57% YoY To INR 75.3 Cr In FY22; Operating Revenue Up 59%". Inc42 Media.
  11. ↑ "SaaS firm Browserstack acquires Europe-based bug detection platform Bird Eats Bug, commits investment of $20 mn". Moneycontrol. Archived from the original on 2025-01-29.
  12. ↑ L, Krithika K. (2024-08-27). "SaaS Unicorn BrowserStack Acquires Germany-Based Bird Eats Bug For $20 Mn". Inc42 Media. Retrieved 2025-05-07.
  13. ↑ "BrowserStack acquires Y Combinator-backed Requestly to strengthen developer tools stack". The Economic Times. 2025-05-06. ISSN   0013-0389.
  14. ↑ "BrowserStack acquires Y Combinator-backed Requestly to strengthen developer tools stack". The Economic Times. 2025-05-06. ISSN   0013-0389 . Retrieved 2025-05-07.
  15. ↑ "BrowserStack introduces AI-powered platform to streamline software testing". The Economic Times. 2025-02-26. ISSN   0013-0389.
  16. ↑ Mike Williams (2021-05-25). "BrowserStack App Live review". TechRadar. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
  17. ↑ "Integrations". BrowserStack. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  18. ↑ "IIT Bombay receives ₹100 cr donation towards hostel infrastructure". HindustanTimes. Apr 30, 2025.
  19. ↑ "Hurun Rich List 2021: Meet India's wealthiest self-made entrepreneurs under 40". Livemint. 13 October 2021.
  20. ↑ "Hurun Rich List 2021: India's top five wealthiest self-made entrepreneurs under 40 - Divyank Turakhia". The Economic Times.
  21. ↑ "ET 40 Under Forty: India's brightest young business leaders". The Economic Times. 2023-06-27. ISSN   0013-0389.
  22. ↑ Konrad, Alex; Cai, Kenrick (August 6, 2024). "Forbes Cloud 100 2024 List - Best Cloud Computing Companies Ranked". Forbes.
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