BrowserStack

BrowserStack
Company typePrivate
IndustryEnterprise 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]
Websitebrowserstack.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]

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. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b Arakali, Harichandan (March 7, 2025). "Forbes India Outstanding Startup BrowserStack Is Building A Global Software Leader From India". Forbes India.
  5. ^ a b 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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b 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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