We have never sought external funding: Zoho Founder

US and Chennai-based SaaS startup Zoho Corporation's Founder Sridhar Vembu said that the firm has "never sought external funding". "We prefer to stay the way we are. Customers have come to appreciate a company like us... private and not subject to quarterly shareholder pressure," Vembu said. Zoho has invested in machine-vision startup Zentron Labs and cybersecurity solutions startup Zenedge.