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SAASBOOMi AWARDS

Annual awards to celebrate exemplary SaaS startups of India

Registrations for SaaSBOOMi Awards 2022 are now over.

About SaaSBOOMi Awards 2022

Our startup ecosystem is thriving with people building businesses and adding value to the lives of others. We know this isn’t easy and that’s why we introduced SaaSBOOMi Awards to honor SaaS companies that are doing extraordinarily well in their spaces. This is the third edition of SaaSBOOMi Awards for startups that exemplify authenticity and integrity in seven categories.

Other Nominees

Nominations for SaaS Startup of the year
Nominations for Breakout SaaS Startup of the year
Nominations for Emerging SaaS Startup of the year
Nominations for Bootstrapped SaaS Startup of the year
Nominations for Infra Tools SaaS Startup of the year
Nominations for Vertical SaaS Startup of the year

Introducing Winners

SaaS Startup of the year

Breakout SaaS Startup of the year

Bootstrapped SaaS Startup of the year

Infra Tool SaaS Startup of the year

Emerging SaaS Startup of the year

Vertical SaaS Startup of the year

Who Can Apply?

SaaS companies that have products generating recurring revenue (whether monthly, quarterly or annual)
Indian SaaS Companies - founded by Indian founders with a significant presence in India
They should have been in existence for over 12 months

Award Categories

Wunderkind SaaS Startup of the year

For startups by young founders (below 25 years of age) that have achieved preternatural success.

Developer, Tools and Infra SaaS Startup

For startups that are building tools for developers, DevOps, DataOps, Security Ops or those used by applications or infrastructure teams, and have received critical acclaim for the same.

Emerging SaaS startup of the year

For startups below $1M in revenue that have achieved phenomenal traction in their journeys from the start.

Vertical SaaS startup of the year

For startups that play in a vertical domain and have achieved phenomenal traction within that domain, be it in terms of revenue or customers.

Bootstrapped SaaS Startup of the year

For startups that have scaled without raising any institutional money (over $100K) and only rely on revenue to fund and grow their operations.

Breakout SaaS startup of the year

For startups that have achieved phenomenal traction or recognition in the recent past, whether through a pivot, paradigm shift, focussed execution or through acceleration of funding.

SaaS Startup of the year

For the best SaaS startup of India, which has achieved great heights at a global level and serves as a lighthouse for all other SaaS entrepreneurs in India. The jury will select this from among all the SaaS startups in India.

How it works

1

Applications & Nominations

Startups can apply for themselves or nominate others. Each startup can enter a maximum of 2 categories. Last date to apply or nominate is

January 15, 2023
2

Shortlisting of Startups

The jury will shortlist startups for each category through a transparent process by

February 5, 2023
3

Shortlisting of Finalists

The jury will shortlist five finalists for each category through a transparent process by

February 15, 2023
4

Selection of Winners

The jury will deliberate on the finalists and select the winner for each category through a voting mechanism by

March 2, 2023
5

Announcement of Winners

The names of winners will be announced and trophies will be presented at an Awards ceremony in Chennai on

March 18, 2023

Applications for SaaSBOOMi Awards 2022 are now open

Meet our Jury Members

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    Aneesh Reddy

    Co-Founder & CEO, Capillary Technologies
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    Ashwini Asokan

    Founder & CEO, MadStreetDen
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    Girish Mathrubootham

    Founder & CEO, Freshworks
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    Krish Subramanian

    Co-Founder & CEO, Chargebee
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    Manav Garg

    Founder & CEO, Eka Software
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    Suresh Sambandam

    CEO, Kissflow

Organising Team

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    Avinash Raghava

    Founding Volunteer & CEO, SaaSBOOMi
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    Pallav Nadhani

    Co-Founder & CEO, Ex-FusionCharts
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    Pragna Chandra

    Operations Fellow and Consultant, SaaSBOOMi
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    Shweta Mishra

    Independent consultant, i Tech creations
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    Sumanth Raghavendra

    Co-Founder & CEO, Presentations.ai
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    Vinod Muthukrishnan

    EVP, Uniphore

Past Winners

Awards 2021
Awards 2020

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