A bounty of learnings emerged over the course of curated roundtables, a cricket match, some hiking, delicious food, and heart-to-heart chats with founders. These are my collected thoughts from the SaaSBoomi Caravan that rolled into the Valley. As my flight touched down in the US on September 14, I was excited. My last trip to […]

When I was making plans to fly to the US, I was enthused but a little tentative. Do they even need SaaSBoomi there? There exists SaaStr, which is extremely popular and has a large cohort of founders from across the world. But as I’ve learnt over the years, effort is never in vain. Worst case […]

This is the second season the awards and aims to encourage the best talent in the industry The winners include BrowserStack, Rattle, CleverTap, FarEye, PriceLabs and Hevo Data Indian enterprisetech startups raised more than $3.2 Bn in investments last year. Apart from that, India boasts of 16 unicorns in the enterprisetech space. The Indian Software-as-a-Service […]

When we launched the inaugural SaaSBoomi awards in 2020, the world was just about waking up to the horrors of the pandemic. The intent of instituting a new award during this grim time was rooted in the hope that it would serve as a rallying point for inspiring all other SaaS startups in India.  As […]

After a long lull due to the pandemic, we at SaaSBoomi hosted an in-person meeting in Bangalore on February 24, 2022. I was just four days old at SaaSBoomi Foundation, and I wondered how many people would get the opportunity to help host such a big event in their very first week of work. The […]

It is amazing how much of a difference one year can make. Last year, when we launched the inaugural version of SaaSBoomi Awards 2020, the dark cloud of Covid-19 hung over the world like a shroud. Even in this grim environment, we pushed ahead with the awards with the hope that it would serve as […]

This article was first posted on YourStory. Over the last few years, the SaaS industry in India has grown by leaps and bounds. Though the industry started small, today, this segment boasts of a combined annual recurring revenue of $2 billion, consisting of more than 10,000 companies. The coming together of engineering and product talent, venture capital, […]

It all started in 2005. More than 15 years ago. In a boardroom with around 20–25 founders, we were discussing the vision of what India’s software industry could become. Suddenly, an elderly gentleman stood up and started questioning me and others at the table. His argument was simple: How do you want India to be […]

We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope. – Martin Luther King Jr. Startup founders are a curious breed. Even in the face of overwhelming odds, they can’t help but stay optimistic and ambitious—they are genetically programmed to suspend disbelief and see opportunity and a path to victory. At a time […]