Investors Backing SaaS Startups
48 investors on our list name SaaS among the sectors they back, 11% of the 447 we list. They are 47 VC firms, 6 micro VCs and 5 angel networks; 40 are based in India. Open a profile to see the stages the investor covers and how it works with founders.
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Techstars
New York, United States
Techstars is a New York-based pre-seed investor that runs mentorship-led accelerators in the US, UK, Netherlands and...
Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Chicago, Illinois, United States
The University of Chicago's entrepreneurship hub. Its accelerators, incubator and pre-seed fund are mostly for UChica...
Forum Ventures
New York, United States
Pre-seed venture firm for B2B software founders: a 16-week accelerator that invests for equity, a pre-seed fund, an A...
100X.VC
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Early-stage Indian VC investing through India SAFE (iSAFE) notes. Its website lists no application form, so see here...
Chiratae Ventures
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
A venture capital firm in Bengaluru, formerly IDG Ventures, that backs technology startups. Its Chiratae Sonic DeepTe...
Antler India
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Day-zero venture investor in Bengaluru, the India arm of the global firm Antler — it runs an AI residency for foundin...
888VC
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Bengaluru venture firm that runs the GRO8 accelerator, a 12-week programme for early startups with global plans, and...
Campus Fund
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
A Bengaluru venture fund that backs only student founders - current students, and graduates or dropouts of the last t...
Silverneedle Ventures
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Hyderabad venture firm at T-Hub investing at Seed and Series A in Deeptech, SaaS and AI; reach it by email at its own...
a16z
Menlo Park, California, United States
Venture capital firm founded in 2009 that also runs speedrun, a twelve-week in-person accelerator in San Francisco op...
EWOR
Berlin, Germany
Berlin-based founder fellowship that invests in a small number of startups worldwide, with one track for founders who...
O'Shaughnessy Ventures (OSV)
United States
O'Shaughnessy Ventures is a family office investment and holding company that funds individuals worldwide through a o...
AI House
Seattle, Washington, United States
AI House, formerly AI2 Incubator, is an independent Seattle incubator and pre-seed investor for applied-AI founders....
500 Global
Palo Alto, California, United States
500 Global (formerly 500 Startups) is a venture firm that also runs accelerators. Its flagship four-month programme i...
Peak XV Partners
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Venture capital firm, formerly Sequoia Capital India, backing founders from seed to growth — its Surge seed platform...
Capgemini
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Global group whose corporate venture arm makes minority investments in B2B startups, plus a past CSR-focused innovati...
IDBI Capital
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
IDBI Bank's investment-banking and securities subsidiary in Mumbai. For startups it manages SEBI-registered funds for...
Titan Capital
Gurugram, Haryana, India
Early-stage venture capital firm in Gurugram, backing pre-seed and seed founders since 2011, with an always-open pitc...
TiE Pune
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Pune chapter of TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs): an equity-free accelerator called Nurture, an angel group, a women's p...
NextUnicorn.Fund
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
A VC fund running a twice-yearly equity accelerator, a pre-incubation track, a standalone mentorship programme, and a...
100Unicorns
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Mumbai accelerator and venture capital fund, formerly 9Unicorns, backing startups from idea to seed stage, with appli...
Olive Venture Partners
New Delhi, Delhi, India
Investment platform backing Seed to Series A companies in life sciences and TechBio (mainly Europe) and next-gen tech...
Chandigarh Angels Network
Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India
Angel investor network in Chandigarh that backs early-stage startups. Founders apply online and pitch at a monthly in...
IndiaQuotient
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Bengaluru venture firm investing at pre-seed and seed stage in SaaS, B2B marketplaces, brands, social, fintech and co...
growX ventures
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
A venture fund that invests in B2B and deep-tech startups from pre-product to early-growth, with a Pitch to us form a...
Pune Angels Network
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Pune angel investor network in Baner that runs monthly startup Pitch Days and paid mentoring programmes for early-sta...
TiE Chandigarh
Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India
TiE Chandigarh is the Chandigarh chapter of the TiE entrepreneur network, based at ISB Mohali. Its angel group, TCHAI...
3one4 Capital
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
An early-stage Indian venture capital fund that backs SaaS, consumer internet, fintech and digital health companies....
Z47
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Venture firm that backs India-focused founders from seed to Series B, with offices in Bengaluru, Gurugram, Mumbai and...
Ventureast
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
One of India's longest-standing venture capital fund managers, investing in early-stage tech since 1997 across deepte...
First Cheque
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
A Mumbai pre-seed and seed investor writing first cheques into teams at the paper-plan, pre-product and MVP stage acr...
Colossa Ventures LLP
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Mumbai-based venture capital manager backing early-stage startups founded or co-founded by women, through its Colossa...
PeerCapital
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Bengaluru early-stage venture fund backing Seed to Series A startups in digital consumption and Applied AI; publishes...
4U Venture Partners
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
A Mumbai pre-seed and seed venture fund, run by Four U Venture Partners LLP, backing India-first founders in AI, SaaS...
CDM Capital
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
A Mumbai operator-led seed to Series A fund backing India-based founders in fintech, AI-native enterprise and the rea...
Elev8 Venture Partners
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
A Bengaluru growth-stage venture capital firm (Elev8-Capital AIF, SEBI Category II) backing consumer internet, SaaS,...
Sorin Investments
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Early-stage venture capital firm with offices in Mumbai and Bengaluru, backing founders in fintech, health tech, D2C,...
Blume Ventures
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Mumbai-based early-stage venture firm backing Indian founders from pre-seed to pre-Series A across consumer, SaaS, fi...
Leo Capital
New Delhi, Delhi, India
A cross-continental early-stage fund backing pre-seed and seed founders in AI, fintech, SaaS and healthtech, with an...
Cornerstone Ventures
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
A Mumbai venture capital fund backing enterprise tech and SaaS companies with proven customers. No pitch form is stat...
Whiteboard Capital
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
A Mumbai early-stage venture fund backing ideation, pre-seed and seed founders, sector agnostic, with a pitch form on...
Norwest
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Global multi-stage VC and growth equity firm with an India team in Mumbai, investing in early- to mid-stage and growt...
ValleyNXT Ventures
Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
Indore-based venture fund and accelerator, SEBI-registered as a Category I AIF, backing pre-seed to Series A deep-tec...
Artha Venture Fund
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Artha is a Mumbai venture capital firm with offices in Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore. Its flagship fund backs Indian st...
Delhi Angels
New Delhi, Delhi, India
Delhi angel investment network for early-stage startups. Apply through its online form; the process runs from evaluat...
White Unicorn Ventures
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
A Mumbai investment firm that describes itself as providing seed funding and early-stage support, and takes funding a...
MPLIER Capital
Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
An early-stage SaaS venture fund with an office in GIFT City, Gandhinagar, that takes pitch decks by email and invest...
Swishin Ventures
Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
A SEBI-registered pre-seed and seed venture fund in Jaipur that backs founders in Tier-2 and Tier-3 Indian cities. Yo...
SaaS investors at a glance
- 48 of the 447 investors we list name SaaS among their sectors (11%).
- By type: 47 VC firms, 6 micro VCs and 5 angel networks.
- The stages these investors name most often are Validation (21), Seed (20), Early Revenue (18) and Ideation (15).
- In India, the most are in Maharashtra (18), Karnataka (11) and Delhi (3).
- By city, the most are in Mumbai (16), Bengaluru (11) and New Delhi (3).
- The other sectors they name most often are FinTech (39), Deep Tech (32), HealthTech (22) and Consumer (11).
These are counted from the profiles listed above, so they move as investors are added or change their focus.
Questions founders ask
How many investors back SaaS startups?
We list 48 investors that name SaaS among the sectors they back, out of 447 in the directory. The count changes as profiles are added and checked.
Which kinds of investor back SaaS?
Counting the profiles here: 47 VC firms, 6 micro VCs and 5 angel networks. Open a profile to see the other sectors and stages the investor covers.
What should a SaaS founder check before writing to an investor?
Check that the investor names your sector and your stage on its profile, then look at what it has backed before and whether it has put money into a direct competitor. Confirm the current focus on the investor's own site, since a sector label on a directory is only a starting point.
Does an investor that names several sectors take them equally seriously?
Not always. A generalist may name many sectors and decide on the team and the market, while a specialist names few and knows them well. A specialist is more useful when you need help beyond money, and a generalist when your business crosses sectors.
Can I approach an investor that does not list my sector?
You can, but the odds are lower and the note has to explain why your company fits what the investor has backed. Lead with the investors that name your sector and stage.