Alice Besomi is the VP of Investments and known as the queen of SaaS at Jungle Ventures. They have invested in a lot of startups in India working in SaaS, consumer technology, fintech and SME tech, including Moglix (one of India’s latest unicorns), along with Livspace, LeapFinance, CityMall, Turtlemint, among many others.

In this video, Alice and Prithvi discuss all things SaaS – talking about interesting SaaS business ideas to understanding key metrics while building a SaaS startup to what are the investors looking for when investing in a SaaS startup.

Introduction

SaaS - Building from India for the World

Interesting SaaS business ideas

Key metrics to understand when building a SaaS startup

How VCs value an early-stage SaaS startup

Drawbacks of Indian SaaS startups and how to revamp

Growth of India and Southeast Asia as the land of SaaS

Understanding vertical/horizontal SaaS and the CRM market

When building a SaaS business: go local or global?

Scalability or Profitability?

SaaS business models

Disruptive SaaS ideas

Future of SaaS