SaaSBoomi Awards

Annual awards to celebrate exemplary SaaS startups of India

About

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. We have had three editions of SaaSBoomi Awards for startups that exemplify authenticity and integrity in nine categories.

Venue & Date

Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Award Categories

AI SaaS Startup of the year

For startups that are leveraging Gen AI in a fundamentally different or innovative manner and have received global recognition or traction for this.

SaaS startup of the year

For the best SaaS startup in India, which has achieved great heights at a global level and serves as a lighthouse for all other SaaS entrepreneurs in India. This will be selected by jury members among all the SaaS startups in India.

Scale-up startup of the year

For startups that have crossed the chasm and achieved an ARR of $25m or more in the last two years.

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, focused execution, or through the acceleration of funding.

Emerging SaaS Startup of the year

For startups below $1M in ARR, which has achieved phenomenal traction in their journey from the start.

Bootstrapped SaaS startup of the year

For startups that have scaled to $2M in ARR or more without raising any institutional money (maximum of $100K funding) and only rely on revenue to fund and grow their operations.

Developer, Tools, and Infra SaaS Startup of the year

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.

“Build for Bharat” SaaS Startup of the year

For startups that have scaled to $3m ARR or more and have more than 50% of revenue from India.

“The Next Frontier” SaaS Startup of the year

For startups that are headquartered in a city or town outside of the usual startup hubs like Bengaluru, Mumbai, Chennai, Gurgaon, and Delhi and have achieved $2m ARR or more.

Announcing Winners for 2023

AI SaaS Startup

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Runnerup

SaaS Startup of the year

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Runnerup

Breakout SaaS startup

Winner
Runnerup

Scale-up SaaS startup

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Runnerup

Bootstrapped SaaS Startup

Winner
Runnerup

Build for Bharat SaaS startup

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Runnerup

Next Frontier SaaS startup

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Runnerup

Emerging SaaS startup

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Developer, Tools, and Infra SaaS startup

Winner
Runnerup

Highlights from Awards 2023

AI SaaS Startup – Murf.ai
Build for Bharat SaaS startup – Credgenics
Breakout SaaS startup – Invideo
Developer, Tools, and Infra SaaS startup – Acceldata
Next Frontier SaaS startup – SocialPilot
Emerging SaaS startup – Zluri
Bootstrapped SaaS Startup – SignDesk
SaaS Startup of the year – HighRadius
Scale-up SaaS startup – WhatFix

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

How it works

1. Applications & Nominations

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

2. Shortlisting of Startups

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

3. Shortlisting of Finalists

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

4. Selection of Winners

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

5. Announcement of Winners

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

Meet our Jury Members

Anand Jain

Co-Founder at CleverTap

Aneesh Reddy

Co-Founder & CEO, Capillary Technologies

Ashwini Asokan

CEO & Founder, Vue.ai – Mad Street Den brands

Girish Mathrubootham

Co-Founder and CEO, Freshworks

Krish Subramanian

Co-founder & CEO, Chargebee

Manav Garg

Founder & CEO, Eka Software

Suresh Sambandam

CEO, Kissflow

Vinod Muthukrishnan

Founder & CEO, Cloudcherry (acq by Cisco)

Organising Team

Anand Jain

Co-Founder at CleverTap

Avinash Raghava

Founding Volunteer & CEO, SaaSBoomi

Pallav Nadhani

Co-Founder, Presentations.ai

Prajna Chandra Arikathota

Operations Manager, SaaSBoomi

Sumanth Raghavendra

Co-Founder & CEO, Presentations.ai

Vinod Muthukrishnan

Founder & CEO, Cloudcherry (acq by Cisco)

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