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The Rise of SaaS in India
The document discusses the rapid growth and potential of India's SaaS market, forecasting it to reach $50 billion in annual recurring revenue by 2030. It highlights the increasing number of unicorns and centaurs, noting significant investment in the sector and the unique attributes of Indian startups that contribute to their success. Key trends include the rise of global category leaders, advancements in fintech, e-commerce, and healthcare digitization.
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- 1. Rise of India SaaS MohammadIbrahim Faruqi Anant Vidur Puri Partner
- 2. 2 / Confidentialand Not for Distribution What is India SaaS and why should we care about it?
- 3. Indian founders, targeting globalcustomers from day 1; team split globally with majority in India Indian founders, start selling in India, expand to SEA/MENA; opportunistic global expansion What is India SaaS? CUSTOMERS TEAM EXAMPLES India-first Global-first
- 4. India’s SaaS markethas reached an inflection point Source: Venture Intelligence, BVP analysis 1 2 2 5 10 25 0 10 20 30 40 50 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2025F 2030F 50 By 2030, India SaaS market size is forecasted to hit $50B in ARR INDIA SAAS MARKET SIZE ARR, $B
- 5. Hello India Unicorns! Unicornyear 2022 1 6 1. Year to date of 2022 #New unicorns 2018 2 2019 2 2020 5 2021 6
- 6. TOTAL INVESTMENT IN INDIAN SAAS STARTUPS Venturedollars are flowing in the India SaaS ecosystem 0.75 1.43 1.72 4.81 127 236 300 513 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 0 1 2 3 4 5 2018 2019 2020 2021 IN THE YEAR ~3X Source: Tracxn, Venture Intelligence, Pitchbook, BVP analysis Total Funding in USD Billion
- 7. NO. OF COMPANIES ATDIFFERENT REVENUE RANGES India SaaS companies becoming mature and getting to scale >$100M ~2 ~9 $50-100M 1-2 ~12 $20-50M 2-4 ~20 $10-20M 8-10 ~30 $5-10M 15+ 50+ $1-5M 15+ 100+ 2015 2021 Source: Tracxn, Venture Intelligence, Pitchbook, BVP analysis
- 8. 8 / Confidentialand Not for Distribution NASDAQ (NSE/BSE) Domestic Indian Exchange IPOs India SaaS companies are going public and gaining the attention of global tech leaders M&A Source: Tracxn, Venture Intelligence, Pitchbook, BVP analysis
- 10. ~44 unicorns were minted lastyear alone 1.7x unicorns minted fortnightly 267% increase in unicorns last year alone 103 unicorns now exist
- 11. Being a unicornin India is overhyped 8 9 12 44 14 2018 2019 2020 2021 Q2 2022 +267% increase Source: Venture Intellligence ~44 unicorns were minted last year alone 267% increase in unicorns last year alone 103 unicorns now exist 1.7x unicorns minted fortnightly
- 13. A rare breed $100MARR with ARR defined as annual recurring or subscription revenue Introducing the Centaur We estimate that while ~441 new ‘unicorns’ were minted last year, ~8 private cloud companies have the Centaur status, including: 1. Total unicorns in India
- 14. Unicorns require magicalthinking. Centaurs do not. ~8 Private Centaurs in India ~11x more rare than unicorns Centaurs by the numbers Centaurs are an elite subset of the growing unicorn herd. At $100M ARR, these businesses have product market-fit, scalable GTM, and a growing customer base.
- 15. 15 / Confidentialand Not for Distribution Why are India SaaS business winning locally and globally?
- 16. A culture of efficiency Smallerearly financing rounds which last longer for better cash conversion ABILITY TO PIVOT, EXPERIMENT AND AFFORD LONGER TIME TO GET TO PMF BOOTSTRAPPING IS A REAL OPTION GO TO MARKET WITH A NEAR FINAL VERSION OF THE PRODUCT INSTEAD OF AN MVP Source: BVP desk research
- 17. Personalized sales, support, andcustomer success to drive NRR expansion Multi-product strategy SUITE BASED EXPANSION FOR SMB SOFTWARE LIFECYCLE EXPANSION FOR VERTICAL SOFTWARE ADJACENCY EXPANSION FOR HORIZONTAL SOFTWARE
- 18. 35% 55% 165% 125% 85% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 120% 140% 160% 180% Global SaaS (Cloud Index) GlobalSaaS India SaaS India SaaS India SaaS MEDIAN EFFICIENCY SCORE Faster payback cycles and ability to get to $100M+ARR with <$100M equity capital Efficient growth across stages Data (N = 30) for Indian companies growing >70% yoy. Source: BVP research ~10-30M ARR ~10 M ARR ~25 M ARR 50-100M ARR (BVP Portfolio)
- 19. Our framework forevaluating opportunities – India SaaS Potential TAM <$1B $1-5B $5B+ Growth (YoY) <100% 100-150% >150% Net dollar retention 90-120% 120-140% >140% Efficiency <100% 100-150% >150% Gross margin 50-65% 65-80% >80% CAC payback >24 months 12-24 months <12 months GOOD BETTER BEST Note: Almost no company will fall in all green in our experience. OTHER FACTORS - Technology leadership - GTM maturity - Global expansion - Category competition - Management team
- 20. 20 / Confidentialand Not for Distribution Efficient growth across stages Faster payback cycles and ability to get to $100M+ARR with <<$100M equity capital 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 120% 140% 160% 180% Global SaaS (Cloud Index) Global SaaS ~10-30M ARR (BVP Portfolio) India SaaS (~10M ARR) India SaaS (~25M ARR) India SaaS (50-100M ARR) Median efficiency score Data (N = 30) for Indian companies growing >70% yoy. Source: BVP research 2022 India SaaS Predictions 1. Rise of global category creators and leaders 2. Fintech for all—enabling manufacturers and democratizing distribution 3. Emergence of e-commerce enablers 4. Productization of B2B services as tools and SaaS enabled marketplaces 5. Digitization of healthcare for the masses PREDICTIONS
- 21. Rise of globalcategory creators and leaders SMB HORIZONTAL VERTICAL DEVELOPER TOOLS/DATA INFRASTRUCTURE PREDICTION 1
- 22. Fintech for all ENABLINGMANUFACTURERS DEMOCRATIZING DISTRIBUTION PREDICTION 2
- 23. Enabling e-commerce PAYMENTS MARKETINGAND SUPPORT STOREFRONT PREDICTION 3 LOGISTICS
- 24. PREDICTION 4 Productizing services SAASENABLED MARKETPLACES TOOLS
- 25. PREDICTION 5 Digitization ofhealthcare NETWORKS DATA PLATFORMS
- 26. The BVP IndiaSaaS Team Write to us: IndiaSaaS@bvp.com Alex Ferrara Partner Ethan Kurzweil Partner Mohammad Ibrahim Faruqi Investor Investor Moksha Operating Advisor Raj Sabhlok Hansae Catlett Vice President Anant Vidur Puri Partner Investor Anurag Begwani Partner Byron Deeter Michael Droesch Partner Partner Vishal Gupta Brian Feinstein Partner Caty Rea Investor Sakib Dadi Vice President Aditya Nidmarti Investor