Online Panel: SaaS in India & Southeast Asia

Software as a service(SaaS) is a software delivery method in which an application is provided over the internet, licensed mostly via a subscription basis where customers can do away with the hassle of managing complex software management. The ability to use a suite of products that meets the needs of customers drives a demand within the versatile vertical due to its customisability, not to mention the choice of upgrading for larger customers with low risk and adoption cost.

According to Tech in Asia Data, the year 2015 saw 52 percent of SaaS startups getting funding worldwide.

Globally, the potential of the vertical is still on the uptrend. This year, 63 percent of SaaS startups are getting funded – and we’ve still got one month left till year end.

The table below also shows the total deals made within the SaaS vertical in India and Southeast Asia within the last few years. (According to Tech in Asia Data)

Got questions about SaaS? There’s no other group better to ask than our panel for this session:

Florian Cornu – Co-Founder, Manager of SaaS Business Asia

With a love for online software, Florian runs SaaS Business Asia, organising conferences, meetups and publishing research to build the SaaS ecosystem in Southeast Asia. Florian is also the co-publisher of Map the Money, helping entrepreneurs find the VCs they need for their fund raising in Singapore. Florian helps entrepreneurs to execute and grow their startups from Seed to Series B with his consulting firm, We are CxO.

Previously, Florian managed a global equity fund and founded Flocations, one of the startups that attended JFDI.asia’s first bootcamp, raised money from Singtel Innov8 and TNF Ventures and sold the company to Japanese Venture Republic.

Warren is the CEO of Designs.net and Stockunlimited and also leads Strategic Partnerships at the Inmagine Group level.

Before joining the Inmagine Group, he was at the Malaysian Global Innovation & Creativity Centre (MaGIC), where he ran an accelerator program, training programs, partnerships and investor relations. Warren was the founder of Guru-App, a learning management platform with 50+ apps, a management consultant with Bain & Company, as well as an energy trading professional.

Ask the panelists about all things SaaS!