- Type
- VC
- Stages
- Seed
- Cheque size
- $500K – $4M
- Fund size
- AUM $350M
- Based in
- Mumbai, Bangalore
- Founded
- 2006
About
Saama is an India-focused early-stage venture capital firm with about $350M AUM, investing at Seed and Pre-Series A stages across consumer tech, D2C brands, enterprise and financial services. Led by founder and managing partner Ash Lilani.
Investment thesis: We provide growth capital to well-managed companies with proven business models that are poised to become market leaders in their categories.
What they invest in
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Team (from their public pages)
Notable investments
Examples shown on saama.vc. This is not a complete portfolio.
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