SaaS startups are already walking the revival road: VENKAT VALLABHANENI, Managing Partner, Inflexor Ventures

While it is clear that the Covid-19 pandemic and related lockdown/social distancing has impacted almost all businesses globally, there are some sectors particularly within technology that are experiencing tailwinds. Especially the ones that make work or business continuity from home more productive and safe, like cloud-based SaaS software companies, says Venkat Vallabhaneni, managing partner, Inflexor Ventures, an early-stage, sector agnostic tech VC fund. “SaaS companies have an edge as they are asset light with quick and easy DIY type adoption, have recurring revenue models and also lend themselves well to WFH,” he tells Sudhir Chowdhary in a recent interview. Excerpts:

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