SaaS Connect 2025: India’s Largest SaaS Gathering

SaaS Connect 2025, held on February 22nd-23rd at the PSG Convention Center in Coimbatore, brought together SaaS leaders, investors, and innovators from across South India.

With themes focused on AI-powered SaaS transformation, the event provided a platform for founders, tech leaders, and domain experts to explore the next era of AI-driven software innovation.

The event featured industry heavyweights like Rahul Lodhe (SAP), Praval Singh (Zoho), Sanjay Chawla (SaaS Strategy Advisor), and Sivarajah Ramanathan (StartupTN), alongside emerging AI-first entrepreneurs.

Event Highlights

• AI Startup Showcase – Early-stage AI SaaS startups pitched groundbreaking innovations in automation, cloud computing, and AI-driven enterprise solutions.
  
• AI Ethics & Governance – Discussions on regulatory challenges and responsible AI in SaaS, featuring industry experts from Oracle, IBM, and SAP.
  
• Future Growth Plans – SaaS Connect highlighted strategies to establish Tamil Nadu as a global SaaS hub, including funding initiatives and AI-driven market expansion.

Key Speakers and Messages at SaaS Connect 2025

Inauguration - SaaS Connect Day One

SaaS Connect 2025 opened with a visionary keynote, setting the stage for AI-first SaaS innovation.

• Sivarajah Ramanathan (Mission Director & CEO, StartupTN) spoke about Tamil Nadu’s global AI SaaS ambitions, emphasizing the role of startups in the evolving $100B market opportunity.
  
• M.K. Elango (Founder & CEO, of StartNet) addressed the shift from services to AI-powered SaaS, highlighting how IT services companies can evolve into product-driven SaaS leaders.

The Investor Vision Panel followed, where Neeraj Tyagi (We Founder Circle) and John Jim (Bereishith Capital) discussed funding trends in AI SaaS and how Tamil Nadu is emerging as an investor hotspot.

22nd February 2025 - SaaS Connect Day One

• AI in SaaS Sales and Marketing – had Praval Singh (Zoho) and Arpita Sengupta (Red Hat) discuss the AI-powered sales playbook, covering AI-driven customer engagement and automation strategies.
• Scaling AI-First SaaS – Tarun Agarwala (Empanetics) and Senthil Nathan (Ailaysa AI) led a masterclass on global expansion strategies for AI-native SaaS companies.
• Funding Masterclass - Zero to $1M ARR had our Entrans’ own Mr. Jegan S ( our CEO) and Aditya S (our CTO) that spoke about the journey of building Entrans to a company with $1 million ARR. Also covering the launch of Entrans’ own Agentic AI Thunai - we were glad to be a part of the growing conversation around scaling in the tech industry.
• Cybersecurity in AI SaaS – Had Anil Viswas (Samsung Research India) outline the best practices for AI compliance, security frameworks, and regulatory considerations.

The day ended with high-energy networking, where founders, investors, and SaaS leaders exchanged ideas on funding, scaling, and AI-first product development.

23rd February 2025 - SaaS Connect Day Two

• AI SaaS Architecture & Scaling –  This session had Sujay Koduri (Postman) and Karthick Ayyasamy (Jio Platforms) explore building scalable AI-first SaaS platforms focusing on MLOps and enterprise-grade AI integration.
• Funding & Growth Tactics – In this session, Jagriti Shreya (predictgrowth.ai) and Vishesh Jhol (PayU) outlined funding strategies for SaaS startups, focusing on AI-first market positioning.
• Women in AI SaaS – This discussion saw Nupur Agrawal (BrowserStack) and Nida Sahar (Nife) share insights on women-led innovation and leadership in AI SaaS.

SaaS Connect 2025: Entrans Takeaway

While the event was filled with revelations around SaaS trends, winning strategies and what it takes to make an impact in the SaaS world, on the whole the event left all attendees feeling informed and with a lot of industry insight.

Our team at Entrans was proud to take part and contribute our own insight from SaaS, AI and cybersecurity as part of the growing SaaS ecosystem in South India. One of our major goals is to help other tech businesses thrive, and the event was just that.

Keeping that in mind, don’t hesitate to reach out to the Entrans team for any tech-related insight! Want to know more about building an agentic AI or SaaS business? Why not book a free call!