How many total SaaS companies are there?

As of Sep 2026, there are 354,480 active companies in SaaS sector.

Which countries have the most SaaS companies?

United States (118,440) has the highest number of SaaS companies, followed by India (40,085) and United Kingdom (34,063).

How many SaaS companies are funded?

As of Sep 2026, 62,119 companies in this sector have received funding.

Which company has raised the most funding in SaaS sector?

As of Sep 2026, OpenAI has secured $180B in funding, making it the highest-funded company in the SaaS sector.

Which country has attracted the most investment in SaaS companies?

With $1.05T in total funding, United States has attracted the most investment among SaaS companies.

Who are the top investors in SaaS companies?

The top investors in SaaS companies by number of investments are Europa, Y Combinator and Techstars

How much venture capital has SaaS sector attracted?

In the last 10 years, venture capital firms have invested $936B in this sector.

How many unicorns has SaaS sector produced?

Globally, there are 746 unicorns in SaaS sector, to date.

SaaS - 2026 Market & Investments Trends

There are 410K companies in the SaaS sector across the world, with 62.1K funded companies having collectively raised $1.67T in venture capital money and private equity. Overall 32.8K of these are Series A+ funded and the sector has seen the creation of 746 Unicorns.

SaaS sector has seen 16.7K acquisitions and 4.1K IPOs. This represents almost 5.1% of all such companies - which is higher than the 4.3% exit rate of tech companies in general.

This sector includes companies providing cloud-based, multi-tenant and subscription or on-demand B2B software applications.

SaaS sector is also known as SaaS Solutions, Advanced SaaS or Digital SaaS.

Companies included in SaaS sector

All B2B software that offers cloud-based, multi-tenant solutions for business functions like Marketing, HR, Sales, Business Intelligence, etc.

Companies excluded in SaaS sector

1. All On-premise B2B software are excluded. 2. All companies that do not offer their own proprietary software are excluded. 3. Services and Consulting firms are also excluded. 4. Resellers are also excluded.

Key Metrics

Total Companies

410K

Top Companies

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Total Funding

Funded Companies

Series A+ Companies

Series C+ Companies

Unicorns Created

IPOs

Acquisitions

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There are more than 410K companies in SaaS. Slack is the top SaaS company globally, ranked using Tracxn Score (what's this?).

Here are 5 of the top SaaS companies globally:

Company	Description	Location	Founded	Current Stage	Private Funding Raised
Slack	Developer of communication software for team collaboration and project management	San Francisco (United States)	2009	Acquired	$1.22B
OpenAI	Artificial intelligence research and development platform offering advanced language models	San Francisco (United States)	2015	Series F	$180B
DocuSign	Provider of electronic signature and intelligent agreement management platform solutions	San Francisco (United States)	2003	Public	$520M
Workday	Developer of cloud software for human resources finance and operations	Pleasanton (United States)	2005	Public	$352M
Salesforce	Provider of a platform delivering customer relationship management and cloud solutions	San Francisco (United States)	1999	Public	$52M

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Companies founded year-on-year in the SaaS sector

29,265 new startups have been founded so far in 2026 in the SaaS sector. 29,325 SaaS startups were founded in 2020 - this is the most number of startups founded in any year in the last 10 years.

Total Number of Companies

Year	No. of companies
2026	29,265
2025	15,477
2024	14,035
2023	17,631
2022	14,388
2021	18,997
2020	29,325
2019	21,978
2018	18,709
2017	16,737

Companies founded across countries in the SaaS sector

United States has 118,440 SaaS startups, the most by any country, followed by India which has 40,085 startups and United Kingdom which has 34,063.

Total Number of Companies

Country	No. of companies
United States	118,440
India	40,085
United Kingdom	34,063
Germany	16,729
Canada	13,223
Australia	9,215
France	8,553
China	8,496
Netherlands	6,709
Brazil	5,971

Stage-wise distribution of the SaaS sector

Out of the total 410,064 SaaS companies, 62,119 have secured funding. Among them, 32,811 have reached Series A or higher, and 25,973 to Series B or beyond.

Founded - 410,064

Funded - 62,119

Series A+ - 32,811

Series B+ - 25,973

Series C+ - 23,288

Company Stage	No. of companies
Founded	410,064
Funded	62,119
Series A+	32,811
Series B+	25,973
Series C+	23,288

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410K+ Total Companies
$1.67T+ Total Funding
62.1K+ Funded Companies
4.1K+ IPOs
16.7K+ Acquisitions
5+ Reports

Total funding year-on-year in the SaaS sector

The SaaS sector saw a total funding of more than $1.44T in the last 10 years. The most amount of funding has been in 2026 at more than $345B till date.

Total Funding

Year	Total Funding
2026	$345B
2025	$192B
2024	$117B
2023	$95.1B
2022	$130B
2021	$213B
2020	$94.3B
2019	$89.5B
2018	$109B
2017	$55B

Total funding across countries in the SaaS sector

In the last 10 years, SaaS startups in United States have recieved the highest funding among all countries - $1.05T. United Kingdom follows with $66.6B and China with $51B.

Total Funding

Country	Total Funding
United States	$1.05T
United Kingdom	$66.6B
China	$51B
India	$32.6B
Canada	$27.5B
Germany	$25.8B
Israel	$25.1B
France	$21.1B
Singapore	$12.3B
Australia	$11B

Total funding amount raised by stage in the SaaS sector

Over the last 10 years, the SaaS sector have seen $50.7B into Seed Stage funding rounds, $299B into Early Stage funding rounds and $756B go into Late Stage funding rounds.

Funding Stage	Total Funding
Late Stage	$756B
Early Stage	$299B
Debt	$169B
Post IPO	$100B
Seed Stage	$50.7B
PE	$19.2B
Grant	$4.61B
ICO	$2.68B
Other-Equity	$817M

Recent Funding Rounds in SaaS

In the year 2026, till September 2026, SaaS companies have raised $315B in equity funding across 3.45K rounds. In the same period last year (i.e. till September 2025), SaaS companies had raised $122B across 4.04K rounds. So, 2026 has seen a 157.99% rise in funding in SaaS companies as compared to 2025.

Here are some recent, important funding rounds in SaaS:

Company	Round Raised	Amount Raised	Funding Date	Investors
Beff	Series A	6770	Sep 01, 2026	Genesia Ventures and 1 more
Oppex	Seed	2353	Sep 01, 2026	Info Edge Ventures
Xorlab	Series A	6146	Sep 01, 2026	Spicehaus Partners and 3 more
Reapit	PE	3483	Sep 01, 2026	Accel-KKR
Yuma Energy	Series A	8621	Sep 01, 2026	Magna

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Europa is the top investor in SaaS companies based on number of companies invested.

Here are some top investors in SaaS:

Investor	Location	Top Portfolio Companies
Europa	Belgium	Atlassian, VMware, Oracle and ServiceNow
Y Combinator	Mountain View (United States)	OpenAI, Stripe, Razorpay and Gusto
Techstars	New York City (United States)	Ramp, Oracle, Squarespace and DigitalOcean
Accel	Palo Alto (United States)	Slack, DocuSign, RingCentral and Perplexity
HHS	Washington, DC (United States)	IQVIA, Genesys, Agora and Kaseya

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In the year 2026, till September 2026, 803 acquisitions happened in SaaS sector. Last year, in 2025, a total of 1362 acquisitions happened in SaaS sector.

Here are some recent, important acquisitions in SaaS:

Company	Acquisition Type	Acquisition Date	Acquirers
DoControl	Business Acquisition	Sep 01, 2026	Spin Systems
Clerky	Business Acquisition	Sep 01, 2026	Stripe
Revenew	Business Acquisition	Aug 31, 2026	Bernhard Capital Partners
Fravity	Business Acquisition	Aug 27, 2026	Socure
DryvIQ	Business Acquisition	Aug 27, 2026	Nasuni

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Acquisition trends in SaaS

Here are the acquisition trends in SaaS:

Total Number of Acquisitions

Year	No. of companies
2026	803
2025	1,362
2024	1,365
2023	1,284
2022	1,688
2021	2,014
2020	1,274
2019	1,246
2018	1,221
2017	1,053

In the year 2026, till September 2026, 41 IPOs happened in SaaS sector.

Here are some recent, important IPOs in SaaS:

Company	IPO Date	Exchange Symbol
Pelican	Sep 01, 2026	Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE)
Mech-Mind	Sep 01, 2026	Hong Kong Exchanges (HKG)
Shiprocket	Aug 19, 2026	Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), National Stock Exchange (NSE)
Aegeus Technologies	Aug 11, 2026	Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)
Ticketplus	Aug 07, 2026	New York Stock Exchange (NYSEMKT)

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Companies founded by alumni from top colleges in the SaaS sector

Most number of SaaS startups have been founded by alumni from Stanford University, Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

College	No. of companies
Stanford University	1403
Harvard University	1009
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	919
University of California (Berkeley)	797
IIT Delhi	670
University of Pennsylvania	616
Harvard Business School	549
BITS Pilani	547
Tel Aviv University	534
University of California (Los Angeles)	533

Total funding in companies founded by alumni from top colleges in the the SaaS sector

In the last 10 years, Stanford University graduates' SaaS companies have raised the most funding among top colleges. Harvard University alumni are second, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni are third.

College	Total Funding
Stanford University	$403B
Harvard University	$364B
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	$247B
Carnegie Mellon University	$232B
University of Toronto	$225B
New York University	$188B
Columbia University	$160B
Stanford Business School	$150B
Princeton University	$137B
University of California (Berkeley)	$71.2B