For SaaS founders, the right angel investor can provide more than capital. Investors with software experience can bring valuable perspective on fundraising, financial strategy, growth, and the realities of scaling a recurring-revenue business. I've put together this guide to help you identify which investors are funding SaaS startups.
Top 14 SaaS Angel Investors
The investors below bring experience across SaaS, fintech, AI, and enterprise technology, with backgrounds as founders, operators, and early-stage backers.
Jason Lemkin
SaaS Founder & Investor
Palo Alto, United States
Focus area:
#B2B SaaS#Early-stage investing#SaaS growth#Go-to-market#AI software
Jason Lemkin founded SaaStr, the B2B software community and investment platform, after building EchoSign as co-founder and CEO and selling the electronic-signature company to Adobe in 2011.
Through SaaStr and its investment…
Dharmesh Shah
Co-Founder & CTO at HubSpot
Boston, United States
Focus area:
#SaaS#Software startups#Angel investing#AI#Entrepreneurship
HubSpot co-founder and CTO Dharmesh Shah is a software entrepreneur, startup writer, and longtime angel investor who previously founded enterprise software company Pyramid Digital Solutions.
Shah says he has invested in more…
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Gokul Rajaram
Early-Stage Technology Investor
San Francisco, United States
Focus area:
#Early-stage investing#SaaS#Product strategy#Fintech#Marketplace businesses
Gokul Rajaram is an early-stage technology investor and veteran product operator whose career spans leadership roles at Google, Facebook, Square, and DoorDash, plus major public-company boards.
Rajaram has backed software companies including…
Scott Belsky
Partner at A24 & Investor
New York, United States
Focus area:
#Early-stage investing#Enterprise software#Developer tools#Product design#Creative technology
Scott Belsky is a Partner at A24, founder of Behance, author, and early-stage investor who previously led strategy, design, and emerging products at Adobe after the company acquired Behance.
Belsky has invested…
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Elad Gil
Technology Investor & Entrepreneur
San Francisco, United States
Focus area:
#Technology investing#SaaS#AI#Company scaling#Startup strategy
Elad Gil runs Gil&Co, a multi-stage technology investment firm, after a career that included founding MixerLabs and Color and leading mobile and corporate strategy work at Google and Twitter.
Gil's investments span…
Immad Akhund
CEO & Co-Founder at Mercury
San Francisco, United States
Focus area:
#Fintech#Early-stage investing#SaaS#Startup finance#Founder operations
Mercury co-founder and CEO Immad Akhund is a serial software entrepreneur and early-stage investor who previously co-founded Heyzap and has backed hundreds of startups since beginning angel investing.
Akhund has backed companies…
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Long Dinh
CFO at Ada
Toronto, Canada
Focus area:
#SaaS finance#AI economics#Fundraising#Strategic finance#Angel investing
Long Dinh is CFO at Ada, where he has led finance through years of growth, after earlier investing work and a progression through Ada's finance organization from controller to senior leadership.
Dinh…
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Des Traynor
SaaS Founder & Angel Investor
Dublin, Ireland
Focus area:
#SaaS#Product strategy#AI customer service#Angel investing#Enterprise software
Des Traynor co-founded Intercom, now Fin, and has spent more than a decade shaping its product strategy, customer-service technology, and evolution from SaaS platform to AI customer-service company.
Traynor's angel investing grew…
Lachy Groom
Technology Founder & Investor
San Francisco, United States
Focus area:
#Early-stage investing#Enterprise software#Fintech#AI#Startup operations
Lachy Groom is co-founder of Physical Intelligence and a prolific early-stage technology investor who previously joined Stripe early and later led Stripe Issuing across product and operations.
Groom's investment record spans enterprise…
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Sunmeet Jolly
Managing Partner at Jolly VC
San Jose, United States
Focus area:
#SaaS investing#AI#Early-stage venture#Enterprise sales#IoT
Sunmeet Jolly is Managing Partner of Jolly VC, an early-stage fund focused on AI, SaaS, and IoT, after decades in Silicon Valley technology sales, entrepreneurship, and angel investing.
Jolly's investing began years…
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Zach Holman
Founder & Angel Investor
San Francisco, United States
Focus area:
#Angel investing#SaaS#Developer tools#Startup equity#Portfolio management
Zach Holman is a San Francisco founder and angel investor behind Signed, Calendearing, and Tifo who previously joined GitHub as an early engineer and advised GitLab ahead of its public-market debut.
Holman…
Edward Lando
Founder at Pareto Holdings
United States
Focus area:
#Pre-seed investing#SaaS#Software#Company building#Startup finance
Edward Lando founded Pareto Holdings, an investment and company-building platform that backs startups at very early stages and has participated in hundreds of global technology investments.
Lando and Pareto emphasize pre-seed investing,…
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Sahil Lavingia
Founder, Author & Investor
New York, United States
Focus area:
#Early-stage investing#SaaS#Bootstrapping#Creator economy#Startup economics
Sahil Lavingia founded Gumroad, wrote The Minimalist Entrepreneur, and became an early-stage technology investor after beginning his Silicon Valley career as an early employee at Pinterest.
His investing has included SaaS…
Jim Kelliher
Technology CFO & Angel Investor
Boston, United States
Focus area:
#SaaS finance#CFO leadership#Angel investing#Financial operations#Scaling startups
Jim Kelliher is a four-time technology CFO, angel investor, and financial advisor whose operating career includes finance leadership at Drift, Actifio, LogMeIn, IMlogic, and PTC Software.
Kelliher helped take LogMeIn public and…
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What's Next?
Finding the right angel investors is only part of the equation—you also need to give them a compelling reason to invest. Before reaching out, use this SaaS funding guide to strengthen your traction story, sharpen your pitch, and build a more effective fundraising process.
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