A future where the right ideas, capital, and people across the US and India seamlessly come together to build our shared future.
Where borders don’t inhibit the world's best minds from tapping into the most coveted opportunities.
At Saba, we are building for that future.
Saba is the bridge between the US and Indian startup ecosystems. It is a meritocratic cross-border startup ecosystem of the best business and technology minds from the two countries.
Our vetted platform brings together the most elite startup professionals from both countries to network, share knowledge and insights, and discover new possibilities and synergies that lead to tangible outcomes-without the digital noise and brain-rot typical of social networking platforms.
And the best part of our vetting? It is all about where you’re going, not just where you’ve been. In a hyper-connected world inundated with too many online profiles, we bring the most high-caliber people under one roof to enable the most game-changing connections.
Our podcast, The Build and Beyond Podcast, builds on this by featuring top entrepreneurs, investors, and innovators from both countries. It is a one-stop-shop for actionable insights and exposure to the US and Indian startup ecosystems– to enrich and equip the current generation of builders and investors.
My work has taken me from researching US-India trade, investment, and technology cooperation at the Hudson Institute in Washington, D.C., to leading strategy and operations in the Founder’s Office at Onnivation, a cross-border SaaS distributor in Mumbai helping cutting-edge startups from the Bay Area and Tel Aviv enter and scale in the Indian market.
At Hudson, I saw the big picture—how policy, capital, and technology shape economic ties between the US and India. At Onnivation, I worked directly with US VCs, Founders of SaaS companies, and their clients in India; forged GTM partnerships with business leaders, and drove Onnivation’s repositioning strategy as a global SaaS advisor.
That’s where I saw the deeper challenges startups faced—how even the most well-funded companies struggled with market entry, partnerships, and navigating a new ecosystem due to lack of access to the right connections.
I wasn’t willing to let another founder, investor, operator, or innovator run into the same roadblocks or miss out on game-changing cross-border partnerships and deals simply because they couldn’t connect with the right people at the right time.
I had two choices: watch the problem persist, or solve it. I chose Saba.
Sayem Vir Raina
Founder, Saba
Host, The Build and Beyond Podcast