US-based Pienza Ventures to offer accelerator initiative for SAAS-based Indian B2B startups
Pienza Ventures is betting big on SAAS-based B2B Indian start-ups with an initial $5 million booty and a unique accelerator programme to facilitate market access to the US, which hosts the world’s largest start-up ecosystem and VC activity.Founded by Aaron Bird and backed by Version One Capital, MHS Ventures and Cercano Management, Pienza is setting up an office in Bengaluru to drive its aggregator programme to identify and steer fresh entrepreneurial ventures, its partner and angel investor Jofin Joseph told Livemint.Aaron, a super-angel with 70-plus angel investments, founded Bizible, which was acquired by Marketo in 2018. Later Marketo itself was acquired by Adobe.
“Indian startups need a personalised approach to acceleration. Rather than generic mentoring and playbook, we focus on one-to-one mentoring and unlocking of specific opportunities for founders.
