saagar bhavsar

About

Saagar Bhavsar is a Partner at Begin Capital, a $120M venture capital fund located in London that invests in tech founders throughout Europe and the U.S. The fund focuses on AI, deeptech, and SaaS companies. Begin Capital primarily invests in seed rounds in startups based in the United Kingdom, with investments spanning across enterprise applications, FinTech, and retail. **Background and Experience:** * Prior to Begin Capital, Saagar was an Investment Manager at Nauta Capital, where he led and sourced 16 early-stage deep-tech deals. He joined Nauta Capital's London office in 2018. Nauta Capital is a pan-European fund with €500M under management that specializes in Seed to Series A financing for disruptive B2B software companies. * Before becoming a VC, Saagar worked for over a decade on solving technical and financial problems. He worked at an InsurTech scaleup and was a Buy-Side Technologist at a FinTech company. During his six years as a Buy-Side technologist, he specialized in Fixed Income and Derivatives products and created software and product solutions for major financial institutions. * Saagar is interested in DevOps, Edge Computing, Deep Tech, Intelligent Data, PaaS, IaaS, and Open-Source software start-ups. **Education:** * MBA from London Business School (2016-2018) * Master of Mathematics (MMath) from the University of Bath (2006-2010) **Begin Capital Portfolio:** * As of September 2025, Begin Capital has invested in 21 companies. * Begin Capital