The Lift-Off Nation: Why We Are Entering the Golden Age of Indian Startups - Couverture rigide

Anandan, Rajan; Srivastava, Saurabh

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ISBN 10 : 9353454751 ISBN 13 : 9789353454753

Editeur : Juggernaut Books, 2026

Synopsis

Once upon a time, India accounted for 25 per cent of global GDP. Two startup veterans - Saurabh Srivastava, one of India's leading entrepreneurs, investors and institution-builders who co-founded NASSCOM, TIE and IAN, and Rajan Anandan, ex-head of Google, Microsoft and Dell in India and now a Managing Director at Peak XV Partners - argue that it can do so again by harnessing India's startups. With a fascinating array of case studies and data points, they give five reasons why the time for India's startup ecosystem is now. The first is India now has a new generation of founders schooled in the first-generation of 'academy' startups in India. Others are starting up after experiencing world-class innovation at scale at some of the world's largest companies. India also is witnessing an explosion in innovation across all sectors of its economy - from consumer-focused companies to startups in core sectors like financial services and AI. These founders are innovating for the world, with around 40 per cent of new seed funded startups in 2025 building from day zero. Alongside, funding has increased dramatically with venture capital funding having grown five times over the past decade and India's public markets being open for business to startup IPOs. Finally, India has a very supportive government that has made many regulatory reforms and created digital public infrastructure such as Aadhaar and UPI, which is the envy of the world. The result speaks for itself. Today, India is the third-largest and fastest-growing startup ecosystem by number of startups. The combined valuation of Indian startups has raced to over $400 billion within a decade. And this is just the start. With interviews with many leading founders, investors and policymakers in the Indian startup ecosystem, this is an authoritative, sharply argued and deeply insightful book that gives a comprehensive picture of the current state and future potential of the fastest-growing startup ecosystem on the planet.

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À propos de l'auteur

Rajan Anandan is a Managing Director at Peak XV Partners, where he focuses on AI and deep-tech investments and leads Surge, the firm's seed stage investing platform. Prior to Peak XV, Rajan was head of Google India and Southeast Asia, and also led Microsoft and Dell in India. He started his career at McKinsey & Company in Chicago. Before transitioning to his full-time investing role, Rajan was a prolific angel investor and backed over 200 startups at very early stages. Rajan is a member of the National Startup Advisory Council, two-time Chairman of the IAMAI and Chairman of the VC Council of the IVCA.Saurabh Srivastava is one of India's leading entrepreneurs, investors and institution builders. He is Co-founder and former Chairman of NASSCOM, the IVCA, TIE (world's largest organisation focused on entrepreneurship) and the Indian Angel Network, India's first angel investor group. Saurabh also chairs TDB's investment committee set up for investing in companies raising money from the RDI Fund, as part of the strategy to invest ₹1,00,000 crore in deep-tech companies to create strategic autonomy and sovereign technology for India. He was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour, in 2016.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Juggernaut Books
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9353454751
• ISBN 13: 9789353454753
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Nombre de pages: 386
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