India’s start-up revolution began in 1998, when the first venture capitalists (VCs) arrived from the US and backed early businesses in IT services for global corporations. The second wave came in 2006, when home-grown VCs raised large amounts of capital and funded products and services companies for Indian consumers.
This is a gripping, behind-the-scenes account of a VC’s journey, right from the beginning of the second start-up revolution in India in 2006 until the end of the funding frenzy in 2016. A story about how global conditions, local consumers, founder ambition and good old greed shaped the start-up story in India.
Rahul Chandra tells us in this candid memoir about his journey building one of India’s oldest venture capital firms. In a remarkably gripping manner, he recounts his adventures in India’s hyper-funded start-up ecosystem.
The Moonshot Game gives readers an insight into the secret world of VCs, with unguarded stories involving large bets and big mistakes, and tales of how one juggles several investments at the same time.
Rahul shows why being a VC is a constant journey of ups and downs, why building value is a long-term business and why no amount of failure can be an excuse to lose optimism in the power of entrepreneurship.
Imprint: India Portfolio
Published: Sep/2019
ISBN: 9780143457688
Length : 280 Pages
MRP : ₹599.00
In The Moonshot Game – a book dedicated to ‘the founders who have been, the founders who are, and the founders who will be’ – Rahul Chandra, the co-founder of Helion Ventures, gives us the behind-the-scenes story of a VC’s journey, right from the beginning of the second start-up revolution in India in 2006 until the end of […]
