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A Billion Bets

A Billion Bets

The Making of India’s Startup Ecosystem | The Story of Indian Startups, Founders, Investors and Innovation

Aviral Bhatnagar
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What does it take to build in a country before the country fully believes in itself?
A Billion Bets is the story of India’s startup ecosystem through the entrepreneurs, investors, and companies that took outsized risks before success was certain. From the early internet pioneers and the birth of India’s venture ecosystem to the new generation of founders building for a digital India, venture capitalist Aviral Bhatnagar traces how a once-fragmented market became one of the world’s most dynamic engines of innovation and ambition.
Written from inside the ecosystem rather than from its sidelines, the book captures the uncertainty, improvisation, and conviction required to build in India across decades of transformation. Part business history, part investor insight, and part memoir, A Billion Bets is ultimately a story about the people who believed in India before the consensus did.

Imprint: Penguin Business

Published: Aug/2026

ISBN: 9789377303945 (Paperback)

Length : 192 Pages

MRP : ₹499.00

A Billion Bets

The Making of India’s Startup Ecosystem | The Story of Indian Startups, Founders, Investors and Innovation

Aviral Bhatnagar

What does it take to build in a country before the country fully believes in itself?
A Billion Bets is the story of India’s startup ecosystem through the entrepreneurs, investors, and companies that took outsized risks before success was certain. From the early internet pioneers and the birth of India’s venture ecosystem to the new generation of founders building for a digital India, venture capitalist Aviral Bhatnagar traces how a once-fragmented market became one of the world’s most dynamic engines of innovation and ambition.
Written from inside the ecosystem rather than from its sidelines, the book captures the uncertainty, improvisation, and conviction required to build in India across decades of transformation. Part business history, part investor insight, and part memoir, A Billion Bets is ultimately a story about the people who believed in India before the consensus did.

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Paperback / Hardback

Aviral Bhatnagar

Aviral Bhatnagar is the founder of ajvc, an Indian pre-seed fund investing in entrepreneurs at the inception stage of their start-up. He has spent a decade supporting start-ups as a venture capitalist. Aviral graduated top of the class at IIM Ahmedabad after completing his engineering at IIT Bombay. He is active on LinkedIn/X and writes regularly on ajuniorvc.com. He lives in Pune with his family.

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