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Company secretary services for startups

From incorporation onward, keeping the corporate record in a state that survives diligence.

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Company secretary services for startups
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Early-stage companies rarely have a compliance problem. They have a documentation problem that becomes a compliance problem at the exact moment a term sheet arrives and somebody's counsel asks for the register of members, the board minutes approving each allotment, and the ESOP scheme document that was supposedly adopted two years ago.

We work with founders in Delhi, Noida and Gurugram from incorporation onward, keeping the corporate record in a state that survives diligence — so that when the round comes, the legal workstream is a formality rather than the reason completion slips by a month.

What startups typically need

01

Incorporating the right structure, and the founders' documentation that should sit alongside it

The founders' documentation that should sit alongside it — shareholders' agreements, vesting schedules, founder lock-ins.

02

Annual and event-based ROC compliance from year one

From year one — annual returns, financial statement filings, board and AGM minutes, and every event-based form as it falls due.

03

Issuing shares — private placements, preferential allotments, convertible instruments, and the filings each one triggers

Private placements, preferential allotments, convertible instruments, and the filings each one triggers — done correctly the first time.

04

ESOP pool creation, scheme drafting, grants and exercise records

Scheme drafting, board and shareholder approvals, grant letters, exercise records, and the filings that follow each exercise.

05

Founder and investor agreements translated into the articles of association

Translating the commercial deal — rights, drag-along, tag-along, anti-dilution — into articles of association that actually reflect it.

06

Getting diligence-ready: a vendor-side review before investors run theirs

A vendor-side review before investors run theirs — identifying and resolving the issues that slow or kill rounds.

07

Foreign investment reporting where the round includes an overseas investor

FC-GPR and related RBI filings where the round includes an overseas investor — filed inside the prescribed window.

Startup company secretary services

Talk to us before the term sheet arrives

The best time to get your corporate record right is before an investor asks for it. Reach out and we will tell you honestly where you stand — what is in order, what is not, and what needs to be done before you can hand over a clean data room.

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Not sure which of these you need?

Describe the situation in a few lines. We will tell you what applies, what does not, and what it is likely to involve — before you commit to anything.

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