Funding for StartupsGovernment & Private Funding

You're paying a fixed professional fee for our team to make you eligible, prepare your documents, and draft and submit your applications — up to successful submission. The Government Plan (₹19,000 + taxes) covers one engagement across up to 3 government schemes; the Private Plan (₹39,000 + taxes) covers outreach and submission to up to 3 private ventures and investors. The fee is for the work, not a guarantee of funding.

No — and any advisor who promises that should be treated with caution. Approval by a government scheme, incubator or investor depends on the evaluator's discretion, available funds, your business merits, market conditions and policy changes. We maximise your odds with strong eligibility, documents and applications, and we charge only for that professional work up to submission.

Yes. Central schemes (SISFS, FFS, CGSS), state schemes and private rounds are generally compatible, and central + state benefits are additive. A common, smart sequence is to use non-dilutive government money to build, then raise a private round from a position of strength. Some schemes have caps (for example, SISFS requires no more than ₹10 lakh of prior government funding), so we plan the combination for you.

For practical purposes, yes — DPIIT recognition is the gateway to the seed fund, credit guarantee, the 80-IAC tax holiday and most state schemes, and it signals legitimacy to private investors. It is free to obtain and we handle the application for you as part of the engagement.

A Term Sheet is a non-binding outline of the key commercial and legal terms — it's the blueprint. The Share Subscription Agreement (SSA) is the binding contract governing the actual issuance of new shares, while the Shareholders' Agreement (SHA) defines the ongoing rights, board seats, transfer rules and exit obligations of all shareholders.

A SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity) is popular for early rounds. In India it is typically structured as an iSAFE or via compulsorily convertible preference shares (CCPS) to comply with the Companies Act. We advise on the right instrument for your stage and investor.

The moment investment comes from outside India, FEMA and RBI rules apply. The company must report the inflow and file FC-GPR via the RBI FIRMS portal within the prescribed timeline, observe sectoral caps and follow pricing guidelines. Missing these creates penalties and can stall future rounds, so we handle them as part of closing.

From term sheet to funds in the bank, a private round typically takes around 45 to 75 days, depending on the speed of due diligence and the complexity of the SHA negotiation. A clean, pre-built data room is the single biggest factor in closing faster.