An establishment, private in terms of holdings, limited by
securities of varying proportions - from equity to preference to
debentures, guarantees etc. - carrying along with it differential
rights accorded thereof, will, at a certain point of time, look at
expansion.
Expansion translates directly into money. More manpower, more
office area, more geographical outreach, advanced technology
– these measures require funds that the company, along with
its founders, directors, and shareholders, may not exactly be in a
position to provide. By definition, a private company is barred
from reaching out to the general public to raise any capital
required for expansion. The Securities and Exchange Board of India
(SEBI), India's primordial watchdog, has, by its very
constitution, sworn to protect the general public from petty
unregistered entities looking to make a quick-buck while trying to
circumvent strict and accurate regulations put in place with the
sole objective to