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Venture capital investment involves far more than assessing a startup’s product, revenue potential or market opportunity. Before committing capital, investors examine whether the business has a legally sound structure capable of supporting investment, governance, ownership and future growth. Company structure forms an important part of this assessment because it determines how ownership is recorded, how decisions are made, how investors receive equity and how legal obligations are managed.

The term sheet is usually treated as the moment the commercial bargain is struck. The valuation is agreed, the investment amount settled and the investor’s percentage fixed. The parties negotiate a board seat, a liquidation preference and anti-dilution protection, the term sheet is signed, and the deal moves into definitive documentation.

Pursuant to the introduction of the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) vide notification dated 16 February 2015, by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), companies covered by...

Our article for the India chapter of International Asset Management & Investment Funds Review 2026/27 has been published...

This article provides a step-by-step guide for first-time fund managers in India, outlining the process of setting up a private equity or venture capital fund.

Co-investments have long been a feature to private equity funds globally, allowing high-profile investors to participate directly in portfolio opportunities.

A joint venture (JV) is a tactical partnership where two or more people or companies agree to put in goods, services and/or capital to a uniform commercial project.

The Prime minister of India announced that the Government intended to launch an initiative titled "Startup India, Stand up India" to encourage entrepreneurship among the youth.

The International Financial Services Centres Authority ("IFSCA") has notified the IFSCA (Fund Management) Regulations, 2025 ("FM Regulations, 2025")...

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) rolled out the fourth amendment this year to the SEBI (Alternative Investment Funds) Regulations, 2012 (AIF Regulations) dated 15 November 2022 (Fourth Amendment) to bring the alternative investment funds (AIF) regulatory space closer to global standards.

On December 26, 2018, the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion under the Ministry of Commerce, through a press note, introduced certain changes to the conditions applicable to e-commerce entities...

Securities and Exchange Board of India ("SEBI"), in its board meeting held on June 28, 2023, had, inter alia, approved to reduce the time taken for listing of specified securities after the closure of public issue...

India boasts of one of the largest start-up ecosystems in the world. Such an ecosystem has seen significant interest from global investors, which is made much more obvious by the number of companies that have hit unicorn valuations.

A down round is a funding event where a company raises fresh capital by issuing new shares at a price and a valuation that is lower than what investors paid in the preceding rounds.

Any investment by a Venture Capital (‘VC') or Private Equity (‘PE') investor is made with the hope of seeing sizeable returns as the business of the investee company grows over years.

India’s venture-capital ecosystem is entering a new regulatory phase. For much of the last decade, angel investing operated as the bridge between entrepreneurial networks and institutional venture capital.

According to a recent study conducted by PMS Bazaar, the alternative investment landscape in India, which includes both Portfolio Management Services and Alternative Investment Funds ...

SEBI, vide notification dated September 5, 2024, has notified the SEBI (Foreign Venture Capital Investors ("FVCI")) (Amendment) Regulations, 2024 amending the SEBI (FVCI) Regulations, 2000.