For founders
One CA desk that speaks startup — incorporation, ESOPs, valuations, FC-GPR and diligence-ready books
You should be building product, not decoding MCA forms. We run the whole compliance life of your company — and we have done the fundraise paperwork enough times to keep your data room boring for investors.
Talk to us on WhatsAppEmail usBook a meetingLinkedInThis page is for founders who want one accountable desk for the company’s entire regulatory life — instead of a registration agent here, a GST consultant there and a valuation shop found in a panic the week a term sheet lands.
Your compliance life, mapped
| Stage | What hits you | How we handle it |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Incorporate | SPICe+ name to COI; INC-20A within 180 days; auditor within 30 days; share certificates within 60 days | Company registration with the first-year ROC calendar set on day one |
| 2. Set the foundation | Founder agreement, IP assignment into the company, ESOP pool carve-out, accounting stack | Founder agreement advisory · ESOP plan implementation |
| 3. Raise | Valuation report, private placement (PAS-4/PAS-3), FC-GPR within 30 days of allotment for foreign money, DPIIT recognition and the 80-IAC tax holiday window | Valuation & fundraising · FDI & FC-GPR · 80-IAC advisory |
| 4. Scale | GST, TDS, payroll, MSME 43B(h) vendor discipline, monthly MIS your board actually reads, ISIN/demat once you outgrow the small-company exemption (Rule 9B) | Monthly CFO retainer · ISIN & demat applicability |
| 5. Diligence & exit | Data-room requests, cap-table hygiene, secondaries/buyback mechanics, ODI when you flip or expand abroad | Due-diligence data room · Cap-table management |
The services founders use most
Pvt Ltd registrationFounder agreements11UA / DCF valuationsESOP implementationFDI & FC-GPR filings80-IAC tax holidayCap-table managementMonthly CFO retainerISIN & demat applicabilityISIN, RTA & depository setupForeign accounting on QuickBooks
Check it yourself first — free tools
Compliance Calendar FY 2026-27 — build your company’s date list
GST Registration Checker — does your startup need a GSTIN yet?
Founder reading from our insights desk
- Share Valuation in India 2026: Rule 11UA, 56(2)(x) & FEMA
- Why DPIIT Startup Recognition Gets Rejected: Fixes That Work
- Startup Due Diligence Checklist: Finance, Tax, ROC, Cap Table
- Should Your Startup Choose an LLP or a Company? Founder's Guide
- ISIN and Demat for Private Companies: Rule 9B in 2026
Frequently asked questions
Private limited, LLP or OPC — which one if I plan to raise?
If venture money is on your roadmap, a private limited company is the working answer: investors need equity and preference instruments, ESOPs need a company, and LLPs cannot issue either. OPC suits a solo business that will stay bootstrapped; it converts later, but conversion mid-raise adds friction. Choose the structure for the next 3 years, not the next 3 weeks.
What hits me immediately after incorporation?
Four clocks start at once: INC-20A (declaration of business commencement) within 180 days — you cannot borrow or raise before it; first auditor appointment within 30 days; share certificates within 60 days with stamp duty paid; and the annual AOC-4/MGT-7 cycle from your first financial year. We set this calendar on day one of every incorporation.
Angel tax is gone — do I still need a valuation report to raise?
Section 56(2)(viib) does not apply from AY 2025-26, but valuation reports have not retired: FEMA pricing guidelines still require one for any foreign investment (FC-GPR), Companies Act private-placement rules reference a registered-valuer report, and serious investors ask for one in diligence anyway. What changed is the tax exposure, not the paperwork.
When must FC-GPR be filed and what if the timeline slips?
Allot shares within 60 days of receiving foreign money, and file FC-GPR on the RBI FIRMS portal within 30 days of allotment. Slippage goes through Late Submission Fee (LSF) — payable to RBI — and repeated delays complicate future rounds. The fix is procedural discipline, which is exactly what we run for you.
We are a private company that has been allotting shares for a while — does ISIN/demat apply to us?
Under Rule 9B of the Companies (Prospectus and Allotment of Securities) Rules, every private company other than a "small company" must issue securities only in dematerialised form and file the half-yearly PAS-6 reconciliation. The test is on capital and turnover, so a startup can cross into this the moment it stops being a small company — often right after a priced round. Miss it and fresh allotments, transfers and even the next round can get stuck on a compliance gap the diligence team will find. We track this threshold as part of the monthly retainer so it does not surprise you at term-sheet stage.
We run a US/UK/UAE holding entity on QuickBooks alongside the Indian company — can you manage that too?
Yes. We keep the Indian company's books on your existing stack and run the foreign entity's bookkeeping on QuickBooks (or Xero) in parallel — coding, bank reconciliations and month-end close on your chart of accounts, with a consolidated view for the founder and the group's accountants. This is useful the moment structuring involves a foreign holdco, a US C-corp flip, or a UAE freezone entity sitting above or beside the Indian operating company.
CA Somesh Chandak & Associates, Thane. Content is general guidance, not an opinion on your specific facts — timelines quoted are statutory or portal processing frames. Speak to us before acting.