Co-Founder Agreement Checklist for Indian Startups: Equity, Vesting, Roles, IP, Exit and Deadlock
A founder-friendly framework for converting equity promises, responsibilities and difficult exit scenarios into a workable written agreement.
GST Registration Amendments 2026: Automatic Legal Name, Constitution and Additional Place Updates Explained
A practical founder guide to the 9 October 2026 GST registration FAQs, including automatic amendments, REG-14 documents and PPoB approval timelines.
Startup NDA and Confidentiality Agreement Checklist for India: Founders, Employees, Vendors and Investors
A founder-friendly framework for choosing, drafting and operating NDAs with employees, vendors, customers, advisers, investors and potential partners.
RBI FEMA Export Rules 2026: EDF, EDPMS and Foreign-Payment Checklist for SaaS Startups and Service Exporters
A founder-focused implementation guide to the unified RBI FEMA framework for service-export invoices, EDF declarations, EDPMS matching and foreign-payment reconciliation.
Startup Cap Table Reconciliation Checklist for Indian Founders: Shares, CCDs, Convertible Notes, ESOPs and FEMA
A practical founder checklist for rebuilding a defensible, fully diluted cap table from statutory records, financing documents, ESOP grants and FEMA evidence.
SEBI Credit Risk-o-Meter 2026: New Debt-Security Disclosure Rules for Issuers, OBPPs and Bond Fintechs
A practical implementation guide to SEBI’s mandatory colour-coded Credit Risk-o-Meter for debt offer documents, advertisements and online bond platforms.
SaaS Customer Agreement Checklist for Indian Startups: MSA, SLA, DPDP, Security, GST and Exit Clauses
A founder-friendly framework for negotiating SaaS MSAs and SLAs without creating delivery, data, tax or liability promises the product cannot support.
SEBI Project Jagrook 2026: Investor-Awareness Display Rules for Stock-Broker Websites and Trading Apps
A date-by-date implementation guide to SEBI’s mandatory Project Jagrook messages for stock-broker websites and trading-app landing pages.
Open-Source Software Licence Compliance for Indian Startups: Founder Checklist Before Fundraising or Enterprise Sales
A founder-ready system for inventorying dependencies, reviewing licence obligations and producing clean open-source diligence evidence.
SEBI Document Number Verification System 2026: How Startups and Compliance Teams Should Verify Notices
SEBI’s revamped DNVS adds subject matter as a mandatory field and aligns verification with its E-Office outward-number format.
