A Mauritius entity can sit somewhere on a startup's cap table: a fund vehicle, a holding company set up by an early investor, or a structure the founders built years ago. From 10 August 2026,…
Key Takeaways When a foreign parent gives stock options to your team in India, the gain at exercise is taxed in India as salary: the fair market value on the exercise date minus what the…
If your startup pays overseas vendors, imports equipment or sells services for dollars, and your bank books forwards or options for you, the rules for those contracts changed on 10 October 2026. That day the…
The GST Council met for the 57th time in New Delhi on 8 October 2026, and the Ministry of Finance released its recommendations the same day (PIB Release ID 2320934). For founders, the list touches…
Until this year, a misreporting penalty under the income-tax law had no exit short of an appeal. The immunity scheme in section 440 of the Income-tax Act, 2025, as first enacted, expressly shut out every…
If your next round includes money from an angel fund, the question of who counts as an "accredited investor" decides who can come in. On 24 September 2026, at its 215th meeting, the SEBI Board…
Key Takeaways Most FDI problems in Indian startups are created before the money arrives, not in the FC-GPR filing after it. The decisions on route, investor, instrument and price are made at the term-sheet stage.…
If you run a direct-to-consumer brand that makes its products in India and wants to sell them to customers abroad, foreign capital used to come with one hard limit: a company with foreign investment could…
Key Takeaways Unit economics measure whether a single unit of your business (one customer, one order, one subscription) makes or loses money after the direct costs of winning and serving it. The core numbers are…
If your startup bills overseas clients, 1 October 2026 is the day your export receivables move to a new rulebook. The Foreign Exchange Management (Export and Import of Goods and Services) Regulations, 2026 replace the…
