Start-up Advisory
A start-up is a young business entity founded by one or more entrepreneurs to develop a unique product or service to address an existing problem. Further, they will develop it into a commercially viable product or service to be sold in the market.
In recent years, we have witnessed a manifold rise in start-ups who have transformed their unique idea into a commercially viable product and made fortunes for the promoters and different stakeholders and benefited the society at large.
Many start-ups have great potential, however, they need to be mentored, groomed, protected and promoted to make them see the light of the day.
The government and economists have recognised start-ups as key contributors to the economic growth of the nation. Government has brought out various policies and schemes to promote and nurture start-ups and help them transform themselves into established and recognised businesses.
These policies and schemes include financial assistance in the initial stages of growth and development, financial assistance to carry out surveys, research and development of new products and services, marketing assistance to promote the product and services at various national and international platforms by participating in international and national expo and trade shows, exemptions from taxes and duties levied by the government, subsidised bank loans in the form of interest and capital subsidies, etc.
There are various investor groups like venture capitalists, private equity investors, etc who are looking for opportunities to invest in emerging businesses with potential for growth and scalability. The investments in startups are classified in the following categories based on the stage of their operations:
- Seed funding
- Series A funding
- Series B funding
- Series C funding and so on.
- Pre-seed funding
Our team of experts hand hold the start-ups through the following stages of start-up life cycle:
- Business incorporation.
- Statutory registration of business.
- Business modelling.
- Transaction structuring.
- Capital Structuring.
- Accounting and Bookkeeping.
- Carrying out survey and assisting and research and development of the product and service.
- Advising on various financial assistance in the form of subsidies and other incentives rolled out by the government and assisting in availing the same.
- Carrying out business valuations including pre-money and post-money valuations.
- Facilitating introduction with prospective investors
- Preparing information memorandum of the start-up business for investors.
- Drafting and vetting deeds and documents.
- Participating in negotiation of terms and conditions of investment.