Registered Valuer in India: Role, Eligibility and Why It Matters
India’s entire register of valuers runs to just 6,278 names. Every preferential allotment, merger scheme and insolvency resolution that Indian company law touches must be valued by one of them — and a valuation signed by anyone else is not merely weaker evidence, it fails the statute outright. For founders, promoters and CFOs that creates […]
Virtual CFO for UK Companies: How the India–UK FTA Changes the Case for Finance Support from India
Since 15 July 2026, a UK company that buys finance support from India does so under a trade treaty. The India–UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) came into force that day, together with a Double Contribution Convention on social security. For the first time, the terms on which Indian professional services reach UK businesses […]
Share Valuation in India: Methods, Triggers & When You Need a Report
Rule 11UA was the rule every Indian share valuation conversation quoted for a decade, and it stopped existing on 1 April 2026, when Rule 57 of the Income-tax Rules, 2026 replaced it. Founders are still asking for “an 11UA report” for transactions where no law now requires one, and they are skipping the reports the […]
Valuation for IBC in India: All You Need to Know (2026)
Creditors realised only about ₹3.99 trillion against ₹12.31 trillion of admitted claims under CIRP — a haircut of roughly 67%. Almost every rupee of that gap is decided by two numbers a registered valuer puts on paper in the first 47 days of the process. If your company is heading into insolvency, or you are […]
409A Valuation vs Indian FMV: Cross-Border ESOP Rules in India (2026)
409A Valuation vs Indian FMV: Cross-Border ESOP Rules in India (2026) A Delaware-parent startup with an Indian subsidiary needs two independent valuations of the same share, signed by two different categories of professional, under two unrelated laws — and the numbers will not match. Most founders discover this in month three of an audit, or […]
DCF Valuation for Startups: Step-by-Step Guide with Example
Fewer than 1 in 5 Indian startups have cash flows predictable enough to make a textbook DCF model meaningful. Yet DCF is the method most often used when a founder prices shares for a foreign investor under FEMA, or justifies an issue price under the Companies Act. Get the mechanics wrong, and it isn’t just […]
India Startup Funding Report 2026: What 890 Seed-to-Series B Deals Reveal
In the first seven and a half months of 2026, Indian startups raised approximately ₹46,013 Cr (~US$4.8B) across 890 Seed, Series A and Series B rounds. That headline figure gets repeated in every roundup of Indian startup funding trends — but it says almost nothing about where the money actually went, or why. At FinVal […]
How to Raise Pre-Seed and Seed Funding in India: A 2026 Guide
Fewer than 1 in 10 Indian startups that raise a pre-seed round go on to close a seed round within 18 months, and the single biggest reason isn’t a weak product — it’s a founder who walked into investor conversations without a defensible valuation or clean financial story. In a market where over 1.5 lakh […]
FEMA Valuation Requirements for Foreign Investment in India
Every rupee of foreign capital that enters or exits an Indian company through equity has to clear one gate first: a FEMA-compliant valuation. Get the pricing wrong — even by a few percentage points — and the RBI can treat the entire transaction as a contravention, triggering compounding penalties years after the money has already […]
Gulf & Saudi Companies: Using India Finance GCCs to Build a World-Class Finance Function
Key Takeaways Gulf and Saudi companies have historically approached India as a market for trade, real estate and infrastructure investment. That is changing. A growing number of CFOs and Group Finance Directors across Riyadh, Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha are now looking at India as the location for something closer to home: their own finance […]