Financial Modelling Services in India: What You Get, Who Needs Them and How to Choose
An investor will open your spreadsheet within minutes of seeing your deck, and a model that does not balance ends the conversation faster than a weak pitch. Professional financial modelling services exist to make sure that never happens. This guide explains what a financial modelling engagement actually delivers, which Indian companies need one, and how […]
Financial Due Diligence Services for M&A: What Buyers Check and Sellers Should Fix First
Most acquisitions that unravel after the term sheet do so on the numbers, not the strategy: reported EBITDA that does not survive scrutiny, working capital that was quietly stretched, or debt-like items nobody mentioned. Financial due diligence is where those gaps surface, and the side that understands it earlier negotiates from strength. What Financial Due […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Brand Valuation: Methods, Triggers and What Drives the Number
Under Ind AS 103, an Indian company that acquires a business must recognise the acquired brand as an identifiable intangible asset, separately from goodwill, at fair value on the acquisition date. Yet most founders have never had their own brand formally valued and cannot say what it is worth beyond a gut feeling, which becomes […]
Valuation Under Companies Act 2013 India
Business Valuation Under Companies Act 2013: A Founder’s Guide Section 247 of the Companies Act 2013 made a sweeping change that most founders discover too late: independent valuation by a Registered Valuer is now mandatory for dozens of corporate transactions — and non-compliance can invalidate the transaction itself. If you are a founder or CFO […]
Series A Valuation in India: 10 Things Founders Must Know
Series A is the first institutional round where your valuation is examined line by line, and founders who walk in without a defensible, professionally prepared number often leave money on the table or lose the deal entirely. If you’re approaching investors for your first institutional round, understanding how Series A valuation in India actually works […]