1. Startup India Learning Program is a free online entrepreneurship program by Startup India. The aim is to help entrepreneurs get their ideas and ventures to the next level through structured learning. The program covers lessons on key areas of starting up by 40+ top founders of India in an extensive 4-week program.

2. Interested individuals can enrol for this free course at learning-and-development_v2.

3. For more courses, please visit l-d-listing.

4. Further,incubators across India are providing guidance to budding startups. There is a list of incubators listed on the Startup India portal for your reference.

Sí, una entidad sin PAN puede registrarse como Startup en nuestro sitio web. Sin embargo, se aconseja que se proporcione un PAN válido de la entidad en el momento del registro.

sí. Las empresas de una persona son elegibles para aprovechar los beneficios de la iniciativa Startup India.

Yes, a foreign national can enter into a partnership under the LLP Act and get that LLP registered on our website. It can even be recognised by the DIPP.

Only one mobile number and one landline number of the authorised representative of the entity can be provided at the time of registration. The portal and the mobile app would be sending an OTP on the mobile number provided by the user to complete the authentication and registration process.

The process of recognition as a ‘Startup’ is through an online application made over the mobile app/portal at startup_recognition_page.

You will need to upload the incorporation/registration certificate and explain how your startup is working towards innovation, development, or improvement of products, processes, or services, or its scalability in terms of employment generation or wealth creation.

The certificate of recognition is issued typically within 2 working days upon successful submission of the application.

Yes, if your startup gets recognised, you would be able to download a system-generated verifiable certificate of recognition.

The Inter-Ministerial Board, set up by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, validates Startups for granting tax-related benefits. The Board comprises the following members:

1) Joint Secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Convener

2) Representative of the Department of Biotechnology, Member

3) Representative of the Department of Science and Technology, Member

La Junta revisará el (los) documento (s) de respaldo proporcionados para determinar si la entidad califica como un negocio elegible para el pago de impuestos.

The inter-ministerial board meeting typically takes place once a month. The cases in the meeting are processed in a serial order. The communication regarding the decision is sent to the registered email address of the Startup.

Para seguir periódicamente las actualizaciones de las reuniones de IMB, puede consultar las notificaciones de IMB en nuestro sitio web haciendo clic enaquí.

Si la solicitud de reconocimiento se ha marcado como incompleta, el inicio debe seguir los pasos indicados:

1) Log in with their startup credentials on www.startupindia.gov.in.

2) Select the ‘Recognition and Tax Exemption’ button on the right panel.

3) Select the ‘Edit Application’ button and proceed with completing your application.

4) If the application has been marked ‘Incomplete’ three times, the application is rejected.

5) Rejected applications cannot be edited, and a new application can be submitted after three months from the date of communication of the rejection email.

registrar un perfil en el sitio web de startup india es un proceso bastante simple:

1) Simply click on 'Register' and fill in the details as required in the registration form. An OTP will be sent to your registered email address, post submitting, and your profile will be created.

2) You will have an option to select your profile type. Select “Enabler” as your persona type, and post, and you’ll be asked to specify what type of enabler you are. Select mentor/investor in the drop-down box depending on your objective. The profile goes under moderation for 24-48 hours, and once our quality assurance team has done a preliminary check on your mentor credentials, your profile is made live

As a mentor, you have access to all registered startups across all stages on the Hub. The startups may connect with you through a connection request, post which you can provide your expert advice to the startup on its next steps. To know more, kindly go to the Mentor’s Section.

A startup is allowed to send 3 connection requests each week. This is done by simply clicking on the “connect” button on the mentor’s profile. Once you accept a connection request, the startup can reach out to you through a simple chat interface. You can learn more about the Startup that has connected with you by clicking on their profile and reading up about them.

While we encourage more engagement on the platform, we can understand that access to high-quality mentor investors like yourself can be overwhelming for some Startups, which may lead to spam. To ensure Startups are conservative and careful with the mentor/investor requests, we restrict each Startup to 3 connection requests each week.

To aid in your mentoring journey, we have pooled together a vast repository of resources ranging from plug-and-play templates to market research reports, which can help both mentors and Startups gauge the opportunity at their disposal better. Feel free to navigate through our repository of resources on the top ribbon of the portal.

To showcase our gratitude towards our mentor’s contribution to India’s startup ecosystem, depending on the quarterly feedback from our Startups, we share commendation letters. Feel free to flaunt these across your social platforms, and don’t forget to tag us!

After a patent application is received by the Patent Office, the facilitator shall submit the claim for fees as per the fee schedule given in the SIPP Scheme. A letter addressed to the Head of Office of the respective Patent Office, giving details of the claimed fee for drafting the application and his ID proof as a registered Patent Agent, shall be submitted along with the invoice.

The facilitator shall submit the claim for payment of fees to the respective Head of Office of the Trade Marks Registry. A letter addressed to the Head of Office of the respective Trade Mark Office, giving details of the claimed fee for drafting of the application and his ID proof as a registered Trade Mark Agent, shall be submitted along with the invoice.

Different investors use different criteria to judge an investment. The importance of these factors would vary depending on the stage of investment, sector of startup, management team, etc. Listed below are typical investment criteria used by investors:

1. Market Landscape: Refers to the addressable market that the startup is catering to.

Factores: Market size, obtainable market share, adoption rate, historical and forecasted growth rates, macroeconomic drivers, demand-supply.

2. Scalability and Sustainability : Startups should showcase the potential upscale in the near future, a sustainable and stable business plan.

Factores: Barreras de entrada, costos de imitación, tasa de crecimiento, planes de expansión.

3. Objective and Problem-Solving : The offering of the startup should be differentiated to solve a unique customer problem or to meet customer needs. Ideas or products that are patented showcase deemed potential in the startups.

4. Customers and Suppliers: Laying out your customers and suppliers, helps investors understand your business better.

Factores: Relaciones con el cliente, adherencia al producto, términos del proveedor, proveedores existentes.

5. Competitive Analysis: A true picture of competition and other players in the market working on similar things should be highlighted. There can never be an apple-to-apple comparison, but highlighting the service or product offerings of similar players in the industry is important.

Factores: Número de jugadores en el mercado, participación de mercado, participación obtenible en el futuro cercano, mapeo de productos para resaltar similitudes o diferencias entre las ofertas de la competencia.

6. Sales and Marketing: No matter how good your product or service may be, if it does not find any end use, there is no good.

Factores: Sales forecast, targeted audiences, marketing plan for the target, conversion and retention ratio, etc.

7. Financial Assessment: A detailed business model that showcases the cash inflows over the years, investments required, key milestones, break-even points, and growth rates should be made out well. Assumptions used at this stage should also be reasonable and clearly mentioned.

See sample valuation template here.(to be sourced under templates section)

8. Exit Avenues: A startup showcasing potential future acquirers or alliance partners becomes a valuable decision parameter for the investor.

9. Management and Team: The execution and passion of the founder and the management team to drive the company is equally crucial in addition to all the factors mentioned above.

Investors realise their return on investment from startups through various means of exit. Ideally, the VC firm and the entrepreneur should discuss the various exit options at the beginning of investment negotiations. A well-performing, high-growth startup that also has excellent management and organisational processes is more likely to be exit-ready earlier than other startups.

Los fondos de capital de riesgo y de capital privado deben abandonar todas sus inversiones antes del final de la vida del fondo.. Los métodos de salida comunes son:

1. Mergers and Acquisitions: The investor may decide to sell the portfolio company to another company in the market. For example, the $140 million acquisition of RedBus by South African Internet and media giant Naspers and its integration with its India arm, Ibibo Group, presented an exit option for its investors, Seedfund, Inventus Capital Partners, and Helion Venture Partners.

2. IPO: An initial public offering is the first time that the stock of a private company is offered to the public. Issued by private companies seeking capital to expand, it is one of the preferred options for investors looking to exit a startup organisation.

3. Exit to Financial Investors: Investors may sell their investment to other venture capital or private equity firms.

4. Distressed Sale: Under financially stressed times for a startup company, the investors may decide to sell the business to another company or a financial institution.

5. Buybacks: Founders of the startup may also buy back their investment from the fund.

A term sheet is a “Non-binding” list of propositions by a venture capital firm at the beginning stages of a deal. It summarises the major points of engagement in the deal between the investment firm and the startup.

Una hoja de términos para una transacción de capital de riesgo en India generalmente incluye cuatro disposiciones estructurales: valoración, inversión y estructuras de gestión, y cambios en el capital social.

1. Value: Startup valuations are the total worth of the company as estimated by a professional valuer. There are various means of valuing a startup company, like the Cost to Duplicate approach, the Market Multiple approach, discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis, and the valuation-by-stage approach. Investors choose the relevant approach based on the stage of the investment and the market maturity of the startup.

2. Investment Structure: It defines the mode of venture capital investment in the startup, whether it is through equity, debt, or a combination of both.

3. Management Structure: The term sheet details the management structure of the company, including the composition of the board of directors and prescribed appointment and removal procedures.

4. Changes to share capital: All investors in startups have their own investment timelines, and they accordingly seek flexibility in seeking exit options through subsequent rounds of funding. The term sheet addresses the stakeholders’ rights and obligations with respect to subsequent changes in the company’s share capital.