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Article2 Nov 2026
How to plan your startup's funding beyond this round
Investors ask how the company will be funded after this round, and many founders have no answer ready. Sriram Chidambaram on the capital strategy and funding roadmap that give them one.
Article2 Nov 2026
What investors look for in a data room
An investor data room should argue for the company, folder by folder. CA Mallavarjalla Mounika on SRF's ten-folder index, the monthly close that keeps it current, the Indian records investors test and access in two stages.
Blog30 Oct 2026
The rupee came close to its record low this month. Here is what that means if you run a company across the US and India.
The rupee came within paise of its record low in early October and is about 5.6% weaker this year. Here is what that means for a company with one foot in the US and one in India.
Article28 Oct 2026
Where healthcare capital is going in 2026, and what makes a single-specialty niche investable
In 2026, acquirers worldwide paid most for supplement brands, while venture funds put more into blood tests and wearables than into supplements. In India the money is moving into orthotics, pain care and physiotherapy. What turns a niche into a business an investor can price.
Funding insight28 Oct 2026
Zetwerk's IPO raised ₹5,012 crore. At most 13% of it is for growth.
Lenders and selling shareholders take about 87% of Zetwerk's ₹5,012 crore IPO. Haripriya V on the cash burn behind the loss, the 1.6x multiple, and the number she is watching.
News & updates28 Oct 2026
MCA Extends AOC-4 to 31 December 2026 and MGT-7 to 31 January 2027
Companies now have until 31 December 2026 to file 2025-26 financial statements and until 31 January 2027 for annual returns, with no additional fees. Three October filings did not move.
Article27 Oct 2026
The founder's labour compliance playbook
Most founders are not non-compliant on purpose. They are compliant for the company they used to be. Eight areas, what applies in each, and the one quarterly habit that keeps you current.
Article27 Oct 2026
Do the pricing work even if you're giving the product away free
A free tier or a free pilot still has a price, and usually nobody decided it. Sriram Chidambaram on the two numbers to know before you give a product away.
Article27 Oct 2026
Your term sheet just landed. Your cap table didn't.
CS Manavi Arora on CCDs and convertible notes: why your cap table does not move on day one, what the rules in India require, and why the dilution only moves to the next round.
Article27 Oct 2026
What exactly do we mean by impact finance?
A founder asked whether Jio counts as an impact business. The fair answer separates impact from impact finance: three tests, a second lane of capital, and a gap that is rarely the money itself.
News & updates27 Oct 2026
EPFO Extends the September 2026 ECR Deadline to 31 October
EPFO has moved the due date for the September 2026 provident fund return and payment from 15 to 31 October, because the wage ceiling changed mid-month. Only September moves. What it costs to miss, and what to file now.
Article19 Oct 2026
How the iDEX challenge works, and what a defence grant win pays
iDEX pays defence startups and MSMEs a grant for up to half of a project, and only through a challenge round. What it pays, who can enter, and where the rounds stand.
Article19 Oct 2026
MUDRA loan: borrowing up to INR 20 lakh without pledging property
MUDRA is not a grant, and MUDRA itself lends nothing. It is a collateral-free business loan in four sizes, priced by whichever lender you borrow from.
Article16 Oct 2026
DRDO's Technology Development Fund: what it pays and who can bid
DRDO's Technology Development Fund pays most of the cost of building a technology the armed forces have asked for. You bid on DRDO's requirement, and you share the IP.
Article16 Oct 2026
BIRAC's BIG grant: up to INR 50 lakh to prove a biotech idea works
BIG pays a young biotech company up to INR 50 lakh to reach proof of concept. Under the October 2025 guidelines only companies and LLPs can apply, and no 2026 call had opened by mid-October.
Article16 Oct 2026
CGTMSE: how a small business borrows without pledging property
CGTMSE never lends a rupee. It promises your bank most of the loss if you default, which is what lets a small enterprise borrow without pledging property.
Article15 Oct 2026
TRL 1 to 9: How to Measure Your Technology's Readiness, and How Investors Read It
What each technology readiness level from TRL 1 to 9 means under India's NTRAF framework, the evidence that proves it, and how an investor reads a company at each level.
Article15 Oct 2026
How to Apply for the RDI Fund: Eligibility, Documents and the Application Process
An RDI Fund application goes to TDB, BIRAC or one of 19 RDIF-backed managers, never to RDIF itself. The seven tests, the routes, the steps and the documents.
Article15 Oct 2026
RDIF Funding: A Founder's Guide to India's ₹1 Lakh Crore R&D Fund
India's ₹1 lakh crore RDI Fund reaches founders only through approved fund managers, only at TRL 4 and above, and normally for at most half a project or round.
Case study14 Oct 2026
EasyRewardz: How a Blank-Sheet Acquisition Search Reached Two Priority Targets
EasyRewardz wanted to buy its way into the SME market and had no list of targets. SRF built one, from a market map down to two priority candidates.
