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The Severance Story in Startups

Most start-ups have disruptive businesses / business models and in the course of scaling business, teams are ramped up. There is an all-round good news of amazing startup ideas, cheer of unicorns, and funding frenzy. We also hear of a

By Sharda Balaji over 8 years ago
Raising of Funds Through Compulsorily Convertible Debentures

Raising of funds by issuance of Compulsorily Convertible Debentures (“CCD”), also known as convertible notes in common parlance, is one of the ways that start-ups can raise money during the early stages of investments and bridge round investments. Primarily because

By Sharda Balaji over 8 years ago
KBase - The NovoJuris Quarterly, June 2015

KBase - The NovoJuris Quarterly, June 2015 Making Your Money Work For You If you have raised private equity, it usually is for executing the plan over a period of 12 to 18 months, unless the fund raise is to

By Sharda Balaji about 9 years ago
Packaged Goods: Do Labels Tell The Truth?

In the fast paced world we consume a wide range of packaged goods. Some brands we consume based on trust built on the brand rather than checking the labels. Even for being an “informed customer”, the labels don’t provide all

By Sharda Balaji about 9 years ago
Board Member Copying and Executing Your Plan?

Here’s an ugly side of having a strategic investor on board, which we would like to believe is perhaps just a random, one-off case. A strategic investor and a board member hears to the whole plan and then executes and

By Sharda Balaji about 9 years ago
Making Your Money Work For You

If you have raised private equity, it usually is for executing the plan over a period of 12 to 18 months, unless the fund raise is to acquire another entity/business. While deployment is over a period of time, where would

By Sharda Balaji about 9 years ago
Negotiable Instrument Act streamlines the issue of "jurisdiction"

The Negotiable Instruments Act was amended to address and streamline the “ jurisdiction” for filing the cases under section 138 (Ex. Cheque bounce). This addresses one of the major pain point in quick redressal. The section now reads as: "The

By Sharda Balaji about 9 years ago
Licensing / Registration Requirements for Food Mobile Vans

Food is emotional for a foodie is a celebration each time they find interesting food. The number of startups in food - food tech, food delivery, packaged foods is increasing. With mobile population, food has become mobile too. At NovoJuris

By Sharda Balaji about 9 years ago
Product's Dependability: A Celebrity's Worry?

“Boost is the secret of my energy” was the famous one-liner by the cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar that was so loved by the people, that it helped the company’s revenue soar. In a country where “movies and cricket” sell, it

By Sharda Balaji about 9 years ago
Security Related Provisions in IPR Laws

With new inventions come new questions. We are in the process of protecting the design of a drone and here’s our experience. Introduction The Defence Research and Development Organisation (“DRDO”) was set up with a view to make India self-sufficient

By Sharda Balaji over 9 years ago
Legal Framework on Acquisition of Immovable Property in India by Foreign Nationals / NRIs / PIOs

Foreign investment in India is at an all-time high, with a 26% increase to an estimated US $35 billion in Foreign Direct Investment (‘FDI’) inflow in 2014. Directly linked with this is the growing demand for acquiring land/office space in

By Sharda Balaji over 9 years ago
Alternative Dispute Resolution – The Real Alternate? (Part 3)

In our previous posts (part one, part two), we have given a brief background on the increasing need of speedy disposal of commercial disputes in India and we have also explained the modalities and pitfalls of arbitration as a mode

By Sharda Balaji over 9 years ago