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Corporate / Fundraising
Y-Combinator post-money SAFE adapted for an Indian private company. Use for pre-seed / seed convertibles where you want speed + valuation cap without the friction of priced rounds. Pair with a ROFR side-letter if existing investors require one.
Standard shareholders' agreement for Indian private companies post-Series A. Covers board composition, reserved matters, transfer restrictions (ROFR + tag-along), drag-along, anti-dilution, information rights and exit covenants. Pair with the SSA for the actual share-issuance mechanics.
Companion to the SHA. Mechanics of how the Investor subscribes to newly-issued shares: subscription price, closing conditions, representations & warranties, indemnity, and the conditions precedent to closing. Designed to be executed concurrently with the SHA at Series A or later priced rounds.
Licence
Free to use, copy, modify and redistribute, including commercially, without attribution.
Provided as-is as a drafting starting point. This is not legal advice and does not create an attorney-client or advocate-client relationship. Applicable law is fact- and jurisdiction-specific — stamp duty, registration and several employment obligations vary by state or region. Have a qualified lawyer review any document before you sign it.
Last reviewed: 2026-08-19
Questions
Yes. Free to use, copy, modify and redistribute, including commercially, with no attribution and no signup. We would rather founders start from a sound draft than from a generic template that ignores the law that actually applies to them.
Most free legal templates online are drafted for Delaware or England and miss the things that actually decide enforceability elsewhere — restraint-of-trade rules, stamp duty and registration requirements, equity-compensation tax treatment, and data-protection obligations that vary by jurisdiction. Our current template set is drafted for India specifically, for exactly this reason.
You can, and for a straightforward founders' agreement or offer letter many teams do. But these are starting points, not advice. Anything with money, equity or a regulator on the other side deserves a qualified lawyer reading it before signature — the review is far cheaper than the dispute.
Almost certainly, and the amount depends on your state and the instrument. An insufficiently stamped agreement is inadmissible in evidence in India — a uniquely painful failure mode, because the document looks fine right up until the moment you need it in court. Our stamp duty calculator covers 22 states.
Templates are reviewed against changes in Indian law on a published cadence, and every review is recorded. This set was last reviewed on 2026-08-19, after the Income-tax Act 2025 came into force and the four labour codes' central rules were notified.
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