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Retainer Quote for a Bootstrapped Founder: What year one actually costs
Most bootstrapped founders either underspend on advisory in year one and spend year two fixing the mess, or get quoted a number they cannot justify and sign up for a retainer that does not fit their stage. Neither…
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Category III AIF Long Only Equity: What the pitch decks leave out
A Category III AIF long only equity fund sits in a regulatory space that most wealth managers gloss over in their pitches. The fund is registered under the SEBI (Alternative Investment Funds) Regulations, 2012 as a…
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Incorporation Retainer for AI and Deep-tech Startups
Incorporating a company in India takes two to five working days. The documents that come out of that process, however, shape every funding round, every government grant, and every investor negotiation you will have for…
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AIF for Renewable Energy Sector: A Complete Asset Structuring Guide
India crossed 50% non-fossil fuel installed power capacity in July 2025, five years ahead of its Paris Agreement commitment. The government’s 500 GW target by 2030 needs roughly Rs 33 lakh crore in total investment, of…
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Can a Proprietary Trading or Funded-Trader Platform Register as a SEBI AIF?
Founders building funded-trader platforms in India keep hearing the same advice from investors and counsel: register as an Alternative Investment Fund and the regulatory problem disappears. It rarely does. An AIF is a…
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Treelife supported Daxko FitnessForce in its acquisition by Daxko!
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Treelife Advises Piper Serica in ₹15 Crore Investment in Yaanendriya
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Compliance Calendar August 2026 – GST TDS PF ESI Deadlines
August 2026 is a deceptively busy month. The standard monthly GST and TDS cycle runs on schedule, but three due dates shift because of Independence Day on 15th August and weekend landings on the 30th and 31st. Two new…
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Global Fintech Fest 2026 – GFF Mumbai – A Complete Guide
The Global Fintech Fest (GFF) Mumbai 2026 is set to be the world’s largest fintech festival for the seventh consecutive year. Scheduled for 8 to 11 September 2026 at the Jio World Centre and Trident, Bandra Kurla…
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Business Transfer Agreement in India: A clause-by-clause drafting guide
A business transfer agreement (BTA) is not a formality you fill in after the deal is commercially agreed. Every clause choice in the BTA has a downstream consequence: on your income tax computation under Section 50B of…