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Private Limited Company Registration in India

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This is the practical checklist for two founders sitting in different cities: it spells out that you need just one registered office in India, a minimum of two directors and two shareholders, and at least one resident director, all filed online through SPICe+. It even links state-specific pages, so the founder outside the metro and the co-founder in Bengaluru can see that where each of you sits does not fork the incorporation.

  • One Indian Pvt Ltd with a single registered office covers both founders regardless of city, no second entity needed
  • At least one director must be an Indian resident, and the whole SPICe+ filing (PAN, TAN, GST, DIN) is done online, so no one has to relocate to incorporate
  • You need a minimum of two directors and two shareholders, which a two-founder team meets by default
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The question it answers

  1. I am a first-time founder outside the big metros and my co-founder is in Bengaluru. Does where we are based change how we split equity or set up the company?

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