Startup India Registration

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Startup India is an initiative by the Indian Government aimed at fostering a robust ecosystem to nurture innovation and startups across the country. This initiative seeks to drive sustainable economic growth and create significant employment opportunities by empowering startups to grow through innovation and design.

  • Enhanced infrastructure, such as incubation centres
  • IPR facilitation, including streamlined patent filing processes
  • Improved regulatory environment, featuring tax benefits, easier compliance, and faster company setup mechanisms
  • Increased funding opportunities
  • Extensive networking database for entrepreneurs and other stakeholders in the startup ecosystem

There are a number of benefits startups receive under the Startup India Initiative. Nevertheless, in order to avail of these benefits, an entity is needed to be recognised by the DPIIT as a startup.

Startups are allowed to self certify their compliance with six labour laws and three environment laws. This is allowed for a total period of five years from the date of incorporation/registration of the entity. Startups are allowed a three-year tax exemption and the best intellectual property services and resources solely built to help startups protect and commercialise their IPRs.

To obtain the DPIIT Certificate of Recognition, a startup must meet the following criteria:

  • Period of Existence: The company should not have been in existence and operating for more than 10 years from its date of formation.
  • Type of Entity: The recognition is available to entities incorporated as a Private Limited Company, a Limited Liability Partnership (LLP), or a Registered Partnership Firm.
  • Annual Turnover: The firm should have an annual turnover not exceeding Rs. 100 crore in any fiscal year since its incorporation.
  • Original Entity: The company must not have been formed by splitting up or reconstructing an existing business.
  • Innovative & Scalable: The entity should be engaged in developing or improving a product, process, or service and should have a scalable business model with high potential for wealth creation and employment generation.

You must first incorporate your business as a Private Limited Company, Partnership firm or a Limited Liability Partnership. You have to follow all the normal procedures for registration of any business like submitting the registration application and obtaining the Certificate of Incorporation/Partnership registration.

You can incorporate a Private Limited Company or a Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) by filing the registration application to the Registrar of Companies (ROC) of your region. You can establish a Partnership Firm by filing the application for registration of your firm with the Registrar of Firms of your area. You need to submit the required documents and fees to the Registrar of Companies or Registrar of Firms along with the registration application.

The applicant unit need to access the Start-up India Recognition portal for Register with Start-up India to get the DPIIT Certificate of Recognition for Startups.

Provide the following details in the Start-up Recognition application :

Entity Details: Nature of Entity, Industry, Sector, Categories and Company Incorporation Number and Registration Date

Full Address of the Entity

Details of the Authorized Representative

Directors or Partner Details

Details of Intellectual Property Right

Details of funding

Recognition received by the entity

  • Incorporation/Registration Certificate of your startup
  • Proof of funding, if any
  • Authorisation letter of the authorised representative of the company, LLP or partnership firm
  • Proof of concept like pitch deck/website link/video (in case of a validation/ early traction/scaling stage startup)
  • Patent and trademark details, if any
  • List of awards or certificates of recognition, if any
  • PAN Number

Any entity with at least one registered office in India can register on the Startup India hub, as the current location preferences are designed for Indian states. However, the government plans to soon open registrations for stakeholders from the global ecosystem as well.