Two founders are starting a company and need to record the deal
A Founders' Agreement, and a Co-founder Vesting and IP Assignment Agreement.
Inside: Founders, equity & exits
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Founder & Startup Legal Bundle: 36 Documents for Indian Startups
Founder & Startup Legal Bundle — 36 editable documents for an Indian startup, with a what-to-sign-when guide
Adv. Jyotishwar V. Bhosale · Advocate, Bombay High Court · Since 2008
Legal research, compilation & co-authors: Adv. Tabassum Shaikh · Adv. Akshay Dunde · Adv. Sonali Bhosale
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From the first founders' conversation to the first fundraise and the first hires: 36 editable documents for an Indian private limited company, plus a 12-page guide on what to sign when and a first-year compliance calendar. The documents use choose-your-clause [Option] drafting with highlighted blanks.
36 Word documents12-page Kit GuideFirst-year compliance calendarEnglishCompanies Act, 2013
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Which of these is on your desk today?
Each one is answered in two lines here, and in full — with the format and the provision — inside.
We are raising a seed round
A Seed Term Sheet, a Share Subscription Agreement (Seed), an early-stage Shareholders' Agreement, and a convertible instrument term note (CCPS or CCD route).
Inside: Founders, equity & exits
We want to give employees equity
An ESOP Scheme, grant letter and exercise form, with the board resolution and a note on the shareholders' special resolution required under Section 62(1)(b).
Inside: ESOP · Board resolutions
An advisor will be paid in equity
An equity-based Advisor Agreement.
Inside: Founders, equity & exits
A co-founder is leaving
A Co-founder Exit and Settlement Agreement.
Inside: Founders, equity & exits
The board needs to allot shares or open a bank account
Board resolutions for allotment of shares, bank account and authorised signatories, appointment of director, and delegation of authority; a notice of EGM and a special resolution with an MGT-14 filing note.
Inside: Board & member resolutions · 7
We are about to share confidential information
A Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement and a One-Way Non-Disclosure Agreement.
Inside: NDAs · 2
We are making our first hires
An Employment Agreement, Offer Letter, Internship Letter and a Consultant Agreement with IP Assignment.
Inside: People · 4
We are signing customers and vendors
A Master Services Agreement, Statement of Work, SaaS Terms of Service, Vendor Agreement, Reseller and Distribution Agreement and a Data Processing Agreement.
Inside: Customers, vendors & partners · 6
Our website collects personal data
Website Terms of Use, a Privacy Policy and Consent Notice written for the DPDP Act's phased duties, and a Cookie Notice. Check the current rules and your own data flows before publishing.
DPDP Act, 2023Inside: Website & privacy · 4
I do not know what the company must file in its first year
The 12-page Kit Guide has a first-year compliance calendar. Dates depend on your financial year and facts: verify before relying.
Inside: Kit Guide
What the 36 documents cover
Eight groups, in the order a startup usually needs them. The guide explains what to sign and when.
That is a sample. The full product has every format behind it.
What is inside
- 36 editable Word documents in eight groups
- Founders, equity and exits (11): Founders' Agreement to Co-founder Exit and Settlement
- Board and member resolutions (7), including EGM notice and Special Resolution with MGT-14 note
- NDAs (2) · People (4) · IP (1) · Customers, vendors and partners (6)
- Website and privacy, written for the DPDP Act's phased duties (4) · Investor Update Template (1)
- 12-page Kit Guide: what to sign and when, first-year compliance calendar, how to read and negotiate a startup contract
- START HERE index (PDF)
- Bonus: IPC → BNS · CrPC → BNSS · Evidence Act → BSA Concordance Chart, 54 pages, 1,262 rows
- Bonus: Limitation Periods Quick Chart, 34 key limitation periods, 5 pages
- Bonus: Universal AI Prompt page
What it prevents
Founders working without a written agreementA Founders' Agreement and a vesting and IP assignment, in the first set of documents
Equity promised but not paperedESOP scheme, grant letter, exercise form and the board and shareholder resolutions that go with themCompanies Act, 2013
Collecting personal data with no policy or noticeA Privacy Policy, Consent Notice and Cookie Notice written for the DPDP Act's phased dutiesDPDP Act, 2023
Not knowing what to file in year oneA first-year compliance calendar in the Kit Guide; verify dates for your own facts
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36 editable documents with a 12-page guide and compliance calendar
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- 36 Word documents in eight groups
- Founders, equity and exits: 11 documents
- Board and member resolutions: 7 documents
- NDAs, hiring, IP and customer contracts
- Website terms and privacy documents written for the DPDP Act's phased duties
- 12-page Kit Guide: what to sign and when
- First-year compliance calendar
- Concordance chart (1,262 rows) and Limitation Periods Quick Chart
- Universal AI Prompt page
- Free updates until 31 Dec 2027 — revised editions are added to your Library
These formats were written and compiled for education and knowledge-sharing. They show how documents of each kind are commonly structured under Indian law as on October 2026. They are not legal advice, and buying or using them does not create an advocate–client relationship with the authors or with Expert Jurist LLP. Every matter turns on its own facts, and laws, rates and court practice change. Always engage a qualified advocate to review and adapt a format before filing any case or signing or registering any document. The authors and Expert Jurist LLP accept no responsibility for use of these formats without such review.
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Updates
Free updates until 31 Dec 2027. When an update is released, we email you a fresh download link. Your purchase is saved in your Library at societysewa.in/library, which you open any time with the email address you paid with; the emailed link also works for 12 months (up to 5 downloads). Each edition carries the date the law was checked (law as on October 2026), so you always know what it is current to. Updates are issued as the law and procedure move; they are not a promise of legal advice on your matter. A later new edition, if one is published after 31 Dec 2027, is a separate purchase.
What you are paying for — and what is free
The Companies Act, 2013 and the DPDP Act, 2023 are public. What the bundle gives you is the set of documents a startup commonly needs, drafted with choose-your-clause [Option] blanks, and a guide to the order in which to sign them. The bundle is written for an Indian private limited company; adapt it for a limited liability partnership or another structure. The Privacy Policy and Consent Notice are drafted to the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, whose duties come into force in phases; until they apply, the Information Technology Act, 2000 (section 43A) regime continues; check the current rules and your own data flows before publishing. The compliance calendar is a first-year schedule: dates depend on your financial year and facts, so verify before relying. These are educational and reference formats, not legal advice. Laws, rates and procedures change and depend on the facts of each matter. Have a qualified advocate review any document before you sign, execute or file it. Licence: personal and professional use by the purchaser only. You may use and adapt the formats for your own matters and your own clients. You may not resell, share, upload, distribute or publish them, or any part of them, in any form.
Do not buy this if…
- ×you want legal advice on your own facts: these are reference formats, so consult a qualified advocate
- ×you plan to resell, share, upload or redistribute the files: the licence is for the purchaser's personal and professional use only
- ×your documents carry real money, equity or personal data and you intend to sign without an advocate's review: have one review them
- ×your entity is not an Indian private limited company: adapt carefully for a limited liability partnership or another structure
About the Authors
Adv. Jyotishwar V. BhosaleAdvocate, Bombay High Court · Since 2008B.Sc., LL.B. · Advocate, Bombay High Court · Managing Partner, Expert Jurist LLP
Adv. Jyotishwar V. Bhosale has more than 18 years of practice across courts, tribunals and boardrooms. He leads Expert Jurist LLP, Advocates & Legal Consultants, Navi Mumbai — a firm built on deep legal expertise sharpened by the intelligent use of modern legal technology.
A modern, technology-led law firm. Expert Jurist LLP is a full-service firm serving companies, startups and in-house teams, homebuyers, developers and lenders, housing societies, government employees, members of the armed forces and paramilitary, and public authorities. Its practice covers corporate and commercial law, real estate and RERA, land acquisition and compensation, criminal law, service law (AFT, CAT, MAT), co-operative societies, intellectual property, compliance and POSH, and arbitration and mediation. Its public-sector work includes matters connected with major infrastructure projects — among them the Mumbai–Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail (bullet train), the Public Works Department, the Irrigation Department, MMRDA and MahaRail — as one part of a wider practice for businesses and individuals alike.
Technology at the core. The firm uses AI-assisted research and drafting in its daily practice, always under an advocate’s review, and builds its own legal-technology platforms: LSR Guru (legal scrutiny reports for banks and NBFCs), POSHGuard (POSH Act compliance), AFT Helpdesk (Armed Forces Tribunal matters), RERA Resolve (homebuyer remedies) and an intellectual-property portal.
Its purpose. To make sound legal knowledge simple, affordable and within reach of everyone — helping companies stay compliant, helping individuals find their way to justice, and sharing legal know-how widely. “Always with you on the path of Justice.” This library is part of that mission.
- Adv. Sonali BhosaleAdvocate · Partner, Expert Jurist LLP
- Adv. Tabassum ShaikhAdvocate · Senior Land Acquisition Counsel
- Adv. Akshay DundeAdvocate · Senior Litigation Counsel
Questions buyers ask
Are these for a private limited company?
Yes. The bundle is written for an Indian private limited company under the Companies Act, 2013; adapt for a limited liability partnership or another structure.
Are the privacy documents written for the DPDP Act?
The Privacy Policy and Consent Notice are drafted to the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, whose duties come into force in phases; until they apply, the Information Technology Act, 2000 (section 43A) regime continues. Check the current rules and your own data flows before publishing.
What is the compliance calendar?
A first-year schedule inside the 12-page guide showing what the company must file or do and roughly when. Dates depend on your financial year and facts: verify before relying.
Can I edit the formats?
Yes. They are Word .docx files that open in Microsoft Word, Google Docs, LibreOffice and WPS Office. Blanks are highlighted for you to fill; delete the options that do not apply.
How do I get my files after paying?
Payment gives you a download link on the confirmation page and by email. Your files stay in your Library at societysewa.in/library, which you open any time with your email address; the emailed link also works for 12 months. The files arrive as one ZIP: unzip it and open the START HERE index first.
Is this legal advice?
No. This product is for educational and reference purposes only. Laws, rates and procedures change and depend on facts: have a qualified advocate review any document before you use, sign or file it.
Can I resell or share the files?
No. The licence is for personal and professional use by the purchaser only. You may use and adapt the files for your own matters and your own clients, but you may not resell, share, upload, distribute or publish them or any part of them.
Can I get a refund?
Digital downloads cannot be returned once delivered. If a file is damaged, will not open or does not match this description, write to us within 7 days of delivery and we will fix it or refund you.
Will I get updates?
Yes: free updates until 31 Dec 2027. When an update is released, we email you a fresh download link.
Before you use these formats
Term sheets, shareholder agreements and ESOPs fix who owns what and who can do what. Use the bundle to start and to understand the document, then have a qualified advocate review any document that carries real money, equity or personal data before you sign it.
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Founder & Startup Legal Bundle36 editable documents for an Indian startup, with a what-to-sign-when guide
Sold by Expert Jurist LLP, CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai. Educational and reference formats · Not legal advice · Licensed to the purchaser — resale/sharing prohibited · Digital downloads are non-refundable (see Refund Policy) · Terms · All publications. The law is stated as on October 2026.