Startup Accounting

Please enlighten your views on below:

Mr. A has an idea which is worth 100 crores. Mr. B, Mr. C, Mr. D, Mr. E (investors) are convinced by the idea and are ready to invest full 100 crores on idea. 

Mr. A has no money to invest and wants to retain 75% ownership in the company. How can he do so?   

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This discussion explores a scenario where a startup founder with a valuable idea wants to retain 75% ownership while investors contribute the full £100 crore. The core question is how this can be achieved, especially when the founder has no personal capital to invest. Various methods of equity transfer and their legal feasibility within Indian law are considered, including the possibility of investors transferring their stake to the founder without direct payment, provided company and legal frameworks permit such arrangements.

Mr A’s idea is worth 5-10 lakhs inr. 

Owners equity= legal ownership over assets after deducting liabilities. 

Who ever invests, their share of profits, assets and liabilities are proportional. 

No chance that he can take over 75% ownership. 

What if B, C, D, E opens up a private limited company (25 crores each) and transfer their proportion equity holding to A so that A now has 75% holding and B,C,D,E have total 25% holding. Is it possible ? 

What Mr. A will pay upon transfer to B C D E where he has no money

If A has the facility to inherit the stake through Indian law, it is possible. The partners capital account will be debited while transferring stake to A and A’s account will be credited. So this transaction is valid because the balance sheet equation is not disturbed here. 

A can join the company like:

Bank a/c 100₹

To A’s capital a/c 0₹

To B capital a/c 25₹

To C capital a/c 25₹

To D capital a/c 25₹

To E capital a/c 25₹

(if law allows partner to join for free)

If the company law or Legal laws prohibit such a transfer, then, it is not possible.

 

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