Angel's Desk, volume 1

Small Cheques, Real Stakes

The angel investor's guide to Indian startups: sourcing, evaluating, structuring, filing and exiting a Rs 25 lakh to Rs 2 crore cheque.

What it does for you

Write your first ten angel cheques with a written process — what to check, how to structure, what to file and how to get out — and know the fourteen ways angels lose money in India.

Inside

1. Part 1The angel's journey
2. Part 2Finding and evaluating
3. Part 3Structuring
4. Part 4Filings and tax
5. Part 5After the cheque

At the back: Checklists by stage; four worked models (portfolio construction, pre-money sanity check, exit waterfall for an angel, post-tax return); the cost of one wrong decision; statute index; glossary; a term-sheet and SHA clause matrix; a ninety-day plan for the first cheque; four templates.

Written for

HNIs, former operators and family offices putting roughly Rs 25 lakh to Rs 2 crore into each deal.

Also in Every EzComply handbook (₹11,999).