For Foreign Founders & NRIs — Enter India

Enter India Without Flying Blind.
Entity, Team, and Product — Run Locally.

Setting up in India from abroad usually means juggling a company secretary, a chartered accountant, a landlord, a recruiter, and a developer across a time zone you cannot see into. Naraway is the single local team that incorporates the entity, keeps it compliant, hires the people, and builds the product — so you operate in India without needing to be in the room.

100%Foreign ownership allowed in most sectors via the automatic route
1Local team for entity, compliance, hiring and product on the ground
2Real offices — Noida and Hyderabad — for a valid registered address
FEMAInward capital and filings handled so your investment is compliant
Why India Entry Trips Up Foreign Founders

The Setup Is Not the Hard Part. Running It From Abroad Is.

Incorporation is a one-time event that any agent can do. The difficulty is everything after: a compliance calendar that never stops, a banking process built for residents, and a team you cannot manage over a five-to-twelve-hour time gap.

Choosing the Wrong Structure

Private Limited, LLP, or a branch office each carry different ownership, tax, and repatriation consequences. The wrong pick is painful and expensive to unwind after funding.

A Compliance Calendar That Never Sleeps

ROC filings, tax returns, GST, and FEMA reporting each have deadlines. A single missed filing accrues penalties and can flag your entity during future diligence.

Banking Built for Residents

Opening a current account and bringing in foreign capital involves KYC and FEMA steps that assume a local presence. Done wrong, your own investment gets stuck.

Managing a Team You Cannot See

Hiring and running staff across a large time gap, without local context on salaries, notice periods, and payroll, quietly becomes the founder's second full-time job.

No Valid Address

You need a real registered office for incorporation and GST. Without a local address, founders stall — or use an invalid one that causes problems later.

Five Agents, Zero Coordination

A CS, a CA, a landlord, a recruiter, and a dev shop who never talk turn the founder into the integration layer across a time zone — the slowest possible way to operate.

One Local Team, Four Fronts

Incorporate, Comply, Staff, and Build — Under One Roof

Instead of assembling five providers across a time gap, you get one local team that sets up the entity, runs its compliance, hires and pays the staff, and builds the product. Each pillar links to the detail.

01 — Incorporate

Entity & Virtual Office

Private Limited incorporation with 100% foreign ownership where permitted, a compliant virtual office at a real address, and bank-account setup.

Incorporation →
02 — Comply

Ongoing Compliance

GST, annual ROC filings, tax returns, and FEMA reporting for foreign capital, run continuously so nothing lapses while you operate from abroad.

Compliance →
03 — Staff

Hiring & Payroll

Local talent sourced with background verification, plus payroll and statutory contributions handled, so your India team runs correctly without you managing it.

Recruitment →
04 — Build

Product & Presence

Website, product, or app built by the same team, plus the marketing to launch in-market — so your India operation actually does something, not just exists on paper.

Tech & product →
What "Run Locally" Actually Means

The On-Ground Work That Is Hard to Do From Another Country

These are the tasks that need someone physically and legally present in India. Naraway is that presence, so your distance stops being an operational liability.

Valid Registered Address

A compliant virtual office at our Noida or Hyderabad locations with rent agreement, NOC, and utility bill — accepted for incorporation and GST.

Compliant Capital Inflow

Inward remittance of share capital documented and FEMA-reported (for example FC-GPR), so your own money reaches the company cleanly.

One Compliance Calendar

Every filing deadline tracked and met by one point of contact, instead of you coordinating a CA and a CS you have never met.

Local Hiring & Payroll

Market-rate offers, background verification, and payroll with statutory contributions, so your team is compliant and competitive from day one.

Timezone-Bridged Reporting

Regular updates structured for your working hours, so oversight does not depend on you being awake when India is.

Clean Records for Diligence

Cap table, filings, and contracts kept in order from the start, so a future funding round or audit does not become an archaeology project.

How We Engage

From Decision to a Running India Operation

A structured entry that sequences the ownership and compliance decisions first, then stands up the team and the product.

1

Structure & Sector Check

FDI check, entity choice, and ownership structure decided against your activity and funding plans

2

Incorporate & Address

Company registered with a compliant virtual office and directors set up

3

Bank & Capital

Current account opened and foreign capital brought in with FEMA reporting

4

Team & Product

Local hiring, payroll, and the website or product build stood up in parallel

5

Run & Report

Ongoing compliance and regular reporting so the entity runs cleanly while you are abroad

Frequently Asked

Foreign Founders Ask Us These First

In most sectors, yes — 100% foreign ownership of an Indian Private Limited company is allowed under the automatic route, meaning no prior government approval is needed. Some sectors have caps or conditions under FDI rules. Naraway checks your sector against the current FDI policy before incorporation and structures ownership accordingly, coordinating specialist counsel where a sector is restricted.
For most foreign founders, a Private Limited company is the right vehicle — it allows 100% foreign shareholding in permitted sectors, is recognized by investors and banks, and separates personal liability. LLPs and branch/liaison offices suit narrower cases. Naraway recommends based on your activity, funding plans, and repatriation needs rather than a one-size default.
Yes. A virtual office with a proper rent agreement, NOC, and utility bill is accepted as a registered office address for incorporation and GST in most states. Naraway provides a compliant virtual office at a real address (including our Noida and Hyderabad locations) with the documentation authorities require, so you do not need a physical lease to start.
After incorporation, the company opens a current account and files the required FEMA reporting (such as FC-GPR) when foreign share capital is brought in. Naraway coordinates the account opening and ensures the inward remittance is documented and reported correctly, so your capital injection is compliant from day one.
An Indian Private Limited company has recurring obligations: annual ROC filings, income tax returns, GST returns if registered, board and statutory records, and FEMA reporting for foreign investment. Naraway runs these on an ongoing basis so nothing lapses while you operate from abroad — you get a single point of contact rather than chasing separate agents.

Tell Us Where You Are and What You Are Building in India.

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