Online Filing System for Foreign Venture Capital Investors
Summary
SEBI has introduced an online filing system for Foreign Venture Capital Investors to facilitate registration, reporting, and compliance under the FVCI Regulations, 2000. All applicants and existing registered FVCIs are mandated to submit applications and reports exclusively through the SEBI Intermediary Portal starting July 1, 2017. Existing registered FVCIs have been advised to activate their online accounts via separate activation emails.
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SEBI has introduced an online system for filings related to Foreign Venture Capital Investors (FVCI) to facilitate ease of operations in terms of applying for registration, reporting and various compliances under SEBI (Foreign Venture Capital Investors) Regulations, 2000.
All applicants desirous of seeking registration as a FVCI are now required to submit their applications online only, through SEBI Intermediary Portal at https://siportal.sebi.gov.in. Furthermore, all SEBI registered FVCIs are now required to file their compliance reports and submit applications for any request under the provisions of FVCI Regulations, through the online system only.
Link for SEBI Intermediary Portal is also available on SEBI website - www.sebi.gov.in. In case of any queries and clarifications, users may refer to the manual provided in the portal or contact the Portal Helpline as specified in the manual.
Existing SEBI registered FVCIs are advised to activate their online accounts, for which activation e-mail has been sent separately.
This circular is issued in exercise of the powers conferred under Section 11(1) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992, to protect the interests of investors in securities and to promote the development of and to regulate the securities market.
Source: SecMarx — Online Filing System for Foreign Venture Capital Investors. Verbatim text is public record; SecMarx structuring (linkage to applying orders) is cited to us.