Securities and Exchange Board of India (Foreign Venture Capital Investors) Regulations, 2000
Summary
This part contains the contents table and Chapter I Preliminary of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Foreign Venture Capital Investors) Regulations, 2000 as amended up to July 10, 2026. It sets out regulation 1 on short title and commencement and regulation 2(1) definitions including Act, Board, certificate, control, designated bank, designated depository participant, domestic custodian, equity linked instruments, foreign venture capital investor, form, IFSC, investible funds, Schedule and SWAGAT-FI. The regulations are made under sub-section (1) of Section 30 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 vide S.O. 832(E) and come into force on publication in the Official Gazette. This part defines "Venture Capital Fund" and "Venture Capital undertaking" and provides that undefined words have the meaning assigned in the Act, FEMA 1999, Companies Act 2013, SCRA 1956, Depositories Act 1996 or rules thereunder. It requires that no person shall buy, sell or otherwise deal as a foreign venture capital investor without a certificate granted by a designated depository participant on behalf of the Board and prescribes the application form, manner and supporting document
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In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 30 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (15 of 1992), the Securities and Exchange Board of India hereby makes the following regulations namely:-
These regulations may be called the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Foreign Venture Capital Investor) Regulations, 2000.
They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
"Act" means the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (15 of 1992);
"Bilateral Memorandum of Understanding with the Board" means a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding between the Board and any authority outside India that provides for information sharing arrangement as specified under clause (ib) of sub-section (2) of section 11 of the Act;
"Board" means the Securities and Exchange Board of India established under section 3 of the Act;
"certificate" means a certificate of registration granted to a foreign venture capital investor by the designated depository participant on behalf of the Board under these regulations
"control" includes the right to appoint majority of the directors or to control the management or policy decisions exercisable by a person or persons acting individually or in concert, directly or indirectly, including by virtue of shareholding or management rights or shareholders agreements or voting agreements or in any other manner;
"designated bank" means a scheduled bank in India, which has been authorised by the Reserve Bank of India to act as a banker to the foreign venture capital investor;
"designated depository participant" means a person who has been approved by the Board under Chapter III of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Foreign Portfolio Investors) Regulations, 2019;
"domestic custodian" means a person registered under the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Custodian) Regulations, 1996;
"Inspection or Investigation Officer" means an officer appointed by the Board, under regulation 16;
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Source: SecMarx — Securities and Exchange Board of India (Foreign Venture Capital Investors) Regulations, 2000. Verbatim text is public record; SecMarx structuring (linkage to applying orders) is cited to us.