Job Description
About Us
nPedalStart is India's fastest-growing startup founders' community and accelerator, working intensively with early-stage startups across every phase of their journey- from ideation to scale-up. We write cheques of $100-250K at pre-seed stages and help our portfolio companies grow post investment.
nRole Overview
nThe Company Secretary will support the VC team and portfolio startups on private placements, corporate actions, and transaction-related compliance. The role focuses on providing investment execution support, conducting basic legal due diligence, and ensuring post-investment corporate compliance for early-stage companies.
nKey Responsibilities:
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- Check private placement of shares / CCPS / CCDs for portfolio companiesn
- Ensure compliance with Sections 42 & 62 of the Companies Act, 2013n
- Check and approve PAS-4, PAS-5, PAS-3 filingsn
- Coordinate issuance of share certificates and updating statutory registersn
- Conduct basic legal DD for early-stage startups, including capitalisation tables and shareholding history, review of MOA/AOA,



shareholder agreements, and prepare DD summary notes for the investment teamn
- Review and assist with SHA, SSA, term sheets, ESOP documents, and ancillary agreementsn
- Coordinate with external legal counsel on transaction documentationn
- Support closing mechanics and post-closing filingsn
- Assist in follow-on rounds, secondary transactions, and exitsn
- Ensure compliance under the Companies Act, FEMA (FDI), where applicablen
- Maintain investment documentation repositoryn
- Support internal audits, reporting, and governance checksn

nSkills Required
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- Solid working knowledge of Companies Act, 2013 (private placement focus)n
- Familiarity with startup fundraises (Pre-Seed to Series A)n
- Understanding of equity instruments (Equity, CCPS, CCDs)n
- Ability to read and flag issues in legal agreementsn
- Structured, detail-oriented, and execution-focusedn
- Comfort

📌 Company Secretary (Gurugram)
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