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All investments to be made by a foreign venture capital investors shall be subject to the following conditions: -

(a) it shall disclose to SEBI its investment strategy.

(b) while it can invest its total funds committed in one venture capital fund it shall however not invest more than 25% of the funds committed for investments to India in one Venture Capital Undertaking.

(c) it shall make investments in the Venture Capital Undertaking as enumerated below:

(i) atleast 66.37% of the investible funds shall be invested in unlisted equity shares or equity linked instruments.

(ii) not more than 33.33% of the investible funds may be invested by way of:

(a) subscription to initial public offer of a venture capital undertaking whose shares are proposed to be listed subject to lock-in period of one year;

(b) debt or debt instrument of a venture capital undertaking in which the foreign venture capital investor] has already made an investment by way of equity