• Startup Policy Forum launches CNPC to support IPO-bound Indian startups
• 40+ startups worth $90B expected to go public in the coming years
• CNPC to offer governance training, regulatory dialogue, and market readiness support

The Startup Policy Forum (SPF), an alliance of more than 50 new-age Indian companies, has established the Centre for New-Age Public Companies (CNPC) to assist startups in making the move from private to public markets.

With increasingly more Indian startups preparing themselves for Initial Public Offerings (IPOs), the CNPC is aimed at addressing issues of regulatory compliance, governance norms, and market readiness.

The launch was made formally at a high-profile meeting in Mumbai, with SEBI Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey and more than 20 startup founders and CXOs in attendance. The launch coincides with hopes that almost 40 startups valued at more than $90 billion overall are likely to list in the immediate future.

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Shweta Rajpal Kohli, President and CEO of the Startup Policy Forum, underscored that India's capital markets are in transition:

"Tech-infused, new-age companies are increasingly taking over IPO queues and investor attention. CNPC is seeking to make them more prepared and resilient as they enter public markets."

The CNPC will be an exclusive platform to:

• Enable communication with regulators such as SEBI
• Offer training in compliance, governance, and disclosures
• Enable peer-to-peer learning and policy synchronisation for founders and leadership teams

SPF's members consist of both listed startups (such as Swiggy, ixigo, Ather Energy, and MobiKwik) and pre-IPO champions like Meesho, Groww, Bluestone, Curefoods, and PhysicsWallah.

The CNPC focuses on establishing market confidence, increasing capital market preparedness, and fostering the next generation of India's public tech leaders.