SEBI Update – Modalities for migration of Venture Capital Funds registered under erstwhile SEBI (Venture Capital Funds) Regulations, 1996 to SEBI (Alternative Investment Funds) Regulations, 2012

In terms of Regulation 19X(1) of AIF Regulations, an application for seeking registration as a Migrated Venture Capital Fund shall be made to SEBI in the manner specified by SEBI. In this regard, while applying to SEBI for migration to AIF Regulations as “Migrated VCFs”, VCFs shall submit the following: 
Original certificate of registration issued under VCF Regulations. 
 Requisite information as per the format

While opting for migration to AIF Regulations, VCFs having only schemes whose liquidation period (in terms of Regulation 24(2) of VCF Regulations) has not expired, shall be subject to the following conditions – 
The facility of migration to AIF Regulations shall be available till July 19, 2025. 4.2. The tenure of scheme(s) of the Migrated VCF, upon migration, shall be determined in the following manner: 
 In case a definite tenure was disclosed in the Private Placement Memorandum (PPM) of the scheme(s) under the VCF Regulations, such scheme(s) shall continue with the same tenure upon migration. 
In case a definite tenure was not disclosed in the PPM of the scheme(s), the residual tenure of the scheme(s) of the Migrated VCF shall be determined prior to the application for migration, with the approval of 75 percent of investors by value of their investment in the scheme(s).

Link – https://www.sebi.gov.in/legal/circulars/aug-2024/modalities-for-migration-of-venture-capital-funds-registered-under-erstwhile-sebi-venture-capital-funds-regulations-1996-to-sebi-alternative-investment-funds-regulations-2012_85914.html

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