We're on a mission to make entrepreneurship easier and affordable to millions. IndiaFilings provides a simple, intuitive platform for setting up a business and managing compliance — started in 2014, serving over 1 lakh businesses.
Our story
IndiaFilings was launched in 2014 with the simple mission of helping entrepreneurs easily start and manage their business. From a small 2-member team — while remaining bootstrapped and profitable — we grew to a 600+ strong team. Today, we serve over 1 lakh loyal small business customers and 1.6 million platform users.
About EQL
IndiaFilings is owned and operated by EQL Financial Technologies Private Limited. EQL is committed to empowering entrepreneurship through affordable services and SaaS platforms. Other platforms owned and operated by EQL include Filings AE and Ledgers Cloud.
Our 7+ offices in Mumbai and Chennai house 600+ professionals dedicated to helping Indian entrepreneurs start and grow their businesses.
Through our UAE platform Filings AE, we support businesses with company setup, VAT registration, and compliance in Dubai and across the UAE.
What we stand for
We provide a curated set of quality services at an affordable price — driven by principles that put customers first, always.
We believe in building high-quality service pipelines. We continuously invest resources to deliver simple, fast, and error-free services.
We believe in building services that are affordable and delivering value — going the extra mile to keep customers happy.
We believe in being simple and reliable. We offer standard, easily understandable prices and have no hidden fees.
We believe in being fair and respectful to all customers. We are open to feedback and always work to improve our services.
We believe in respecting and protecting customers' confidentiality and privacy. No information is shared with third parties without consent.
We believe in creating a trusted, long-term relationship with all our clients that is value-driven.
“Having bootstrapped IndiaFilings for 7 years with no funding, I deeply understand the risks and pains faced by millions of small businesses. That understanding shapes everything we build.”
“Having bootstrapped IndiaFilings for 7 years with no funding, I deeply understand the risks and pains faced by millions of small businesses. That understanding shapes everything we build.”
Our founder
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
“Our mission is to make entrepreneurship easier and affordable to millions of small businesses in India.”
Lionel Charles, MBA, CPA — Founder & CEO of IndiaFilings and EQL Financial Technologies. After bootstrapping IndiaFilings from a 2-member team in 2014 to 600+ employees and over 1 lakh paid customers without any external funding, Lionel raised institutional funding in 2022 to further the mission of making entrepreneurship accessible to millions.
Get in touch
Reach our team across 7 offices in Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. Operational Monday – Saturday, 9 AM to 7 PM.
Ground Floor, RR Tower 2, Thiru Vi Ka Industrial Estate, Guindy, Chennai – 600032
Unit GA-00-SZ-L1-RT-208 Level 1 Gate Avenue, South Zone DIFC, Dubai, UAE
Our team
We are a team of over 600+ diverse, young, hardworking professionals spread across 7 large offices in Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu — united by the spirit of equality.
Our team comprises experienced professionals with advanced accounting, legal, engineering, computer science, and economics degrees. We have members from every state in India, fluent in almost all Indian languages.
We believe designations do not differentiate any of us — everyone plays a crucial role in achieving our shared dreams and ambitions.
Our investors
We are backed by visionary investors who believe in our mission to democratise entrepreneurship in India.
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