The Legacy Question: What Happens When A Startup Founder Passes Away?

India has spent years celebrating founders who built companies from scratch. But what rarely gets discussed is what happens to the company, its shares and the family when a founder is suddenly gone. The recent tragic passings of prominent names in the Indian startup ecosystem, including Icertis’ Samir Bodas, Table Space’s Amit Banerji, Epigamia’s Rohan Mirchandani, Xpedize’s Regan Mithani and Whatfix’s Khadim Batti, have brought sharper focus on this question.