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THE STORY OF COFFRE FORT VENTURES PRIVATE LIMITED
HOW AN INDO-FRENCH JV CAME ABOUT- Every story has a beginning. This one began with a question about an Aadhaar card for foreign expats in india.
Guy Virot Serge had long been fascinated by India. Years earlier, his mentor, from Paris, France, persuaded him to join an impromptu trip to the country.
Guy was a fourth-generation entrepreneur and a French national, but he had never set foot in India. Still, curiosity- and the many things he had heard and read about the country- convinced him to go along.
He first arrived in India way back in the year 2010.
What he encountered left a lasting impression. The colours, the contradictions, the energy- and above all, the feeling that India was a place where things happened. What began as a visit soon became something deeper. He kept returning.
Nearly a decade after Guy first arrived in India, he happened to meet Nithianandan Balagopalan- an Advocate by profession- who was in a phase of partial sabbatical and quiet reflection. After years of professional activity, it was a period of stepping back, observing, and rediscovering things.
Then one day, Guy walked in, accompanied by his young child, and asked a question.
A simple one.
“Can foreigners apply for an Aadhaar card?”
The answer was immediate.
Yes. Why not?
In theory, the process was straightforward:
establish lawful presence in India, submit the required identification and residential documentation, and complete biometric enrolment at an authorised Aadhaar centre.
That was the procedure.
In practice, however, it meant a fair amount of running around- perhaps more than a fair amount- along with forms, verifications, signatures, and several visits to the right desks.
Eventually, the process concluded.
The Aadhaar card was issued.
What followed was a series of conversations, meetings, and exchanges that gradually turned into something more regular.
Then came the next question.
Guy said,
“I have been on a business visa for quite some time. Is there no visa in India that is somewhat equivalent to a Green Card in the United States?”
The answer, once again, was simple.
Yes.
That conversation led to the next step.
Guy Virot Serge and his mother from United Kingdom Madam Caroline Jane Brown and the present Chiarperson of the company, eventually obtained Permanent Residency Status (PRS) in India- a programme that required an investment of ₹10 crores in the country.
What began with a question about an Aadhaar card slowly evolved into something larger.
And that, in essence, is how an Indo-French collaboration quietly began. Sometimes the most meaningful collaborations begin not with a plan, but with a conversation.