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Start your company in the Cayman Islands

Formation, registered office and bookkeeping — ready to operate from day one.

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Live in 10-12 days
  1. 1
    Structuring & KYC Day 1-3
    • Choose Exempted Company or LLC vehicle
    • Run KYC on directors and beneficial owners
    • Reserve name with Cayman Registrar
  2. 2
    CIMA Filing Day 4-9
    • Lodge M&A with Registrar of Companies
    • Notify CIMA if regulated activity applies
    • Receive Certificate of Incorporation
  3. 3
    Substance & Banking Day 10-14
    • File economic substance notification
    • Open Cayman or international bank account
    • Set registered office and beneficial-owner register
Starts from
KYD 5,830 first year, all-in
≈ $6,996 ≈ €5,945
What's included
  • Company formation KYD 2,600
  • Registered agent $1,500 /year
  • Bookkeeping KYD 165 /month
    See pricing tiers by revenue
    • Dormant / ≤ KYD 50K KYD 165 /month
    • KYD 50–250K KYD 280 /month
    • KYD 250–500K KYD 460 /month
    • KYD 500K–1M KYD 920 /month
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Why the Cayman Islands?

Fund managers raising from US/global LPs

CIMA registered Cayman Exempted Companies and Segregated Portfolio Companies are the institutional default for hedge funds, VC and PE. US investors accept Cayman LP/SPC structures with no flip negotiation.

CIMASPC structureUS LP acceptance

Crypto protocol teams launching a token

Cayman Foundation Companies act as ownerless issuers for L1/L2 protocols, with VASP (virtual asset service provider) registration available via CIMA. Used by most major DeFi DAOs and L2 rollups since 2020.

Foundation CompanyCIMA VASPDAO standard

Founders flipping a non US startup for US VC

When US VCs require a Delaware C-Corp top co but the IP sits offshore, a Cayman ExCo holds the operating subsidiary cleanly. Tax neutral, common law, no public shareholder registry.

Tax neutralCommon lawConfidential register

Considerations

If you are running an operating company, not a fund

Stripe is unavailable, banking takes 90 days, and Economic Substance Law requires real CIGA in Cayman for relevant activities. For a SaaS or e commerce business, this is the wrong tool:

No StripeSubstance requiredBanking 90 days
→ Delaware (USA) Stripe day one, US VC default→ United Kingdom credible operating jurisdiction→ Singapore operating + APAC reach

If your investors include EU residents or US persons

PFIC rules trap US shareholders in passive Cayman vehicles; French and German CFC rules attribute Cayman income upward. For mixed cap tables look at:

PFIC for US personsEU CFC attribution
→ Luxembourg EU fund vehicle, no PFIC concerns→ Ireland ICAV (Irish collective vehicle), EU passportable→ Singapore VCC, no PFIC, treaty network
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