New Delhi, July 20 -- It isn't easy for non-resident Indians (NRIs) to invest in India. Opening a demat account with a broker, for instance, requires you to fill in forms that runs into several pages, courier them to your broker after rectifying any errors, and find authorities in your country of residence to notarise original documents.

How iron out such issues, Zerodha and Angel One have been working with Rupeeflo, a Bengaluru startup. Other brokers are also looking for ways to simply the process and encourage more NRIs to invest.

Opening a demat account requires an NRI to fill out forms, scan and email them to a broker for review. If the broker finds no errors, he asks the NRI to courier the form to the official address for processin...