US government assessment of Nepal's foreign investment climate covering openness, legal regime, property rights, taxation treaties, labour and corruption; page last published 15 June 2026.

Peer-reviewed literature review in BIC Journal of Management (September 2025, CC BY 4.0) on Nepal's startup ecosystem, covering incubators, public-private partnerships and university links.

Department of Industry page on approval for foreign investment in a new industry, listing required documents, a Rs 20 million minimum and a refundable Rs 20,000 deposit.

Journal article (Kanya Journal, December 2025) analysing Nepal's payment system from mid-July 2022 to mid-July 2025, including wallets, QR payments and a more than 23-fold rise in PSP agents.

ADB's April 2026 outlook with a Nepal analysis PDF; ADB's 10 April 2026 release projects Nepal's growth at 2.7% in FY2026 and 5.0% in FY2027.

Department of Industry page on registering an industry, with the foreign-investment route (approval, incorporation, registration within 35 days), documents and fee tiers; mostly Nepali.

Department of Industry's July 2024 English guide for foreign investors covering policies, approval procedures, promotion and investment trends, with online application portals.

UNFPA Nepal page for the National Statistics Office's 614-page results report of the 12th census, released 24 March 2023, with a PDF link and the census data portal.

Journal article (July 2024) using secondary data to map Nepal's agritech startup segments and players, with challenges and policy recommendations; licence terms not stated on the page.

Free open-sourced ESOP handbook covering option pool sizing, vesting, grant benchmarks and a review of 20 European and 4 non-European countries; Europe-focused and does not cover Nepal.

Nepali page explaining how to apply for a foreign worker's labour permit through the ILMIS online system, with the document list and a statement that permits issue within 30 days.

IMF press release of 8 June 2026 on Nepal's Article IV consultation and final ECF review, estimating FY2025/26 growth at 3.0% and projecting 5.3% for FY2026/27.

IFC report dated May 2025 on digital financial services in Nepal, opening with a message from the Nepal Rastra Bank governor on digital payments and access to finance.

Nepali page listing 17 post-incorporation duties under the Companies Act: PAN, business approval, share allotment, AGMs, filings to OCR, accounts and auditor appointment.

Nepali-language page of the Industrial Property Section listing document checklists to file or renew patents, designs and trademarks, for domestic and foreign applicants.

ILO study (15 March 2023) mapping the entrepreneurship ecosystems of Kathmandu and Pokhara for young women and men, with obstacles and proposals for stronger support.

ADB and SASEC report (July 2026) on Nepal's digital payments: interoperable payment systems, digital identification, small business adoption, skills gaps and cross-border trade; free PDF available.

NIPoRe analysis (published 25 June 2024, by Sagun Baba Shrestha) comparing Nepal's startup policy with other countries and tracing how startups entered Nepal's budgets, plans and policies over about a decade.

Kathmandu Post report (13 March 2025) on the first amendment to the Industrial Enterprise Regulation: businesses registered over 10 years are not startups, status is lost above Rs150 million annual transactions, startups receive a Startup Business Certificate, and a startup protection centre is to be set up.

Law-firm guide covering governing law and authority for private equity and venture capital in Nepal, fund-manager and fund registration, annual compliance, and investment through foreign funds and fund managers.

Kathmandu Post report (30 December 2024) on the government subsidised startup loan scheme run by the Industrial Enterprise Development Institute: loans up to Rs2.5 million at 3 percent annual interest, 5,158 applications received, and Rs1 billion allocated for the fiscal year.

Nepal Rastra Bank's archive of Financial Stability Reports.

Sequoia Capital's guide to writing a business plan.

Joint initiative of the Nepal Institute for Policy Research (NIPoRe) and King's College Kathmandu to map, invest in and generate impact from Nepal's startup ecosystem; hosts articles on startup funding and policy.

World Bank's periodic Nepal Development Update, which reports on key economic developments and examines topics of policy significance.

NIPoRe article on funding routes for Nepali startups, covering bootstrapping, friends and family, and angel and venture capital investors.

Law-firm publication discussing policy guidelines, tax incentives and legal framework for startups in Nepal, noting the challenge of the absence of a comprehensive definition of 'startup' in existing laws.

Nepal Rastra Bank Payment Systems Department's Payment Systems Oversight Report for FY 2024/25 (63 pages), reviewing the country's payment technology (PayTech) landscape and the central bank's oversight of payment systems.

Law-firm explainer (published 9 June 2023) on the Startup Enterprise Fund Procedure, 2079, approved 10 Falgun 2079, which governs concessional loans to startup enterprises, including how the government defines a startup enterprise.

Y Combinator's SAFE documents: valuation cap, discount, and uncapped MFN versions, a pro rata side letter and user guide; international versions for Canada, Cayman Islands and Singapore.

Free online course on how to start a startup, taught by YC partners and industry leaders; about 7 weeks at 1-2 hours per week.

Downloadable simple capitalization table showing current capitalization including options.

Nepal Rastra Bank's archive of its Current Macro-Economic and Financial Situation publications.

YC library guide on why, when and how to raise seed capital.

TEAM Ventures article explaining private equity versus venture capital and tracing the groundwork for PE/VC investing in Nepal over the past decade, with a roundup of players.

YC's seed deck template and advice on laying out a fundraising story through slides.

WIPO's Global Innovation Index 2025, the 18th edition, measuring innovation performance across around 140 economies; the page offers a downloadable Excel dataset.

Paul Graham's September 2013 essay on how startups raise money, including typical trajectory of rounds.

Law firm Cooley's startup legal document library, with region filters including Asia.

The free, industry-standard set of Series A documents — charter, stock purchase agreement, investors' rights agreement and more — used in most US venture financings.

A free interactive generator, built by the law firm Cooley, that produces a customised Y Combinator SAFE for a US, UK or Singaporean company in a few minutes.

The free, open-standard SAFE forms Y Combinator uses to fund its own startups: valuation cap, discount and MFN versions for US companies, plus valuation-cap versions for Canadian, Cayman Islands and Singaporean companies.

David Skok's widely cited primer on the metrics that actually predict a subscription business's health — LTV, CAC, churn, and the cash-flow trough that comes with scaling one.

Paul Graham's essay on the one question that decides whether a startup needs to raise again: will current revenue growth reach profitability before the cash on hand runs out?