Company Registrar's page for the Nepali text of the Companies Act, 2063 including the amendment of 2081/12/17 BS (about March 2025); no English version on the page.

IRD listing of the VAT Act, 2052, newest version amended by the Finance Act 2082 (posted 18 Poush 2082); an English 1996 (2052) text and schedules are listed too.

Indian Embassy page for IN-SPAN, which runs cohorts for Nepali startups; lists the first cohort's closing (Jan 2026) and the second cohort's announcement and application link (May-Jun 2026).

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.

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.

TU's incubator in Kirtipur with pre-incubation, incubation, mentoring and co-working; has an online application form and posts entrepreneurship programme notices in Nepali and English.

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

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.

Nepal Law Commission page for the Electronic Transactions Act, 2063 (2008); the title is in English but the Act text on the page is in Nepali.

WIPO Lex entry for Nepal's patent, design and trademark law; the English PDF is the 2006 version, the Nepali text is newer (amended to Feb 2016).

IRD listing of the Income Tax Act, 2058, newest version amended by the Finance Act 2082 (posted 18 Poush 2082); older versions and an English 2002 (2058) text are also listed.

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

Nepal Rastra Bank's 20-page English guidelines for a fintech regulatory sandbox: definitions, eligibility, application and testing phases; published by the Payment Systems Department on 18 June 2026.

WIPO Lex entry with the English text of Nepal's Copyright Act, 2059 (2002), as amended up to 24 November 2006; later amendments are not in this text.

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

English translation of Nepal's Privacy Act (Act 14 of 2075, authenticated 18 Sep 2018) on privacy of person, home and documents and handling of personal data, with a Nepali PDF alongside.

Technology Khabar report on the launch of GROWTHX Everest, an accelerator for high-potential tech startups and SMEs in Nepal created by CNI, Team Ventures, CNIYEF and Startup Reseau India.

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.

Asian Development Bank's Nepal country page with information on ADB assistance, economic data and analysis, resident mission contacts, news and publications.

Sequoia Capital's guide to writing a business plan.

Official site of Nepal's Industrial Enterprise Development Institute (Government of Nepal), covering trainings, business incubation centre orientation programmes, news, notices and downloads for industrial entrepreneurship development.

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.

Official site of Nepal's Office of the Company Registrar. Its home page links to company registration and related services and the CAMIS online system, and its news section reports that a PAN is created automatically once company registration completes through CAMIS.

Unofficial English translation of Nepal Rastra Bank's Foreign Investment and Foreign Loan Management Bylaw, 2021 (including third amendment), issued by NRB's Foreign Exchange Management Department. Covers approval and recording of foreign-currency inflows for foreign investment, repatriation of investment and earnings, and foreign loans.

Official site of Nepal's Department of Industry. Its stated remit includes foreign investment and technology transfer matters and industrial property protection, and it publishes notices and laws such as the Industrial Enterprises Act, 2076.

Official site of the Office of the Board of Investment, Government of Nepal (International Convention Centre premises, New Baneshwor, Kathmandu), with Nepali and English language options.

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.

UNEP Law and Environment Assistance Platform record for Nepal's Industrial Enterprises Act, 2076 (2020), with abstract: industries must be registered under the Act (Sec. 3) and industries listed in Schedule-1 need prior permission from the Board.

Nepal innovation and entrepreneurship organisation (a dividend-not-distributing company under the Companies Act 2063) running programmes such as National Idea Hunt, College Idea Hunt, Pratibha Dabali and Prabhu Idea Plus.

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.

ADB Law and Policy Reform Program entry for Nepal's Foreign Investment and Technology Transfer Act, 2019 (dated 27 March 2019), with English translation downloads. The summary notes the Act lists restricted industries, permits foreign investment in others, and allows forms including establishing a venture capital fund.

Securities Board of Nepal's list of regulations (Nepali), including the Securities Issue and Trading Regulations for Small and Medium Organised Institutions, 2081 and the Securities Registration and Issue Regulation, 2073 (seventh amendment).

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.

Official site of Nepal's Inland Revenue Department. Offers a taxpayer portal link, PAN search, tax clearance certificate verification, a tax calculator, and tax laws, directives and forms (income tax, VAT, excise), in Nepali and English.

English text of Nepal's Companies Act, 2063 (2006), authenticated 3 November 2006, hosted in the ICNL (International Center for Not-for-Profit Law) library, with the Act Amending Some Nepal Acts, 2064 noted.

Downloadable simple capitalization table showing current capitalization including options.

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.

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.

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?