Resources
Templates, guides and tools the desk has found worth surfacing
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Nepal Economic Forum newsletter Free weekly Substack summarising Nepal's economic, political and social news, useful background for founders and investors; not startup-specific. Latest issue seen 16 Oct 2026. | Media | Index desk | Open ↗ |
IN-SPAN (India-Nepal Startup Partnership Network) 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). | Program | Index desk | Open ↗ |
Tribhuvan University Business Incubation Center (TUBIC) 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. | Program | Index desk | Open ↗ |
GROWTHX Everest accelerator (Technology Khabar report) 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. | Program | Index desk | Open ↗ |
ADB in Nepal Asian Development Bank's Nepal country page with information on ADB assistance, economic data and analysis, resident mission contacts, news and publications. | Program | Index desk | Open ↗ |
Writing a Business Plan (Sequoia Capital) Sequoia Capital's guide to writing a business plan. | Template | Index desk | Open ↗ |
TechLekh Nepal tech media outlet covering news, gadgets, startups, apps and events; describes itself as Nepal's leading digital tech media company. | Media | Index desk | Open ↗ |
ICT Samachar Nepali-language tech and startup media platform from Nepal, with an English toggle. | Media | Index desk | Open ↗ |
Industrial Enterprise Development Institute (IEDI) 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. | Program | Index desk | Open ↗ |
Idea Studio Nepal 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. | Program | Index desk | Open ↗ |
YC SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity) 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. | Template | Index desk | Open ↗ |
Sample Cap Table (Simple) - Cooley GO Downloadable simple capitalization table showing current capitalization including options. | Template | Index desk | Open ↗ |
Technology Khabar Tech news site from Nepal covering telecom, apps, startups and gadgets, in Nepali and English. | Media | Index desk | Open ↗ |
How to build your seed round pitch deck (Aaron Harris, YC) YC's seed deck template and advice on laying out a fundraising story through slides. | Template | Index desk | Open ↗ |
Business 360 (B360 Nepal) Business magazine with business news, entrepreneur and leader profiles and policy analysis. | Media | Index desk | Open ↗ |
The Kathmandu Post - Money English-language daily's business section. | Media | Index desk | Open ↗ |
Cooley GO Docs Law firm Cooley's startup legal document library, with region filters including Asia. | Template | Index desk | Open ↗ |
NVCA model financing documents The free, industry-standard set of Series A documents — charter, stock purchase agreement, investors' rights agreement and more — used in most US venture financings. | Template | Index desk | Open ↗ |
Generate a SAFE with Cooley GO 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. | Tool | Index desk | Open ↗ |
Y Combinator SAFE agreement 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. | Template | Index desk | Open ↗ |