Resources
Templates, guides and tools the desk has found worth surfacing
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U.S. State Department 2025 Investment Climate Statement: Nepal (trade.gov) 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. | Report | Index desk | Open ↗ |
The Startup Ecosystem in Nepal through the Lens of the Quadruple Helix Model 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. | Report | 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 ↗ |
FinTech and Its Dynamics in the Digital Revolution of Nepal (Kanya Journal) 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. | Report | Index desk | Open ↗ |
Asian Development Outlook April 2026 (Nepal analysis) 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. | Report | 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 ↗ |
National Population and Housing Census 2021: National Report (NSO, via UNFPA) 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. | Report | Index desk | Open ↗ |
Assessment of AgriTech Startups in Nepal (IJEEI) 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. | Report | Index desk | Open ↗ |
IMF: 2026 Article IV consultation and seventh ECF review for Nepal 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. | Report | Index desk | Open ↗ |
Digital Financial Services in Nepal (IFC, May 2025) 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. | Report | Index desk | Open ↗ |
Building inclusive entrepreneurship ecosystems in Nepal: Kathmandu and Pokhara (ILO) 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. | Report | Index desk | Open ↗ |
Advancing Digital Payments in Nepal (ADB, SASEC) 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. | Report | Index desk | Open ↗ |
Dolma Impact Fund Mauritius-regulated impact fund manager focused on Nepal in healthcare, technology and renewables, with USD 108.56M under management; page lists portfolio and links to investment criteria and contact. | Investor | 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 ↗ |
Nepal's Startup Policy: Where do we stand globally? (NIPoRe) 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. | Report | 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 ↗ |
NRB Financial Stability Report archive Nepal Rastra Bank's archive of Financial Stability Reports. | Report | Index desk | Open ↗ |
Writing a Business Plan (Sequoia Capital) Sequoia Capital's guide to writing a business plan. | Template | 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 ↗ |
Nepal Startup Outlook (NIPoRe and King's College) 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. | Report | Index desk | Open ↗ |
Nepal Development Update (World Bank) World Bank's periodic Nepal Development Update, which reports on key economic developments and examines topics of policy significance. | Report | Index desk | Open ↗ |
TEAM Ventures Kathmandu-based alternative investment firm that invests in private and public companies via TEAM Equities, TEAM Advisors and TEAM Real Estate, and is a partner in the GrowthXEverest accelerator. | Investor | Index desk | Open ↗ |
Business Oxygen (BO2) Nepal-based impact investor in small and medium enterprises; its site reports 16 investments across six sectors, 5 exits and a Fund II in preparation (as of July 2026). | Investor | Index desk | Open ↗ |
Global Equity Fund Nepal-based private equity and venture capital fund manager, founded in 2019, managing funds including the Nepal Infrastructures Investment Fund and the Nepal Impact Growth Equity Fund (NIGEF-1). | Investor | Index desk | Open ↗ |
NRB Payment Systems Oversight Report FY 2024/25 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. | Report | 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 ↗ |
NRB Current Macro-Economic and Financial Situation archive Nepal Rastra Bank's archive of its Current Macro-Economic and Financial Situation publications. | Report | 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 ↗ |
Global Innovation Index 2025 (WIPO) WIPO's Global Innovation Index 2025, the 18th edition, measuring innovation performance across around 140 economies; the page offers a downloadable Excel dataset. | Report | 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 ↗ |
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 ↗ |