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.

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.

Portulans Institute's Network Readiness Index 2025 profile of Nepal, ranked 107 of 127 economies, with rankings by pillar and sub-pillar for technology, people, governance and impact.

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).

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.

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.

World Bank Microdata Library record for the Nepal sample of the Global Findex 2025 survey, collected May to December 2024, free to cite and use under its public-distribution terms.

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.

ITU's ICT Development Index 2026 with PDF report and Excel dataset covering 159 economies; Kathmandu Post (2 July 2026) reports Nepal is ranked again with a score of 68.1.

DataReportal's Digital 2026 Nepal report, published 8 November 2025, with 16.6 million internet users, 32.4 million mobile connections and 14.8 million social media identities as of October 2025.

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.

One-page NRB Payment Systems Department list of licensed PSOs and PSPs in English, current to 2083/03/32 BS (16 July 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.

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.

Not-for-profit data and statistics portal that describes itself as Nepal's first publicly accessible portal, with documents and time-series records from 1950 onward.

Job portal for Nepal with job listings, blog, trainings and events pages and employer services.

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

Official site of Nepal's central bank. Hosts monetary policy documents, bylaws and directives, economic and financial publications, interest and forex rate data, and payment-system and financial-inclusion material.

Sequoia Capital's guide to writing a business plan.

Nepal tech media outlet covering news, gadgets, startups, apps and events; describes itself as Nepal's leading digital tech media company.

Nepali-language tech and startup media platform from Nepal, with an English toggle.

Nepal job portal listing vacancies and an AI-assisted resume search/ATS for employers.

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.

Open Knowledge Nepal's open-data portal hosting free public datasets for Nepal for researchers, journalists, developers and policymakers.

Nepal job search platform with categories including IT jobs and NGO/INGO jobs.

Official site of Nepal's National Statistics Office under the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, the national statistical agency's publication and data hub (bilingual).

UN OCHA Centre for Humanitarian Data's Nepal page listing hundreds of humanitarian and crisis-response datasets from dozens of organisations.

World Bank's country data page for Nepal with development indicators, including internet-user share and other series.

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.

NSO's Central Data Catalog where users can browse, search and download study metadata and data (microdata) from Nepal's national surveys and censuses.

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).

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.

Tech news site from Nepal covering telecom, apps, startups and gadgets, in Nepali and English.

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

Business magazine with business news, entrepreneur and leader profiles and policy analysis.

English-language daily's business section.

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.