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.

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.

Apex body of women entrepreneurs' associations in all 77 districts; reader can apply for membership online and join its International Women's Trade Expo, workshops and Business Development Center.

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.

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

Global diaspora body; its site reports an August 2026 MoU with the Nepal Chamber of Commerce on diaspora investment, startups and entrepreneurship, plus investment-policy news for NRNs.

Non-profit that runs Digital Nepal Conclave, Startup & Idea Fest and a 2026 IEDI-funded incubation for 50+ startups; the site lists its events and past programmes.

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

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.

Membership-based non-profit for Nepali youth entrepreneurs offering idea exchange, fellowships, education, training and advocacy, with chapters across Nepal.

Site for the Nepal Startup Summit 2026: a one-day orientation and workshop programme in each of the seven provinces from July 2026 to January 2027 for youth, founders, SMEs, investors, banks and policymakers.

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.

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.

Nepal's Python community since 2013, organising meetups and talks, with Meetup and Facebook group links.

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.

National apex business body with committees including Start up & Innovation, ICT and Women Entrepreneurs, and a 'Doing Business in Nepal' section.

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.

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

Google Developer Group chapter in Kathmandu with events, organisers and member community.

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.

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?