Shabda Gyawali's Blog

Launching a new company presents unique challenges to the entrepreneur. Sorting out these hurdles as you is the only way to go about it. A couple of weeks ago, as a part of my usual deal scouting and exploring investment opportunities in the healthcare sector, I came across two young entrepreneurs. They were a few years out of college, and ready and enthusiastic to launch their ideas. These two aspiring entrepreneurs are working on a startup called E-aausadhi that plans to become an online, on- call pharmacy that will home-deliver medicine around the clock, with cash-on-delivery payment system. Despite having a credible business model (at least on paper) and relevant expertise of the founders (one of them is a medical doctor and the other a software/application developer), the venture is yet to be launched. Curious, I asked them why they hadn’t fully launched yet. Like many other fledging entrepreneurs, the founders of E-aausadhi confessed inability to secure loans or additional c...

While the local venture capital (VC) industry is still in its pre-fledlging phase, the future prospects in Nepal have started to brighten up. While the local venture capital (VC) industry is still in its pre-fledlging phase, the future prospects in Nepal have started to brighten up. With a relatively stable economy and rapidly growing disposable income, it should come as no surprise that the demands for investment continue to increase. VCs are finding several sectors particularly attractive – information technology, education, healthcare, agriculture, and tourism amongst others. Investment opportunities are also arising in more niche sectors like organic agri-business and handicrafts. Although an enabling environment for VC industry is broadening, it still has a long way to go. The four enablers that could support venture capital, help mature our entrepreneurial landscape and improve investors’ sentiments are the following: Click Here to Read