About the FUND
The COVID-19 MSME Fund Nepal was launched in October 2020 with the objective of supporting pandemic impacted MSMEs through a) interest/ collateral free loan to meet their working capital needs and b) technical assistance in the form of business development services. Leveraging grant support from Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC and FMO – the Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank, this blended finance program has enabled our Partner Banks – Laxmi Bank, NMB Bank and Nabil Bank, to lend off their own balance sheet. In addition to this, the fund is also providing business advisory/ development service to help the beneficiaries improve their managerial and operational capabilities.