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Karavan, a new venture capital fund in Pakistan invests $75K in two startups
The previous year kick-started the momentum for Pakistani entrepreneurial ecosystem to gain traction as one of the attractive emerging economies to invest in the Asian…
i2i Ventures launches in Pakistan with its first six-figure USD investment in Mauqa Online
i2i Ventures, an early-stage investment fund with a focus on Pakistan-based technology enabled companies, is announcing the launch of a new $15 million fund and…
Pakistani smart bus service Airlift is serving tens of thousands of weekly rides, CEO Usman Gul
On his vacation to Lahore, Usman Gul scheduled a business conversation with a woman. She arrived half an hour late venting about a rickshaw driver.…
Survey tells how Pakistani expats want to help local startups
2018 has been a monumental year for the Pakistani entrepreneurial ecosystem. While the country has yet to produce a truly local unicorn, Pakistan has been…
Pakistani social media automation product ContentStudio tops Product Hunt
Pakistani social media automation product, ContentStudio, was the top Product of the Day on Product Hunt and continued to be the top second Product of…
Traversing Farah Ali’s journey to become the Vice President of Engineering for Player & Developer Experience at Electronic Arts
Back when owning a PC was a rarity in the average household in Pakistan, that too with the internet, Farah grew up in Karachi playing…
This female-led capital fund, Inaara Impact Ventures, has invested in four Pakistani social startups
CEO Inaara Impact Ventures, Sadia Malik laid the foundation of Pakistan’s first indigenous impact investment fund to fuel the growth of social enterprises in Pakistan.…
Meet the winners of Pakistan’s first Blockchain & AI Hackathon by CryptoChicks Pakistan
Pakistan’s first ever Blockchain and AI hackathon successfully concluded by CryptoChicks Pakistan in Karachi on 14th April 2019. The three-day event brought together students, software…
Ecommerce integration company, Technifai has raised an 8-digit PKR investment round and hit 500,000 SKU mark
Technifai, the e-commerce enabler connecting merchants with online marketplaces has raised an eight-digit PKR investment round led by local and overseas investors that include Danish…
Social media has become a double-edged sword for female journalists, report by Digital Rights Foundation explains
Digital Rights Foundation (DRF) has launched a new report titled, Female Journalists in new media: Experiences, challenges and a gendered approach. The report explores the…
Almost 300 Careem employees will become millionaires as a result of Uber acquisition
Almost 300 employees of Careem will become millionaires, after Uber acquired the Middle Eastern ride-sharing company. 200 of these employees will become Dirham millionaires, whereas…
How Mudassir Sheikha, a Pakistani entrepreneur built the first unicorn in the Middle East
Careem has announced its $3.1 billion acquisition by Uber, the largest technology sector acquisition in the Middle East. Rumours of the said acquisition have been…
Pakistani PhD alleges that his research was plagiarized to file a patent and build products
Muhammad Mujeeb-ur-Rehman, a PhD from California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and former Faculty Member at Information Technology Univerity (ITU), has alleged in a Medium post,…