Startup ‘Thndr’ raises $20 million to democratize investing in the Middle East and North Africa

By Usman Aslam ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Thndr, the Egyptian digital investment platform, announces a new $20 million series A investment. The round was co-led by Tiger Global, BECO Capital, and Prosus…

Truck It in Raises the Largest Seed Round in MENAP Trucking Space

By Usman Aslam ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 4 min read

Homegrown logistics tech startup Truck It In has closed a $13 million seed round jointly led by venture capital firms Global Founders Capital and Fatima…

SuperFollow : Likee offers value addition for content creators To Earn More Grow More

By Usman Aslam ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Today, entertainment has taken on another meaning with streaming services like Netflix, Spotify, Twitch, and even YouTube. Users now have the ability to fully customize…

Inventhub, cloud-based collaboration platform for hardware developers, raises a pre-seed round led by Fatima Gobi Ventures, foreign and local VCs

By Usman Aslam ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 4 min read

Inventhub, a Pakistani secure web-based collaboration platform for electronics product development, has closed a pre-seed funding round led by existing investor Fatima Gobi Ventures.  The…

Applications for Microsoft’s ‘GrowthX Accelerator’ second cohort is now open for Pakistan’s B2B startups

By Usman Aslam ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 4 min read

Microsoft for Startups Middle East today announced it has opened a second round of applications for Microsoft for Startups’ highly successful GrowthX Accelerator Programme and…

Google set to accelerate the gaming industry in Pakistan through its exclusive Gaming Growth Lab

By Usman Aslam ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Google is set to accelerate Pakistan’s gaming industry and its respective startups through its exclusive program for the country called the ‘Gaming Growth Lab’. The…

Find My Doctor raises Pre Series A from TPL at $5 million valuation, Tesla alum to lead its tech

By Usman Aslam ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Find My Doctor announced today that it has raised a Pre Series A funding round from both TPL e-Ventures, the investment arm of TPL Corp,…

Pakistani start-up wins first place across South Asia in maiden Stanford SEED Spark Program

By Usman Aslam ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

National Incubation Center (NIC) Lahore at LUMS nominated start-up Codeschool.pk has won top laurels and a cash prize in the capstone business pitch competition in…

GrocerApp becomes the 1st Easypaisa mini-app for groceries

By Usman Aslam ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

GrocerApp has recently partnered with EasyPaisa to provide customers with the best grocery-buying experience in the country. The partnership was finalized by the CEO GrocerApp…

Government is focused on creating a startup-friendly ecosystem, says PM Imran Khan

By Usman Aslam ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

On Wednesday, Prime Minister Imran Khan stated that the government is focused on creating a startup-friendly ecosystem in order to enhance the e-commerce sector of…

Pakistani startup ‘Gym Passport’ aims to revolutionise the fitness ecosystem

By Usman Aslam ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Gyms and fitness centers are very common in Pakistan, it’s a way for people to ensure a healthy lifestyle by paying a certain amount of…

TPL Trakker partners with Jiye Technologies to supercharge key logistics for Pakistan’s agriculture sector

By Usman Aslam ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

TPL Trakker, Pakistan’s leading digital mapping, tracking, and IoT services provider has partnered with Pakistan’s fastest growing Agri-tech platform Jiye Technologies to provide location-based services.…

Pakistani fintech ‘Taro Technologies’ secures $3.5 million in pre-seed funding

By Usman Aslam ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

In recent news, a Lahore-based fintech startup called Taro Technologies has secured $3.5 million in pre-seed funding through numerous partnerships and angel investments. The startup…

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