Careem CEO is the only Pakistani to make the Bloomberg 50 list for 2018

By Shaoor Munir ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Mudassir Sheikha, co-founder, and CEO of Careem, is the only Pakistani to be included in the Bloomberg 50 list for 2018. Bloomberg 50 is the…

New study unveiled by Karandaaz highlights “massive” economic benefits of low-income housing

By Muneeb Ahmad ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 4 min read

Investment in low-income housing would bring “massive” economic benefits to Pakistan, according to a new study published by Karandaaz Pakistan and funded by the UK…

TechJuice Circle 2018 concludes after connecting 60 startups and 12 mentors

By Shaoor Munir ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Being a news-oriented company which is focused on covering tech events and networking meetups happening all around the country, we can say after very close…

2 Pakistani startups are graduating from Google Indie Games Accelerator

By Shaoor Munir ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Google indie games accelerator, a mentorship, training, and networking program for gaming startups, is graduating its first batch today. Two Pakistani gaming startups, we.R.play and…

Aurat Raaj wins a BAFTA Award for its AI chatbot

By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Aurat Raaj, a Pakistani startup, has won a BAFTA Award for the animated series of its AI chatbot, Raaji. Called The Ultimate Survivor, the series…

VentureDive appoints Shehzaad Nakhoda as Chief Technology Officer

By Muneeb Ahmad ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 4 min read

VentureDive, one of Pakistan’s leading technology solutions studios, announces new leadership to scale the business to new growths. The technology company recently announced the appointment…

Pakistani startup accelerator invest2innovate launches $15 million fund

By Shaoor Munir ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Pakistani startup accelerator Invest2innovate is launching a $15 million fund by the name of i2i Ventures. This fund will be first of its kind in…

7 trainees from Pakistan’s first fintech accelerator to participate in Karandaaz’s 3rd Fintech Disrupt Challenge finale

By Shaoor Munir ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Fintech Factory, Pakistan’s first and only financial technology focused accelerator program in collaboration with TPS, Sybrid, Rapidcompute, JS Bank & Takaful Pakistan, is progressing towards Karandaaz’s 3rd…

Meet the second cohort of startups which graduated from NIC

By Muneeb Ahmad ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 4 min read

National Incubation Center in Islamabad successfully graduated its second cohort of startups at a dedicated event held last week. National Incubation Center held the graduation…

56 startups compete at Startup Weekend Lahore to earn a fast-tracked spot in National Incubation Center

By Shehryar Ahmed ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 5 min read

Startup Weekend Lahore has officially come to an end. After 3 days of immense coaching, the participants came up with their final presentations on Sunday.…

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AutoSahulat raises $100,000 in a pre-seed funding round led by Antler

By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

AutoSahulat an online service for roadside vehicle breakdown has raised pre-seed funding of USD 100,000 from Singapore-based VC firm, Antler. The funding round was closed…

Innovating for Poverty Alleviation 2018 launched with the collaboration of NIC Karachi & Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund

By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

National Incubation Center (NIC) Karachi in partnership with Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) has launched Innovating for Poverty Alleviation 2018, through which collaboration avenues will…

Pakistan’s tech industry is entering the Nordic markets

By Muneeb Ahmad ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

The 2nd Nordic Pakistan IT Summit just recently concluded in Stockholm on 14th of November during the 7A Konferens. The full house event was attended…

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