Beyond the Buzz: Pakistan’s most comprehensive startup report launched

By Shaoor Munir ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Social Innovation Lab, a social enterprise incubator, today, has launched its report ‘Beyond the Buzz: A deep dive into Pakistan’s entrepreneurial ecosystem’. The report claims…

Sehat Kahani closes $500,000 seed funding round

By Press Release ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Sehat Kahani, a social impact telehealth startup, has raised $500,000 collectively in seed funding from multiple sources including equity investment and grant funding. The recent…

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Alibaba in talks to acquire Daraz

By TechJuice ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The rumors surrounding the acquisition of Pakistan’s biggest ecommerce store Daraz have once again started to get strong. As reported by Bloomberg, there is a…

Entrepreneurship Bootcamp concludes at National Incubation Center Islamabad

By Muneeb Ahmad ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Teamup collaborated with the Pakistan-US Alumni Network and conduct an Entrepreneurship Bootcamp at the National Incubation Center, here in Islamabad last week. The bootcamp which…

Superior Group launches its entrepreneurship facility Innovation District 92

By Press Release ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 4 min read

Launched on the 17th of March, Innovation District 92 is announced itself as the new hub for innovation and change makers in Lahore. This private…

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Pakistani govt to set up PKR 1 billion Venture Capital fund for startups

By Sajeel Syed ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The startup ecosystem in Pakistan is expanding and the journey might be close enough to make a significant impact. Earlier this month, the ministry of…

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ModulusTech to represent Pakistan at the Global Manufacturing & Industrialization Summit, Germany

By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

ModulusTech has been selected by the Pakistani office of United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) to represent the country at the world’s first Global Manufacturing…

PakVitae, a startup for clean drinking water, wins regional HULT prize

By Talha Saqib ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Unfortunately, in Pakistan, almost 22 million locals are forced to drink contaminated water due to the poor sanitary conditions in the country. To challenge that,…

“Thand Machao” team won first prize in Wall’s Zero Degree Challenge

By Sajeel Syed ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Thand Machao won the first prize of PKR 100,000 after 48 hours of market research and prototyping at the 2-day hackathon focused on solving the…

Careem pledges to have 20,000 female Captains by 2020

By Press Release ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Careem, the region’s leading ride-hailing app today announced its commitment to recruit more females to become Captains (Careem refer to drivers as “Captains”) on their…

This 22-year-old girl is the co-founder of world’s leading blog for millennial women

By Shaoor Munir ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 6 min read

It is no secret that women workforce is greatly under-represented in higher management positions throughout the world. According to a report by Catalyst, a global…

Sami Kizilbash of Google talks about Pakistani Developers & Startup Ecosystem

By Hamza Khalid ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 5 min read

Google might not have an official presence in Pakistan, but it is heartening to know that Pakistan has a presence in Google. Originally from Karachi,…

Ministry of IT allocates PKR 124 million for tech startups

By Sajeel Syed ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

IT Ministry is funding tech startups to build apps for disabled persons. Ministry of IT and Telecom (MoIT) has allocated an amount of PKR 124…

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