COLABS raises $3 million seed to empower entrepreneurs and freelancers through its spaces and tech platform across Pakistan

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 4 min read

COLABS, the Lahore-based startup that enables SMEs, entrepreneurs and freelancers to build and grow their businesses through its spaces and tech platform, has raised $3…

Pakistan Kuwait Investment Company and R.J. Fleming & Co. join hands to launch a Pakistan focused Private Equity Fund

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

The Kuwait Investment Authority’s joint venture with the Pakistan Government, Pakistan Kuwait Investment Company (Private) Limited (PKIC), and R.J. Fleming & Co. Ltd. (RJF or…

Jiye Technologies announces first-of-its-kind ‘Agri-Tech’ BNPL feature in Pakistan

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

Jiye Technologies, the fastest growing Agri-Tech platform in Pakistan has announced a first of its kind business-to-business (B2B) buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) feature through a digital financing…

OneOrder launches new tech-enabled logistics platform and raises $1 million in funding

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

OneOrder, the new logistics company solving Egyptian restaurants’ supply chain inefficiencies, announces its launch and successful completion of a $1 million fundraise. The fundraising was…

Pakistan’s leading travel portal, Sastaticket.pk, records significant growth

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

During the first year of the pandemic, travel came to a complete stop for a long time. However, most travel agencies and other companies in…

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…

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