“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…

Meet the winners of Startup Weekend Lahore 2018

By Shehryar Ahmed ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 5 min read

Startup Weekend, one of the most anticipated events of all time in Lahore, happened this last week at the National Incubation Center in Lahore. For those…

Symmetry Group in talks with Bulls Eye for a possible acquisition

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

Two leaders in their respective fields, Bulls Eye Group and Symmetry Group are in talks for a possible joining of hands. Bulls Eye Group already…

These are the winners of Pakistan’s first Startup Weekend Women

By Press Release ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

The 54-hour Startup Weekend event promotes startup culture and connects entrepreneurs with communities around the world. The competition was held after a month-long campaign titled…

KarloCompare raises investment from TPL eVentures

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

TPL eVentures has announced an investment in financial services startup KarloCompare. The startup supports the financial services industry by introducing new customers to insurance companies…

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SECP registered more than 1000 companies in one month

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

During the month of February alone, the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has been able to bring more than a thousand new companies…

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Company Rejected On Shark Tank Sells To Amazon For $1 Billion

By Office Chai ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

If seeing people use and like your product is the best feeling you can have as an entrepreneur, getting to prove doubting VCs wrong has to…

Startup Weekend Lahore 2018 to commence from 2nd March

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

TechStars Startup Weekend Lahore, powered by Google, organized by NIC Lahore and SPADES, is back for the year 2018 and will be happening from 2nd…

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Retail intelligence startup DealSmash raises USD 150,000

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

Retail intelligence startup, DealSmash has announced today that it has secured seed funding of USD150,000 from an Angel investment firm Al Hilal Securities Advisors. The…

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