Entrepreneurs
This Pakistani startup bags $100,000 grant at Dubai Expo Live for its fuel-efficient stove
Jaan Pakistan, a company developing innovative smoke-free and fuel-efficient cooking stoves to prevent fatal respiratory illness could now save 11,000 more lives with the recent…
These are the world’s 10 most valuable tech companies
A recently released list of the most valuable private companies in the world reveals that technology companies are raising the highest valuations. The list has…
World Summit Awards calling applications of digital innovators
The World Summit Awards (WSA) are now accepting applications of local digital innovations that are producing high impact by improving societies. Essentially, WSA is an…
Will Pakistan ever witness the emergence of a tech unicorn?
At the fourth edition of Digital Youth Summit, Pakistan’s premier technology conference, a billion dollar question was asked to an eminent panel, Will Pakistan ever…
18 diverse startups graduate from the 7th cohort of The Nest I/O
The Nest I/O concluded its seventh incubation cycle with their Demo Day event, where graduating and alumni startups pitched their solutions and products to local…
ConnectHear organizes Pakistan’s first deaf-inclusive interpreted concert
ConnectHear is a technology startup bridging the gap between the deaf and the community, through a video-based and in-person sign language interpretation system. A Nest…
Pakistani high-school entrepreneurs win $11,000 at the Global Diamond Challenge Summit
Team Aab-e-Hayaat has won the Global Diamond Challenge winning $11,000 in prize money. It is the first Pakistani team to reach the semi-finals of the…
Apply for the Zayed Sustainability Prize to win up to $600,000
Are you building a sustainable project to help solve challenges of Health, Food, Energy, Water and Global High Schools? Then apply to Zayed Sustainability Prize…
National Incubation Center Karachi to begin operations next month
Ministry of IT and Ignite’s flagship initiative National Incubation Center (NIC) will kickstart in Karachi, next month. After the establishment of NICs in Islamabad, Lahore,…
20 years old entrepreneurs are a lie, MIT
According to a working paper titled, Age and High-Growth Entrepreneurship by Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Professor Pierre Azoulay and PhD student Daniel Kim, the…
Seven startups graduate from Revolt, Peshawar 2.0’s incubation program
The second cohort of Revolt comprising of seven startups graduated from Peshawar 2.0’s business incubation and acceleration program. The graduation was celebrated in a Demo…
KeepTruckin raises $50 million from Google Ventures and others, expands to Islamabad & Lahore
The Silicon Valley startup with its roots in Pakistan, KeepTruckin has raised $50 million in Series C funding led by Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) with…
How to watch the second day of Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony to Congress
It seems that Mark Zuckerberg has emerged unscathed from the five-hour gruelling hearing session before the Congress, answering questions of US Senators. However, it not…
