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    NIC Lahore brings Stanford’s Spark program to Pakistan

    National Incubation Center Lahore (NIC), which is located at LUMS, recently announced a collaboration with Stanford university to bring its Spark program to Pakistan for entrepreneurs. The Spark program is offered by Stanford SEED which is under their Graduate School of Business. The duration of the program is four months, over the course of which early […] More

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    She Loves Tech competition returns to Pakistan for fifth time

    She Loves Tech 2021, a startup competition, is returning to Pakistan for its fifth iteration, courtesy of CIRCLE, in partnership with HBL. She Loves Tech is the world’s largest startup competition for women and technology, that seeks to uplift women entrepreneurs by being committed to closing the funding gap for them.  This year, the competition […] More

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    Then Foundation launches its free entrepreneurial bootcamp

    Then Foundation, an E-Learning platform, recently announced that applications are open for Pakistan’s first free entrepreneurial bootcamp program’s second cohort. Then Foundation is an E-Learning platform that is on a mission to provide accessible education to students of various levels. The platform offers different courses and specializations with respect to university syllabi as well as […] More

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    DevNation, a Pakistani startup, receives seed funding

    DevNation, a Pakistani startup, recently closed its angel round which was led by CrossFund, and gained investment worth upwards of a five figure amount. Multiple investors joined the round, including Benjamin C., Davide Calì, Jeffrey C., Katherine Lui, Javier Sabas, Marcos Parada, Corrado Licata, Giuseppe Tomasello, Sherif Nessim, and Hassan Mughis. DevNation is an online […] More

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    Pakistan’s first cultural incubation center set up at Lok Virsa

    Pakistan’s first ever cultural incubation center was recently launched at Lok Virsa, the result of a public private partnership between the National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage (NIFTH) and Echo Records. The Merge Incubation Center aims to connect startups operating in the cultural and creative field with the performing arts in order to promote […] More

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    University of Sindh sets up its Technology Incubation Center

    The University of Sindh recently established its first ever Technology Incubation Center in the Faculty of Engineering and Technology. The purpose of the center will be to aid students in their entrepreneurial journey post-university by providing them with the resources and skills needed to start their own businesses. Graduating students will be required to join […] More

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    Facebook Marketplace made available to Pakistani entrepreneurs

    Facebook recently launched Marketplace for Pakistan, which is its customer-to-customer platform that allows individuals to buy and sell items online. Facebook Marketplace was first launched by the company in 2016, and has since been made available in over 100 countries, the latest of which is Pakistan as users did not have access to this feature […] More

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    Dukan reaches milestone with 100,000 Ecommerce stores on its app

    Dukan, a Pakistani e-commerce startup, recently reached a new milestone in its entrepreneurial journey with 100,000 e-commerce stores set up by small businesses on its mobile app. This achievement is even more impressive considering the fact that the startup has only been operational for five months. Dukan is a free e-commerce app that allows budding […] More

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    Facebook’s SheMeansBusiness program launches in Peshawar

    The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Technology Board (KPITB) and DEMO recently came together to launch Facebook’s SheMeansBusiness program through a 3-day digital marketing and financial management workshop, in Peshawar. The SheMeansBusiness program aims to support women-led businesses in the digital economy through the provision of skills and business training to help advance these entrepreneurs’ enterprises. Durshal […] More

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    Applications open for Takhleeq Business Incubator’s sixth cohort

    Takhleeq Business Incubator, located at the University of Central Punjab, recently opened applications again for its sixth cohort. Takhleeq Business Incubator was founded in August 2018, and is on a mission to build a strong entrepreneurial community by educating at a multidisciplinary and experiential level, with a focus on innovation and entrepreneurship. Ultimately, Takhleeq is […] More

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    Dastgyr, a Pakistani fintech, raises $3.5 million seed

    Dastgyr, a Karachi-based fintech, recently raised $3.5 million in a seed round led by SOSV, bringing the total amount of funds procured by them to $4 million, including a previous round in July 2020. Dastgyr is a Business-to-Business (B2B) e-commerce marketplace, founded in 2020 by Muhammad Owais Qureshi and Zohaib Ali, that aims to revolutionize […] More

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    Mode Mobility, a Pakistani EV startup, launched

    Mode Mobility, a Pakistani electric vehicle startup, launched recently with the mission of meeting the mobility needs of Pakistanis in a sustainable manner. The company was founded by two NUST alumni, and has a broad focus on developing sustainable mobility solutions, with their team currently developing and looking to launch a line of their very […] More

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