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Top 50 Food and Beverage Startup Investors in Pakistan in January 2026

Last updated: Jan 2026 A list of 50 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Food and beverage startups based in Pakistan. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Food and beverage companies from Pakistan. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Food and Beverage Startup Investors in Pakistan in January 2026

Investor	Food and Beverage Pakistan investments
Zayn Venture Capital (Formally Zayn Capital)	7
i2i Ventures	4
Shorooq Partners	4
Global Founders Capital	4
Walled City Co.	4
Runet Labs	3
Nama Ventures	3
Lakson Venture Capital (LVC)	3
Fatima Gobi Ventures	3
Wes Schwalje	2
Saad Saeed	2
Earl Grey Capital	2
Siqi Chen	2
Sahil Bloom	2
Rebel Fund	2
Sung Ho Choi	2
Matt Brezina	2
Mehta Ventures	2
Sajid Rahman	2
K3 Ventures	2
Nuwa Capital	2
Vibe Capital	2
Umar Saleem	2
Alter Global	2
2am VC	2
Kinnow VC	2
Jabbar Internet Group	2
Jedar Capital	2
Saison Capital	2
Asif Keshodia	2
92 Ventures	2
Youssef Salem	2
Walid Aradi	2
Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen	1
Vibe VC	1
MSA Novo	1
Evolution VC	1
Aly Hesham	1
Sabr Capital	1
Arbisoft	1
MSA Capital	1
Rayn Capital	1
Hi2 Venture Fund	1
Gobi Partners	1
Mahmoud Ibrahim	1
Indus Valley Capital	1
SOSV	1
Hi2 Global Venture Fund	1
First Check Ventures	1
Lean Bricks Ventures	1

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Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Pakistan, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

LAAM — LAAM is an online marketplace that offers clothes, footwear, and accessories.
Krave Mart — Krave Mart is a quick-commerce startup offering the delivery of groceries and other products in 10 minutes.
PostEx — PostEx is a hybrid of receivables factoring solutions and courier services that pay invoice values upfront to e-commerce companies offering Cash on Delivery as one of their modes of payment.

i2i Ventures is a investment fund of Invest2Innovate.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Software, Logistics
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Pakistan, Israel

Portfolio highlights

DealCart — DealCart enables users to buy their favorite products in groups by allowing users to buy in groups and sharing deals on WhatsApp and other social media platforms.
Rider — Western Tiers Distillery Tasmania are still manufacturers located in Tasmania. We design and manufacture copper still, rum still, wash still, spirit still for commercial distillation manufacturers.
Metric — Metric is a digital accounting app.

Shorooq Partnersis the leading tech investor in the region, inspired by the best entrepreneurs, investors and practices from around the world.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United Arab Emirates, United States, Saudi Arabia

Portfolio highlights

Corgea — Corgea is an AI-native security platform that automatically finds, triages, and fixes insecure code. Sign up today for free to try Corgea.
Triple-A — TripleA helps businesses increase their revenue by enabling crypto payments and payouts, leveraging on the fast-growing 300m+ people using cryptocurrencies.With its white-label, easy setup, instant confirmation, locked-in exchange rate, real-time fiat conversion, and no chargeback crypto payment solution, TripleA meets the needs of e-commercemerchants, retailers, game providers, PSPs, fintech, and marketplaces.TripleA was founded in Singapore in 2017 by Eric Barbier, a repeat entrepreneur in FinTech. The company is licensed by MAS, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (Singapore's Central Bank), allowing partners to operate in a fully compliant and regulated environment.
Octane — Octane is a digital wallet for vehicles that streamlines payments for all vehicle related expenses.

Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Software, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Personio — Personio is the Intelligent HR platform for companies from 10-5,000 employees, powering over 1 million people worldwide. Book your free demo today.
Talentry — Talentry TRM is your central platform for Talent Relationship Management: Sourcing, CRM, Alumni Management, Employee Referrals, Advocacy, Internal Mobility.
Exponential DeFi — Exponential is an investment platform for crypto holders to earn yield on their crypto through decentralized finance (DeFi) safely and easily.

Syndicates | Sourcing | Services

Investment focus

Supply Chain Management, Developer Tools, Logistics
Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
Pakistan, United States

Portfolio highlights

Oware — Check out AirLink, a cool and modern website template for SaaS businesses. It's easy to use and can make your website look awesome. Try it out now and make your SaaS business stand out online.
ezBike — ezBike is Pakistan's first bike sharing service with a clear mission: To revolutionize the mobility sector which is plagued with pollution, traffic congestion and rising fuel prices.
Tazah Technologies — Tazah Technologies is building products to digitize the agriculture value chain, empowering farmers, suppliers, and retailers to grow their businesses.

Runet Labs is a 3 month entrepreneurs program.

Investment focus

B2B, Apps, AgTech
Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
India, Turkey, Pakistan

Portfolio highlights

Bijak — Bijak | Online Agri Commodity Trade & Mandi Rate App for Buyers, Loaders
Tapzo. — Tapzo was an all-in-one app that was acquired by Amazon Pay in India. On Tapzo, you could book flights, hail cabs, order food, recharge your phone etc. with a unified payment experience.
Krave Mart — Krave Mart is a quick-commerce startup offering the delivery of groceries and other products in 10 minutes.

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Investment focus

E-Commerce, Information Technology, B2B
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Cargoz — Cargoz is a logistics startup that connects SMEs looking for warehousing space with warehousing companies who has extra capacity, like Airbnb but for commercial warehousing & storage.
PIESHIP — Pieship is a logistics startup serving last mile and their customers using Ai and crowdsourcing.
Messenger — Messenger is a one-stop logistics platform that finances and aggregates end-to-end logistics and supply chain operations in order to assist businesses and logistics asset owners in achieving an efficient supply chain framework.

Lakson Investments Venture Capital (LIVC) invests in Pakistan based opportunities. The firm concentrates on investments where technology can be leveraged to enable, enhance and disrupt existing business models or create new ones.LIVC's investment focus is at the stage in the start-up lifecycle where the company is less than 36-48 months awayfrom a successful Series A round or potential exit. The firm also invests in select Seed rounds through its Incubation and Accelerator ecosystem relationships as well as overseas partners in Silicon Valley and Europe where it seeks to bring proven foreign technology to Pakistan.The firm's team comprises of a diverse set of investors, domain experts, operators, and entrepreneurs with a successful track record of bringing big ideas to fruition.LIVC invests alongside entrepreneurs and local businesses to build new enterprises and through investing seed capital, take ideas to the next stage. It works with Lakson Investments’ (“LI”) team of over 50 experienced professionals while at the same time, leverage the operational experience of the Lakson Group. Over 14,000 people are employed by Lakson in Pakistan in businesses across sectors such as: Technology (CyberNet & Sybrid), Broadcast and Print Media (Express Media Group), FMCG (Colgate-Palmolive Pakistan), Insurance, and QSR (McDonald’s Pakistan).LI is one of the largest private sector asset managers in Pakistan with over US$300mn under management with a rating of AM2+.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Financial Services, Travel
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Pakistan, Canada, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Befiler — Befiler is Pakistan's number one leading tax filing and NTN registration portal for individuals and SMEs.
Krave Mart — Krave Mart is a quick-commerce startup offering the delivery of groceries and other products in 10 minutes.
Udhaar Book — Udhaar Book is the ultimate business app for managing finances, inventory, invoicing, and earning money without investment. Download now

We focus on technology-enabled businesses that address current pain points in Pakistan’s booming market. From travel and logistics to FinTech and TaqwaTech, our startups are disrupting the industry and changing the way Pakistanis live.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Pakistan, Indonesia, United States

Portfolio highlights

AdalFi — AdalFi provides digital lending infrastructure services.It identifies, qualifies, engages, activates, and delights lending prospects for our partner banks.
DealCart — DealCart enables users to buy their favorite products in groups by allowing users to buy in groups and sharing deals on WhatsApp and other social media platforms.
PriceOye — Priceoye is Pakistan's No.1 marketplace for buying original mobile phones and electronics. Priceoye is Pakistan's most trusted online store and offers the lowest prices every day.

Operator at nexus of policy, tech, and dev, investor, advised 8 unicorns on MENAP entry/scale-up, support Big Tech / startups to get along with govt

Investment focus

FinTech, Information Technology, Financial Services
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
India, United States, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

Finerio Connect — Finerio is an automated and free personal finance platform in Mexico. Finerio allows users to link debit and credit accounts of the most important banks in Mexico while providing them insights on how to financially plan and save money.
PowerCred — PowerCred is a one-stop API suite for clients to access alternate data from SMEs. Our integrated system provides real time connectivity which allows financial institutions to build better products to suit small business requirements. We have a network of data partners across categories which help us to build a robust and comprehensive intelligence system, allowing FIs to make more confident decisions, and empowering small businesses to focus on business growth.
Chhotastock — SAUDARATOTO adalah daftar situs toto slot dan bandar togel resmi 4D & 5D terpercaya yang menawarkan layanan aman, transaksi cepat, serta peluang menang besar setiap hari. Nikmati permainan lengkap dengan sistem stabil dan akses mudah kapan saja.

Saad Saeed is a Pakistani serial entrepreneur based in Berlin, Germany, known for his ventures in the consumer sector. His portfolio includes a range of innovative companies, including a health tech company called Crumb, a grocery delivery unicorn called Flink, and his latest travel AI company called Layla. He is also an active business angel witha degree in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science.

Investment focus

Grocery, Delivery, Consumer Goods
Pre-Seed
Pakistan

Portfolio highlights

Krave Mart — Krave Mart is a quick-commerce startup offering the delivery of groceries and other products in 10 minutes.

Founders funding founders at the earliest stages of company building.

Investment focus

SaaS, E-Learning, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, India, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Rubie — Rubie is a software solutions company that helps businesses with complex products streamline and accelerate customer onboarding.
CrewAI — CrewAI is a multi-agent automation platform for enterprises to automate complex tasks. With its automation platform, organizations can deploy and manage AI agents to automate complex tasks and to value across a wide range of use cases, from research and analysis to coding and reporting.The company also offers a range of advanced new featuresincluding self-iteration, performance evaluation, persistent memory, and a range of new agent collaboration structures.
Mino Games — Mino Games is a free-to-play mobile gaming studio that produced the top 50 grossing mobile game Mino Monsters, with over 13 million downloads. We create deeply engaging, widely appealing games for millions of fans. We’re currently building our world class development studio in Montreal.We are a small group of passionate engineers, artists andanalysts with a mission to create games that millions of people all around the world love to play for years. We are funded by the best angel investors, institutional investors, and gaming companies from across the world.Our third and latest game, Cat Game, has already hit the App Store’s Top 100 Grossing Chart in Canada. The game, currently in soft launch, is showing world class key metrics, and we are expecting it to be a global hit when we launch it by February 2019.We are looking today to grow the team and looking for world class ambitious talent to come join us on the journey, to develop and support this newest title into a global success on both iOS and Android, and help us with future projects as we rapidly grow.

Siqi Chen is the Co-Founder of Runway and a Member Board Of Directors at Sandbox VR. Siqi holds a Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics from the University of California, San Diego.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Gaming
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, India, Japan

Portfolio highlights

Rork — Rork is an AI-powered platform that lets you build complete, cross-platform mobile apps in minutes by simply describing what you want. It uses AI and React Native to generate fully functional apps-examples include visual novel games, Airbnb-style apps, meditation timers, and more. You can export these apps, use them on your phone, and even sharethem via QR codes or links.
Redcar — Scale your B2B sales with the most flexible AI Agent. Customize your GTM and outreach on Redcar, which qualifies, researches, personalizes, and follows up like your best reps.
Emergent — Emergent is a platform for agentic vibe-coding.

Sahil Bloom

Investment focus

Software, Cryptocurrency, Travel
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, Canada, Pakistan

Portfolio highlights

Unite — We started Unite because we saw a problem.Two problems, in fact. A problem faced by marketplace sellers like you, who see high- quality traffic on your pages but have no way of retargeting shoppers who don’t end up purchasing, leaving potential sales on the table. And a problem faced by the marketplaces where you sell, which win by helping youdrive sales but aren’t equipped to offer you the sorts of online advertising tools like retargeting pixels, audience creation, and campaign management platforms that big brands have been using for years.That’s where we come in. Understanding these constraints and sharing the frustration faced by both sellers and marketplaces over lost revenue and lost customers, we created the perfect platform to put the industry’s most powerful advertising technology capabilities in the hands of people like you, building them into the marketplaces where you already sell. The result? Higher traffic and higher conversion rates. In other words, higher sales.Today, thousands of sellers across the Internet are using Unite to advertise like a big brand and drive sales. It’s time to join them.
Grit — Grit's fully automated migrations and AI-assisted refactoring put software maintenance on autopilot. It automatically generates pull requests for eradicating technical debt using machine learning and static analysis.
Forum — Forum is a marketplace for peer support groups that connects mission-driven facilitators with people seeking support for life's biggest challenges–including life transitions, career, health, relationships, and more. Peer support is a proven model for personal change, healing, and growth – and our vision is a world where everyone has easyaccess to it.

Rebel Fund is powered by an elite team of top Y Combinator alumni partners to support the world's most promising technology startup founders

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, India, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Writesonic — Writesonic is an AI-powered copywriting tool that generates unique and engaging marketing content for any business in seconds. With a few lines of text, Writesonic will generate ads, blog posts, landing pages, product descriptions, and more.
Sohar Health — Streamline patient intake and boost revenue with Sohar's real-time insurance verification and eligibility solutions. Automate workflows, reduce claim denials, and improve conversion rates with accurate, fast, and reliable tools. Book a demo today to transform your patient onboarding process.
Sohar Health — Sohar Health is an AI-driven company that offers front-end Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) solutions. The services focus on enhancing healthcare providers' insurance verification processes, aiming to improve efficiency and reduce claim denials. Sohar Health utilizes advanced technology to streamline eligibility checks and facilitatebetterpricing transparency. The platform caters primarily to the needs of sales teams and sales development representatives in the healthcare sector. By automating key processes, Sohar Health helps organizations optimize their revenue cycle operations.

Sung Ho C. is the Managing Director at Fubo Gaming. He attended University of Chicago.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Beauty, FinTech
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
United States, India, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

Estimated Inc. — A new world for artists
Blotout — The first-party data infrastructure that optimizes every signal, powers every decision
Hulah — The dating app for people who hate dating apps.

Matt Brezina investor and advisor Ford Street Ventures. University of Maryland.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Transportation
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Mexico, Pakistan

Portfolio highlights

Aerodome — The future of air support.
Trek Health — Maximize Practice Revenue with Smart Payment Solutions
Enara Health — Medically guided, from lifestyle changes to GLP-1 medications, to achieve lifelong results.

Mehta Ventures is an independent, privately-owned boutique family office that invests in early stage startups. Mehta Ventures has first cheque investing capacity for founders with relevant industry backgrounds. We also provide comprehensive startup, estate and crypto co-investment opportunities to our trusted network of HNI families globally. The family has a significant exposure to India investments,Read More

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, 3D Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, India, Pakistan

Portfolio highlights

CoinDCX — CoinDCX is India's largest and safest cryptocurrency exchange where you can buy and sell Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies with ease. CoinDCX, with its #TryCrypto mission, provides Indian crypto audience with a simple cryptocurrency trading app for seamless crypto-to-crypto (c2c) and fiat-to-crypto (f2c) experience.
Oobli — Food and drinks made with plant-based sweet proteins. Derived from incredible fruits and berries found in nature. Crafted to sweet perfection by Joywell.
Krave Mart — Krave Mart is a quick-commerce startup offering the delivery of groceries and other products in 10 minutes.

Sajid currently works as Managing Partner at MyAsiaVC He attended London Business School.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
India, Nigeria, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

ImaliPay — ImaliPay is a financial health platform offering financial products to freelancers and blue collar gig workers in partnership with gig platforms.
EquityList — Equity management with online cap table management and employee stock option programs (ESOP) administration. Available free for Indian startups
10 Minute School — 10 Minute School is the largest online educational platform in Bangladesh. Through our website, app, and social media, more than 10 Million+ students are accessing quality education each day to accelerate their learning.

K3 Ventures provides venture capital for technology startups in various sectors such as finance, education, healthcare, food and agriculture and others. The firm is headed by Kuok Meng Xiong.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Software
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
Singapore, United States, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

WIZ.AI — WIZ.AI Talkbot is a leading Generative AI-powered omnichannel customer engagement solution for enterprises to propel business growth.
iEduGPT — iEduGPT is an AI-powered learning platform based in Singapore that offers personalized, adaptive learning solutions for professional and academic exam preparation. It leverages artificial intelligence to analyze individual learners' strengths and knowledge gaps and create optimized study paths. The platform aims to transform exam preparationby making learning smarter, more efficient, and tailored to each user’s unique needs, covering certifications in finance, academics, and languages.
Rekosistem — Rekosistem is a Clean- & Climate-Tech Company that enables circular economy implementation in the waste supply chain by leveraging proprietary waste management operation systems to transform waste into recycled materials and renewable resources.

A radical investment platform reshaping the relationship between founders and capital.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt

Portfolio highlights

Aydi — We are more than a platform. We are a global voice of modern agriculture, built with growers, powered by innovation, and driven by the responsibility to feed the future with dignity and confidence.
Calo — Analyze your nutritional needs and subscribe to a convenient meal plan that's designed for you in under 2 minutes.
Gathern — Gathern is a booking platform of private villas, chalets, rest houses, camps, resorts, farms and other places suitable for gatherings.

Vibe Capital Group specializes in small business funding.

Investment focus

Sports, Farming, FinTech
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
United States, Pakistan

Portfolio highlights

Alt — Alt is increasing the transparency and liquidity of alternative assets
Recast — Recast is fast and accurate incrementality measurement, comprising Recast's Causal MMM and Recast GeoLift.
Tazah Technologies — Tazah Technologies is building products to digitize the agriculture value chain, empowering farmers, suppliers, and retailers to grow their businesses.

Umar Saleem, SWVL.

Investment focus

Grocery, Delivery, Consumer Goods
Pre-Seed
Pakistan

Portfolio highlights

Krave Mart — Krave Mart is a quick-commerce startup offering the delivery of groceries and other products in 10 minutes.

Alter Global is a venture capital firm investing in early-stage startups within emerging markets such as Southeast Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa. Since 2015, we’ve partnered with more than 40 exceptional ventures across 18 countries. We believe in the theory of individual change, supporting high-character founders who are buildingnot only their companies, but their communities and countries as well. We match our founders with talent, expertise, and investments from around the world.We're on a mission to create an unprecedented global network of the world's best tech founders - #ventureboldly and join us.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Marketplace, B2B
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Indonesia, Mexico, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Aidatify — Aidatify uses proprietary AI model training technology to capture and accurately analyze data, with a focus on the blockchain sector.Its objective is to give traders with precise and sophisticated data analysis.
Capa — 24/7 FX and payment platform connecting LATAM to the rest of the world through an API, SDK or dashboard.
Divibank — Divibank is a financing platform offering businesses access to growth capital.

2am VC is an early-stage venture capital firm.

Investment focus

FinTech, SaaS, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

ApnaMart — ApnaMart is a shop and online retail store.
FirstClub — FirstClub's mission is to become a rapid commerce-first omnichannel retailer that uses offline experience stores to promote the quality of its items. FirstClub's goal is to create a platform that serves customers and offers brands a unique opportunity to connect with affluent homes.
Linkrunner — Linkrunner turns customer data into insights with an AI driven MMP.

We are an early stage fund for startups in Pakistan. We are a team of builders ourselves, and looking to partner with passionate, authentic people, and help them build the next generation-defining companies in the region.

Investment focus

Farming, Coworking, Logistics
Seed, Pre-Seed
Pakistan

Portfolio highlights

Metric — Metric is a digital accounting app.
COLABS — Colabs is Pakistan’s fastest growing flexible workspace. Our community today has 1000 seats and over 100 companies across multiple facilities in Lahore. COLABS has a network of 100+ ecosystem partners across universities, VC funds, corporates, government and industry leaders. COLABS is constantly innovating, creating new work experiences, andredefining the future of work in Pakistan. Our mission is to knit together a community of 100,000 entrepreneurs across Pakistan.
Tazah Technologies — Tazah Technologies is building products to digitize the agriculture value chain, empowering farmers, suppliers, and retailers to grow their businesses.

The exit of Souq to Amazon is the largest tech transaction of the region, and Souq continues to pave the way in e-commerce in the region. Souq was built from the ground up by the same team at Jabbar, who built the Maktoob portal before that. Maktoob was born out of a simple idea but with a vision that the Arabic Internet will grow and become anintegral part of everybody's life, and grew to become the largest Arabic Internet property before Yahoo acquired it.Both the Souq and Maktoob stories have become inspiring success stories in the region, where budding entrepreneurs and VC's alike, look to our team for inspiration and new ideas.Today Jabbar continues to grow and pave the way for tech in the region. It is in this spirit that we embrace any entrepreneur who is willing to innovate and take risks in order to create something great. Jabbar nurtures such individuals and supports nascent ideas that are in line with its mission. So join our journey :-)

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Retail, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Pakistan

Portfolio highlights

Ziina — Pay and get paid fast. Ziina is the easiest way to send and receive money in the UAE. Accept cashless payments anywhere with Apple Pay, Google Pay, or card.
qeen.ai — qeen.ai is a GenAI native platform that enables autonomous AI to e-commerce firms of all sizes.
Keyper — Keyper simplifies real estate management for property owners, tenants, and partners. Manage portfolios, get market insights, apply for rent with flexible payment options, and explore partnership opportunities to earn passive income. Join Keyper today!

VC venture capital investing in early stage startups from seed to series A in fintech, insurtech, marketplaces, foodtech, SaaS, healthtech and agritech

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Delivery, FinTech
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria

Portfolio highlights

Chaldal — Order grocery and food online with same-day home delivery. Save money, save time
Paismo Inc — Paismo HR & Payroll is the Next-Gen Human Capital Management software giving you access to Schedule Management, Time Off, Timesheets, Payroll, etc.
Fincart — Fincart.io - Your trusted partner for seamless shipping & working capital access to grow your online brand.

They invest in Seed to Series A companies across South East Asia and India. Although they have a sector agnostic fund mandate, they particularly like to work with founders that are building ecosystems with the potential to distribute financial services to the unbanked.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Singapore, India, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

GoodScore — GoodScore is a credit management app in India designed to help users build and maintain a high credit score, with targeted features and expert support for financial wellbeing.
XProtocol — XProtocol is a modular entertainment chain that uses base's superchain technology to help developers create games with player-driven economies.
Mythic Protocol — The Central Hub for Mythic Operatives to conduct their operations

Asif Keshodia is an Angel Investor based in Dubai, UAE and the co-founder of Storfox.com. He is most notable for his work as the Group CFO of Souq.com, which was acquired by Amazon in a milestone deal for the Middle East tech sector. He joined Souq in 2011 as an early stage investor and raised over $400m to help it become the leading onlineretailer in the region. After its acquisition by Amazon in 2017, he took the role of MENA Regional Finance Director at Amazon. Asif has over 20 years of experience with some of the world’s biggest names, such as PwC, Gillette, Procter & Gamble, and Amazon, in countries around the world, including the UK, South Africa, Russia, and Pakistan. He is now using his decades of multinational corporate experience to help usher small startups to big success. He is dedicated to aiding young entrepreneurs launch their projects, with sights currently set on bolstering the e-commerce ecosystem in the MENA region and South Asia’s burgeoning market.In the recent past Asif has served on the Boards of Souq, Payfort.com, and Instashop.com, recently acquired by the Delivery Hero. He has also invested in a number of fledgling startups including Shipox, Clicky.pk, EzHire and Cartlow.comAsif is a graduate of the University of Karachi with a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce & Economics and a Chartered Accountant (FCA). In 2016, he was named Best Retail CFO of the MENA Region by renowned Middle Eastern publication, The CFO.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Marketplace, Consumer Goods
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, Australia

Portfolio highlights

Kamel Pay — Kamel Pay is a fintech and digital financial solutions provider. Kamel Pay offers end-to-end digital payment services to the 20 million underbanked expat population in GCC and to their families abroad through a fully integrated platform.
CLICKY.PK — Clicky.pk offers the largest collection of trendy and affordable fashion and lifestyle products online. Clicky has the best online brand stores in Pakistan. Huge Collection of Jewellery, Handbags, Clutches, Sunglasses, Clothing, Nightwear & More!
PriceOye — Priceoye is Pakistan's No.1 marketplace for buying original mobile phones and electronics. Priceoye is Pakistan's most trusted online store and offers the lowest prices every day.

92 Ventures is a venture capital firm.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Supply Chain Management, Logistics
Pre-Seed, Seed, Initial Coin Offering
Pakistan, Panama, Saudi Arabia

Portfolio highlights

Oware — Check out AirLink, a cool and modern website template for SaaS businesses. It's easy to use and can make your website look awesome. Try it out now and make your SaaS business stand out online.
Zaraye — Zaraye is a secure, user-friendly B2B platform that facilitates the free exchange of raw materials through a reverse-bidding model. It help the customers get the best prices at the fastest rate while preserving their autonomy to choose suppliers effortlessly. Conversely, It suppliers are guaranteed detailed insights about buyer behaviour, whichaids them in providing tailor-made orders to increase conversions and client satisfaction.
Steady Energy — Steady Energy aims to decarbonize the energy-intensive heating industry starting with residential and district heating.

Youssef Salem CFO at Swvl.

Investment focus

Grocery, Delivery, Payments
Seed, Pre-Seed
Pakistan, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Krave Mart — Krave Mart is a quick-commerce startup offering the delivery of groceries and other products in 10 minutes.
PostEx — PostEx is a hybrid of receivables factoring solutions and courier services that pay invoice values upfront to e-commerce companies offering Cash on Delivery as one of their modes of payment.
Hotdesk — Instant access to workspaces anywhere at your fingertips. Unlock your productivity and #GetThingsDone.

Entrepreneur, investor. Advising global tech companies navigate through MENA+ regulatory environments, market entry and scaling

Investment focus

Information Technology, Internet, Financial Services
Seed, Angel, Series A
India, Nigeria, Pakistan

Portfolio highlights

Omnisient — Privacy-Preserving Data Collaboration platform enabling businesses to collaborate while ensuring consumer privacy and data protection.
Stitch — One API integration for enterprise online payments across South Africa. Accept Pay by bank, debit + credit card, cash, manual EFT, debit order and crypto.
Termii — Termii is an online platform that helps teams secure repeat customers by sending personalized emails and SMS through multiple.Termii helps African businesses communicate with customers across SMS, email, voice, and instant messaging channels. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Lagos, Nigeria.

Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen grew up across Africa, from Angola and Guinea-Bissau to Tanzania and Libya, after his family fled the Angolan Civil War as refugees. Those early experiences instilled in him a belief that education, technology, and social innovation can transform lives and continue to anchor his career and philanthropic activities to this day.Today, Lars is a General Partner at Owl Ventures ($2.2 billion AUM), the world’s leading venture capital firm focused exclusively on education technology. He leads Owl’s expansion across Europe, Africa, and global markets, backing founders who harness AI and breakthrough technologies to make learning more accessible and impactful.Before joining Owl, Lars co-founded 2xN, an early-stage fund at the frontier of deeptech and quantum innovation, with standout investments including Quantinuum (valued above $10 billion), Oxford Ionics (acquired by IonQ in a $1 billion deal), QSimulate, and Sparrow Quantum. Prior to that, he was a General Partner at Balderton Capital in London during which time the firm led the Seed and Series A rounds in Revolut. His investments also span education (Labster, uLesson, StudySmarter, Kukua), mobility (Yassir, Voi, Monta, NoTraffic), and mobile and frontier tech (Hiya, Monarch Money, Rahko, Pocket, Colossal, Celus, Octant Bio, Vivino, OpenSea, Blue Bottle Coffee).Lars previously spent a decade in Silicon Valley, shaping some of tech’s most iconic growth stories. At Uber, he joined when it operated in fewer than 20 cities and, as Vice President, forged global alliances with Verizon and América Móvil that fueled its international expansion. Before Uber, as Head of Mobile at Dropbox, he was among the first 25 employees and helped the company reach its first 100 million users through partnerships with Samsung and other OEMs.Despite his career in technology and venture capital, Africa has never left Lars’s journey. After his father’s passing, he returned to Angola to trace his family’s history, discovering that his sister had died of malaria as a child. That revelation transformed a personal loss into a mission. A technologist turned humanitarian innovator, Lars filed a patent for genetically modified mosquitoes that light up when carrying malaria and began funding malaria-research projects in Angola through partnerships with global nonprofits. In 2024, he climbed Mount Kilimanjaro to raise funds for malaria research, following earlier campaigns such as climbing the Matterhorn and crossing the Sahara by motorbike.A Danish-Portuguese national who served with the Royal Danish Guards, Lars holds an MBA from London Business School, where he was a member of the Board of Governors and Chairman of the Endowment Fund, an MSc from Oxford University (Keble College), and a BSc from King’s College London. Across every chapter, from refugee to technologist to investor, his purpose endures: advancing education, health, and innovation as catalysts for social change.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Denmark, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Tajir — Tajir offers full transparency on the prices of various products, addressing a challenge that store owners confront offline each day, and sells and delivers inventories to the stores, said the Khan brothers, whose father ran an FMCG retail distribution business for three decades.
StudySmarter — StudySmarter is an EdTech company that develops an intelligent and content-agnostic platform for lifelong learning. It was first published in 2018 and is used by millions of learners worldwide. StudySmarter has been voted the best EdTech start-up in Germany and Europe by university representatives and education experts.
Empirical — Culinary & scientific innovations applied in flavor to spirits and cans. From premium spirits to ready to drink cans, Empirical has an exciting selection. Order today!

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Investment focus

Financial Services, EdTech, Education
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, India, Zambia

Portfolio highlights

RipenHQ — A venture studio creating products and services that ripen the internet.
DealCart — DealCart enables users to buy their favorite products in groups by allowing users to buy in groups and sharing deals on WhatsApp and other social media platforms.
Carry — Ocho is everything you need to build wealth as a business owner.

MSA Novo, a multi-stageglobal venture capital firm, boasts a diverse portfolio of startups and established businesses in tech, fintech, and consumer sectors.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Egypt, India, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Zid زد — Zid is an e-commerce in a box - solution that any retailer can use to start their eRetail. Zid helps them to build their own eStores (with their own name and identity) and integrates them with the supply chain players to enable them to manage and with ease. The company aims to enable the retail sector to enter the world of electronic retail in aneasy and professional.Zid was founded in 2017 and based in Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia.
Kaso — Elkaso is the leading Order and Procurement Management Tool for Restaurants and Suppliers in the Middle East.
Yellow Metal — Fintech company that provides Gold loan

Evolution VC is a venture capital firm.

Investment focus

Big Data, Software, Artificial Intelligence
Seed
United States

Portfolio highlights

DealCart — DealCart enables users to buy their favorite products in groups by allowing users to buy in groups and sharing deals on WhatsApp and other social media platforms.
Louisa AI — Louisa is a collective intelligence platform. The company's platform connects to a company's various data sources and auto-creates a comprehensive map of who and what everyone in the company knows. By providing employees with a centralized platform to access the collective intelligence of the company, Louisa is the one-stop shop for allyour knowledge and expertise needs.
Scout AI — Scout AI is building the robotic foundation model for defense.

Aly Hesham, Global Head of Expansions at Swvl.

Investment focus

Grocery, Delivery, Consumer Goods
Pre-Seed
Pakistan

Portfolio highlights

Krave Mart — Krave Mart is a quick-commerce startup offering the delivery of groceries and other products in 10 minutes.

Sector agnostic early stage investment partner for Shariah Compliant ventures based in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Middle East and Africa.

Investment focus

B2B, Financial Services, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Pakistan, Bangladesh, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Jatri — Jatri is a public transport journey planner, digital ticketing and mobility marketplace, driving productivity by helping drivers to offer reliable transport to the commuters through our state-of-the-art technology.
Agroshift — Agroshift helps farmers sell their produce to businesses and consumers by providing a tech-enabled supply chain.
KalPay — KalPay is the largest Shariah Compliant Buy Now Pay Later in Pakistan, giving our customers easy access to credit and allowing them to purchase products in 3 monthly installments. We have a portfolio of hundreds of brands spread across multiple segments!

Arbisoft is an award-winning software development company with 4 locations worldwide and over 10 years of making great software for clients such as edX.

Investment focus

Restaurants, Information Technology
Pre-Seed
Pakistan

Portfolio highlights

Pattern Technologies — #1 Online Ordering & Loyalty Solution

MSA Capital is a global venture capital and private equity firm that invests in technology-enabled companies from seed to growth stage. The firm manages capital from the world's top sovereign wealth funds, international asset managers, pension funds, university endowments, fund of funds, and family offices, as well as China's leading neweconomy entrepreneurs.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Biotechnology, Financial Services
Series A, Seed, Series B
China, United States, Egypt

Portfolio highlights

DP Technology — DP Technology is a global leader in the "AI for Science" research paradigm, where AI learns scientific principles and data, then tackles key challenges in scientific research and industrial R&D.DP's commitment to interdisciplinary research has led to the creation of the DP "Particle Universe", an array of pre-trainedlarge science models designed to bridge foundational research with practical industrial applications. DP's software suite includes the Bohrium® Scientific Research Space, Hermite® Computational Drug Design Platform, RiDYMO® Dynamics Platform, and Piloteye® Battery Design Automation Platform. Together, these platforms form a robust foundation for industrial innovation and an open ecosystem for AI in science, fostering advancements in key areas such as drug discovery, energy, material science, and information technology.
DP Technology — Deep Technology uses a new generation of molecular simulation technology to tackle micro-scale industrial design difficulties. Founded in 2018 and is based in Beijing China.
Yanming Biology — Pyrotech pharmaceuticals is a biotechnology company that focuses om development for drugs for the treatment of inflammation and tumors.

Rayn Capital operates as a real estate investment company.

Investment focus

Retail, Grocery, Shopping
Seed
Pakistan

Portfolio highlights

DealCart — DealCart enables users to buy their favorite products in groups by allowing users to buy in groups and sharing deals on WhatsApp and other social media platforms.

Hi2 Venture Fund is an early-stage venture capital fund managed by Hi2 Global. The fund invests in seed stage innovative early-stage companies in emerging sectors including fintech, AI, consumer-tech, clean-tech and health-tech in United States, Asia, Africa, and LATAM.

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Cryptocurrency
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, Nigeria, Pakistan

Portfolio highlights

dili — Dili is a deal platform built for venture funds and private equity. We use AI to contextualize new deals and help you make better decision faster.
Kontigo — We help underbanked gig workers in Latam build credit and access group financing where small groups of family or friends lend and save money together. Users can validate their income from multiple sources such as gig apps, catalog sales, and open finance (Uber, Rappi, Didi, Indriver, Avon, and all major banks). After verifying the income wedirectly offer them group savings and group loans, without leaving WhatsApp, their primary messaging app.
Inspiration Moment — Inspiration Moments connects millions of artists worldwide, offering work sharing, publishing, communication, and monetization services.

Gobi Partners: Leading Venture Capital in Asia. Accelerating Innovation, Fueling Success.

Investment focus

Financial Services, E-Commerce, Internet
Series A, Seed, Series B
China, Malaysia, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

RushOwl — RushOwl is a dynamic ride-sharing company that offers timely and affordable shuttle rides.
SleekFlow — SleekFlow makes customer messaging apps such as WhatsApp and Facebook connected to one platform for teams to better support and engage customers.
nanoSkunkWorkx — nanoSkunkWorkX develops nanotechnology for AGI scaling and allergy biosensing.

Mahmoud Ibrahim is the CEO and Co-Founder at Homzmart.

Investment focus

Grocery, Delivery, Consumer Goods
Pre-Seed
Pakistan

Portfolio highlights

Krave Mart — Krave Mart is a quick-commerce startup offering the delivery of groceries and other products in 10 minutes.

Indus Valley Capital is an early stage venture capital fund investing in Pakistani startups. We help founders build Pakistan's future.

Investment focus

Marketplace, Retail, Fitness
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Pakistan, United States

Portfolio highlights

Kollegio — Discover Kollegio, the AI-driven platform connecting students, schools, and colleges. Get personalized college recommendations, essay feedback, and more!
Qist Bazaar — QistBazaar is an e-commerce platform dedicated to improving the standard of living for the average Pakistani by making things easily available at affordable monthly installments.Qist Bazaar caters to everyone, from individuals with little to no formal financial background to those who bank at major institutions. Products available on Qist Bazaarinclude Bikes, Mobile Phones, LED TVs, Laptops, Washing Machines, Air Conditioners, Refrigerators, and other Kitchen Appliances, with new categories being added on a daily basis.
Zyp Technologies — Discover Pakistan's revolutionary electric bikes with battery swapping for quick, easy rides. Experience unlimited range with ZUM 2000.

SOSV is a global, deep tech venture capital firm that operates the HAX and IndieBio startup development programs focused on human and planetary health. SOSV invests $500,000 in startups at their inception as they onboard either HAX or IndieBio for a 4-6 month period designed to accelerate the raise of their next institutional round. SOSV joins thelater rounds of HAX and IndieBio graduates. HAX, based in a 35,000 sq ft facility in Newark, NJ, is equipped with machine tools, 3D printers, chemical, electrical and mechanical engineering labs, as well as on-staff engineering and design experts. SOSV's IndieBio has locations in NYC and San Francisco, both of which offer extensive services and facilities to founders including on-site BSL-2 labs, well equipped lab benches and hoods, and advanced lab equipment, such as chromatography equipment.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
United States, India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

NovoNutrients — NovoNutrients is working to turn waste CO2 into high-value, low-cost proteins and additives for food and feed by developing proprietary microbes and advanced gas fermentation systems.
OncoPrecision — We're developing personalized assays to determine the most suitable medication for cancer therapy at the patient level. Through our proprietary Drug Activity and Resistance Test, oncologists will be able to make data-driven decisions regarding cancer therapy selection based on patient-derived samples. Our goal is to democratize access toPrecision Oncology and improve cancer patients' lives.
Sodex Innovations — Sodex Innovations is a company which is specialized in developing assistance-systems and automating-kits for excavators

Haitou Global is a global asset allocation platform providing asset management, investment banking, digital technology product, and services. Haitou Global manages a Registered Investment Advisor and a Broker-dealer in the U.S., with headquarters in New York and Beijing and operations in San Francisco, Hangzhou, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Jakarta.

Investment focus

Financial Services, E-Commerce, FinTech
Seed, Series A
Pakistan, United States, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

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Trukkr — Trukkr is Pakistan's First and Largest Online Logistics Platform. They make the process of booking commercial cargo fast by linking a shipper with transporters over a secure, intuitive and powerful platform. We ensure that shippers have complete transparency in price discovery, visibility, flexibility, and choice while at the same time givetransporters easy access to more jobs, whenever they want them. Founded in 2019, Trukkr is committed to reinventing the old school trucking industry in Pakistan by making it easier for millions of truckers to book a load and move at capacity, while ensuring shippers have access to the right truck, at the right time.
Dastgyr Technologies — Making trade and capital seamless and reliable

First Check Ventures - Investing in Early Stage Startups Across the Globe

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United States, Mexico, Colombia

Portfolio highlights

AnFin — AnFin is a venture-backed fintech company building the most innovative products in the wealth management and brokerage space. We strongly believe in the power of the stock market to transform developing economies. Therefore, we want to democratize access to stocks, bonds, and structured investment products. By leveraging scalable technology andstrategic partnerships, AnFin plans to build an ecosystem of products that connect stakeholders in a seamless way.
Kashin — KASHIN is a microlending app that gives small loans to underbanked people and controls risk using social reputation scores & smartphone-based variables. Users increase their credit line and reduce interest rates according to their own credit behavior and their first degree referrals.
Treinta — Treinta is a digital ledger app for Latin American microbusinesses. Through Treinta, users can easily record transactions by assigning products from their inventory and see how their business metrics evolve in real time. The app helps owners save up to 30 minutes a day in bookkeeping related tasks and improve efficiency by over 30%. Out of the 50million microbusinesses in LATAM, today 90% still track their sales and expenses by using pen and paper.

Lean Bricks Ventures is a Pakistan-based venture capital firm.

Investment focus

Grocery, Shopping, E-Commerce
Series A
Pakistan

Portfolio highlights

GrocerApp — GrocerApp is a low-price online supermarket that allows users to order products across categories like grocery, vegetables, beauty & wellness, household care, baby care, pet care, and meats & seafood and gets it delivered to their doorstep.

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