# Top 50 Food and Beverage Startup Investors in Pakistan in June 2026 ## Zayn Venture Capital (Formally Zayn Capital) - Type: VC Fund - Location: Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce /*! elementor - v3.13.1 - 09-05-2023 */ .elementor-widget-image-box .elementor-image-box-content{width:100%}@media (min-width:768px){.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-position-left .elementor-image-box-wrapper,.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-position-right .elementor-image-box-wrapper{display:flex}.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-position-right .elementor-image-box-wrapper{text-align:right;flex-direction:row-reverse}.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-position-left .elementor-image-box-wrapper{text-align:left;flex-direction:row}.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-position-top .elementor-image-box-img{margin:auto}.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-vertical-align-top .elementor-image-box-wrapper{align-items:flex-start}.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-vertical-align-middle .elementor-image-box-wrapper{align-items:center}.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-vertical-align-bottom .elementor-image-box-wrapper{align-items:flex-end}}@media (max-width:767px){.elementor-widget-image-box .elementor-image-box-img{margin-left:auto!important;margin-right:auto!important;margin-bottom:15px}}.elementor-widget-image-box .elementor-image-box-img{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image-box .elementor-image-box-title a{color:inherit}.elementor-widget-image-box .elementor-image-box-wrapper{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image-box .elementor-image-box-description{margin:0} ## Global Founders Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, Software, FinTech Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel. ## Shorooq Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce Shorooq Partners is the leading tech investor in the region, inspired by the best entrepreneurs, investors and practices from around the world. ## Walled City Co. - Type: VC Fund - Location: Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: Logistics, E-Commerce, Developer Tools Syndicates | Sourcing | Services ## i2i Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Logistics, Financial Services i2i Ventures is a investment fund of Invest2Innovate. ## Nama Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Information Technology, B2B NAMA VENTURES TECH FOUNDERS FUNDING TECH STARTUPS LOOKING FOR FUNDING? APPLY NOW ## Runet Labs - Type: VC Fund - Location: Krasnodar, Krasnodar, Russian Federation - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: B2B, Apps, AgTech Runet Labs is a 3 month entrepreneurs program. ## Lakson Venture Capital (LVC) - Type: VC Fund - Location: Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Travel, Grocery, E-Commerce 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+. ## Fatima Gobi Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce 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. ## Nuwa Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, FinTech, Financial Services A radical investment platform reshaping the relationship between founders and capital. ## Alter Global - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Financial Services, Information Technology 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. ## Wes Schwalje - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Information Technology 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 ## Sung Ho Choi - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Beauty, FinTech Sung Ho C. is the Managing Director at Fubo Gaming. He attended University of Chicago. ## Matt Brezina - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS Matt Brezina investor and advisor Ford Street Ventures. University of Maryland. ## Mehta Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: La Habra, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Toys 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 ## Asif Keshodia - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Marketplace, Apps 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. ## 2am VC - Type: VC Fund - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: SaaS, FinTech, Information Technology 2am VC is an early-stage venture capital firm. ## Jabbar Internet Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Retail, Internet 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 :-) ## Jedar Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Delivery, E-Commerce VC venture capital investing in early stage startups from seed to series A in fintech, insurtech, marketplaces, foodtech, SaaS, healthtech and agritech ## Sahil Bloom - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Travel, FinTech Sahil Bloom ## 92 Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series B - Focus: Logistics, E-Commerce, Marketplace 92 Ventures is a venture capital firm. ## Youssef Salem - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Grocery, Delivery, Payments Youssef Salem CFO at Swvl. ## Saad Saeed - Type: Angel - Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Grocery, Delivery, Consumer Goods 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. ## Rebel Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Rebel Fund is powered by an elite team of top Y Combinator alumni partners to support the world's most promising technology startup founders ## K3 Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software 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. ## Umar Saleem - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Grocery, Delivery, Consumer Goods Umar Saleem, SWVL. ## Earl Grey Capital - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: SaaS, Information Technology, Software Founders funding founders at the earliest stages of company building. ## Kinnow VC - Type: VC Fund - Location: Pakistan Nunt, Punjab, Pakistan - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Farming, Coworking, Logistics 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. ## Siqi Chen - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Gaming Siqi Chen is the Chief Financial Officer of Runway. He previously worked as an Advisor at Laserlike Inc. Siqi attended UC San Diego, where he obtained a BA in Mathematics and Computer Science. ## Walid Aradi - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, Internet, Health Care Entrepreneur, investor. Advising global tech companies navigate through MENA+ regulatory environments, market entry and scaling ## Saison Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology They invest in Seed to Series A companies across emerging markets. 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. ## LoftyInc Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Carmel, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software LoftyInc Capital Management empowers Afropreneurs to build a prosperous and equitable future in Africa. We deliver value to both founders and investors......... ## Vibe Capital - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B - Focus: Sports, Farming, FinTech Vibe Capital Group specializes in small business funding. ## Sajid Rahman - Type: Angel - Location: Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Banking Sajid currently works as Managing Partner at MyAsiaVC He attended London Business School. ## First Check Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software First Check Ventures - Investing in Early Stage Startups Across the Globe ## Lean Bricks Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Grocery, Shopping, E-Commerce Lean Bricks Ventures is a Pakistan-based venture capital firm. ## Musha Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech Seed capital for technology startups globally. ## Syed Sheharyar Ali - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Audio, Music, Travel Syed Sheharyar Ali, Executive Director and CSO at Treet Group Of Companies. ## Globivest - Type: VC Fund - Location: Beirut, Beyrouth, Lebanon - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Software, Health Care Globivest is a private investment firm with a diversified portfolio of assets. Our primary focus is on innovative and scalable early stage start-ups. We seek to establish long-term relationships with visionary entrepreneurs while adding clear value in strategy and execution. ## Stonewater Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Food and Beverage, Software, Information Technology Stonewater Ventures | An early-stage investment firm specializing in marketplaces, platforms, and SaaS ## Millville Opportunities Management - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, B2B, iOS Millville Opportunities Management offers investment management and consulting services. ## Hayaat Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, SaaS, Retail Investing in innovative, sustainable and world-leading projects ## Rayn Capital - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Retail, Grocery, Shopping Rayn Capital operates as a real estate investment company. ## Hi2 Venture Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Cryptocurrency 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. ## Gobi Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, E-Commerce, Internet Gobi Partners: Leading Venture Capital in Asia. Accelerating Innovation, Fueling Success. ## Mahmoud Ibrahim - Type: Angel - Location: Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Grocery, Delivery, Consumer Goods Mahmoud Ibrahim is the CEO and Co-Founder at Homzmart. ## Indus Valley Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Marketplace, Retail, Fitness Indus Valley Capital is an early stage venture capital fund investing in Pakistani startups. We help founders build Pakistan's future. ## SOSV - Type: VC Fund - Location: Princeton, New Jersey, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software 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. ## Ratio - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Supply Chain Management, E-Commerce, Agriculture Asia focused investment firm ## RaliCap - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments Rally Cap is a global community of tech folks investing in an exclusive portfolio of top-tier early stage venture funds in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa.