Top 10 Hospitality Startup Investors in Pakistan

Last updated: Apr 2024 A list of 10 angel investors and VC funds that invest in Hospitality startups based in Pakistan. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Hospitality companies from Pakistan. We update this investor list every month.

Top 10 Hospitality Startup Investors in Pakistan

Investor	Hospitality Pakistan investments
Teddy Himler	1
Turner Novak	1
Kinnow VC	1
Sai Ventures	1
Zayn Venture Capital (Formally Zayn Capital)	1
Shorooq Partners	1
William Hockey	1
Indus Valley Capital	1
Lakson Venture Capital (LVC)	1
Muir Capital	1

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Teddy is a Vice President at SoftBank Group International, where he works on direct investing, M&A, and funds based out of New York City. He previously worked at SoftBank Capital in Silicon Valley and Jakarta, Indonesia where he co-founded and oversaw a set of SoftBank venture funds dedicated to early-stage Internet leaders throughoutSoutheast Asia. Teddy previously worked at Comcast Ventures in New York City, where he led investments in eCommerce and Media.He also worked as an analyst for Goldman Sachs’ Technology, Media and Telecom Investment Banking group in San Francisco advising on M&A and financing transactions across the technology landscape. He graduated with a B.A. in government and economics from Harvard.SoftBank Investments include: Tokopedia: Indonesian eCommerce leader Dialpad: Unified communications suite Qerja: Indonesian jobs portal Cybereason: Endpoint Security, board observer Berkshire Grey: warehouse automation leader Housing.com, board member Airspan, board member CaliBurger, board observerComcast Investments include: Zola: online wedding registry and services Cheddar: Post-cable network, sold to Altice USA PetCoach: Omni-channel vet service, sold to Petco Retina.ai: Data science-as-a-service, board observer Earny: Price protection service Madison Reed: Subscription D2C hair-color service YouNow: Decentralized live-streaming Nextdoor: Local social network Basis: Stable CryptocurrencyPersonal investments include: Bureau: B2B Furniture ABL Space: Space launch vehicles KindBody: Women's health

Investment focus

News, Social Media, Facility Management
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Pakistan, Indonesia, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Greenwork — Join the green workforce America needs now
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.
Wholesum Brands — Our mission is to transform the ecommerce entrepreneur journey by discovering their brands and inspiring innovative teams who re-think brand expansion and scaling strategies to elevate independent local products into global brands.

Turner Novak is a Investor at Banana Capital. He attended Grand Valley State University from 2014.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Internet
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Canada, Pakistan

Portfolio highlights

Epoch — Bring all of your employee engagement initiatives together with Epoch. Our employee experience platform lets you create and track engagement for company programs.
Millie — Millie is a new kind of maternity clinic. Built by moms and providers who’ve been there.
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.

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

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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.

Sai Ventures is an investment firm.

Investment focus

Shipping, Coworking, Logistics
Seed
Pakistan

Portfolio highlights

Truckistan — How we do it
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.

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Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Haball — Reimagining the way money flows through the supplychain Haball provides a fully automated alternative to manual order processing, invoicing, reconciliation and paper-based payment methods. An omni channel platform for digitizing payments across the entire supply chain. Fueling supplychain efficiency by providing: Supply Chain Entrenchment Supply Chain Entrenchment Platform for all value-chain partners from large corporates, distributors and retailers. Multiple Industry Verticals Multiple Industry Verticals A single platform customized for industry
EduFi — We are Pakistan's first student loan fintech; study now pay later. We helping students finance and plan for their education. Our innovative platform streamlines the borrowing process, making it easy for students to apply for loans and access funds quickly.
Krave Mart — Krave Mart is a quick-commerce startup offering the delivery of groceries and other products in 10 minutes.

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, E-Commerce, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United Arab Emirates, United States, Pakistan

Portfolio highlights

DXwand — DXwand Cognitive Engagement Toolkit, COGENT, is next generation chatbot that is trained to lookup your products, track orders and conducts a full sales order dialog with your customers. It supports both Arabic and English and works on Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, SMS, website, Twitter, Mobile App and over voice.
MANTRA DAO — Launched in 2020, MANTRA (previously known as MANTRA DAO) is a first of its kind, vertically-integrated and regulatory compliant blockchain ecosystem.
MANTRA — MANTRA bridges the gap between TradFi and DeFi by offering the necessary infrastructure for tokenizing Real World Assets (RWAs) while adhering to real-world regulatory requirements.

William Hockey is the Co-CEO of Column. He previously worked at Bain & Company as an Associate. William Hockey attended Emory University.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Singapore, Pakistan

Portfolio highlights

Boom — Boom is the easiest way to build credit credit with your rent. With Boom, report your rent payments to all three credit bureaus for as little as $2 per month. Enroll in minutes.
Maza — Maza is a mobile app that offers financial products and digital banking services.
Slash — Tens of thousands of online businesses use Slash to track their profits, earn cash back, and get faster payouts from platforms like GOAT and Amazon. No LLC required, no account fees, no minimum balance, and no credit checks.

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, Series A, Pre-Seed
Pakistan

Portfolio highlights

PakLaunch — An exclusive community connecting distinguished Pakistani diaspora with entrepreneurial & investment ecosystem back home
Voyage — Voyage Worldwide Logistics & Supply Chain Management is the Best Freight Forwarder in UAE & Pakistan Which Provides the Best Services all over the World.
Zyp Technologies — Zyp Technologies produces electric motorcycles intended to accelerate a net-zero carbon emission world. The business provides consumers with electric vehicle models and a broadened battery swap network that makes the switch to electric motorcycles simple.

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+.