# Top 50 Internet Startup Investors in Pakistan in June 2026 ## Asif Keshodia - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 5 - 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. ## Fatima Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Information Technology Fatima Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund that improve profitable market techniques in order. ## SOSV - Type: VC Fund - Location: Princeton, New Jersey, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - 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. ## Zayn Venture Capital (Formally Zayn Capital) - Type: VC Fund - Location: Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan - Relevant deals: 4 - 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} ## 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+. ## Sarmayacar - Type: VC Fund - Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Health Care, Information Technology Pakistan's largest Venture capital fund dedicated to the technology sector as it looks to build scalable, market-transforming and consumer technology ## Walled City Co. - Type: VC Fund - Location: Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: Logistics, E-Commerce, Developer Tools Syndicates | Sourcing | Services ## Jabbar Internet Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 3 - 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 :-) ## Hayaat Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, SaaS, Retail Investing in innovative, sustainable and world-leading projects ## Fatima Gobi Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan - Relevant deals: 2 - 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. ## Mentors Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Redwood City, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Software, Information Technology Mentors Fund is a venture capital firm that invests in capital-efficient startups that aim to digitally disrupt traditional businesses. ## Millville Opportunities Management - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, B2B, iOS Millville Opportunities Management offers investment management and consulting services. ## Newlin - Type: VC Fund - Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: InsurTech, E-Commerce, Financial Services Newlin is a venture capital and private equity firm that connects founders to capital turning ideas to fundable businesses. It provides a critical linkage for founders to early-stage financing as well as consulting services. ## Nama Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Information Technology, B2B NAMA VENTURES TECH FOUNDERS FUNDING TECH STARTUPS LOOKING FOR FUNDING? APPLY NOW ## Artistic Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Price Comparison Own Artistic.vc today. Secure checkout and guided transfer support. No hidden fees. ## Kingsway Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series B, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Blockchain Kingsway Capital is a investment management firm. ## Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Grant, Series A, Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical We are a nonprofit fighting poverty, disease, and inequity around the world ## Gilles Blanchard - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Real Estate, Medical, InsurTech Gilles Blanchard ## BY Venture Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: St. Helier, NA - Jersey, Jersey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce Our team of former founders backs phenomenal early-stage founders, providing empathetic support and invaluable connections to help them scale globally. ## 92 Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Initial Coin Offering - Focus: E-Commerce, Supply Chain Management, Logistics 92 Ventures is a venture capital firm. ## 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. ## Fazal Din Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Health Care, Medical, Hospital A Pakistani healthcare group with interests in hospitals, pharma manufacturing, brick & mortar/online pharmacies & medical device agencies ## Warren Hogarth - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series B, Series C - Focus: FinTech, Finance, Financial Services Warren Hogarth is a venture capitalist at Prior to joining Sequoia Capital in 2008, Warren completed his PhD in Chemical Engineering, where he developed fuel cell technology. During this time, he was a visiting Fulbright Scholar toPrinceton University and a Guest Scientist at Germany's Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems. Warren has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Queensland. ## Planet N Group of Companies - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, E-Commerce, Health Care Planet N Group is a growth markets oriented high-tech investment firm focused on the Greater Middle East and Asia. Planet N’s portfolio spans financial inclusion, fintech, data science & AI, e-media, e-health, blockchain, edutech and e-commerce across Egypt, Pakistan, the UAE, Singapore and the UK ## Wamda Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services We are a leading venture capital firm in Dubai, UAE, focused on supporting entrepreneurs in the MENA region at the seed- and early-stage building great companies. ## B&Y Venture Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Beirut, Beyrouth, Lebanon - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology Our team of former founders backs phenomenal early-stage founders, providing empathetic support and invaluable connections to help them scale globally. ## Saison Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - 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. ## Mark Pincus - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, FinTech, Software Mark Pincus is based out of San Francisco, California and is the Founder of Playful.AI. Mark previously worked at Tribe.net as a CEO and Co-Founder. Mark Pincus attended Harvard Business School. ## Crimson Seed Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Medford, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Internet, Software, E-Commerce Crimson Seed Capital is the seed capital home for Bob Stringer’s personal investments. ## MSA Novo - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, E-Commerce, FinTech MSA Novo, a multi-stageglobal venture capital firm, boasts a diverse portfolio of startups and established businesses in tech, fintech, and consumer sectors. ## Tiger Global Management - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services Founded in 2001, Tiger Global Management, LLC (“Tiger Global”) is a New York-based investment firm pursuing a long-term approach to investing in leading, global public and private companies that leverage technological innovation. Tiger Global’s public equity business includes fundamentally oriented long/short, long-focused and crossoverstrategies, targeting investments in high-quality, public growth companies. The private equity business invests in early through late stage companies that pursue innovative approaches to new and existing industries, building on over 20 years of experience investing in hundreds of businesses in more than 30 countries with more than 90 portfolio company IPOs. With a strong track record investing across sectors and stages, Tiger Global aims to be a thought partner to companies and their management teams across their lifecycle in public and private markets. The Firm’s mission is to generate world-class returns for its investors and to do so in a way that makes its employees, partners and portfolio companies proud. ## Asymmetry Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology Asymmetry Ventures invests in scalable early-stage companies with exceptional defensibility. ## SparkLabs Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Mobile Apps SparkLabs Ventures is a new venture capital launched by SparkLabs Group. Our vision is to lead the revolution of Korean startup ecosystem by bridging the gap between Korea and the rest of the world ## Systems Limited - Type: VC Fund - Location: Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, B2B, iOS Systems Limited is a global leader of next-generation IT services and BPO solutions. Ever since its inception in 1977, the company has evolved and taken center stage in information and technology by providing computing strategies and solutions to Government and Private Organizations ## Graph Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce Graph Ventures is an investment group that specializes in seed and early-stage venture investments. It was founded in 2011. Investments include: * BetterUp * Birdies * BlueApron * Dapper Labs * Earnin * Envoy * Hinge * Houseparty * Ipsy * Loft * Lever * Lingokids * Moon Express * Papaya * PicsArt * Porch * Quinto Andar * RideOS * Saildrone *Very Good Security * VivaReal * Zeplin ## Raed Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Dammam, Ash Sharqiyah, Saudi Arabia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services We partner with exceptional founders building breakthrough companies and creating scalable impact in MENA region ## Z2C Limited - Type: VC Fund - Location: Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Social Media, Digital Marketing, Marketing Automation Z2C is a communications company at heart, using technology to monetize entertainment, social, sports and commerce ## Jon Puckhaber - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Grocery, Shopping, E-Commerce Jon Puckhaber is a Senior Equity Analyst at Alvento Capital Partners LLP. ## Hi2 Global Venture Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce 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. ## Nadeem Hussain - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Retail, Fashion, Internet Nadeem Hussain ## Global Founders Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - 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. ## Manu Midha - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: Trading Platform, Apps, SaaS Manu invests in early stage companies through Whitehill Ventures. As part of this executive role he heads Middle East Region for OYO Hotels. He started OYO business in 2018 and scaled it to more than 200 hotels across KSA, UAE, Oman and Bahrain markets. He has travelled extensively across ME and developed strong relationships. He is credited withtwo successful exits in e-commerce, Infibeam through IPO and Souq through acquisition by Amazon. He headed Electronics business for Souq.com in UAE. Prior to Souq, Manu was Vice President, Planning and Strategy at Infibeam. He was responsible for launching and growing BuildaBazaar in India and Middle East. ## Alan Rutledge - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software Alan Rutledge ## Reid Hoffman - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Software, Social Media, Internet Reid Hoffman is the Co-Founder of Manas AI and a member of the Sanmai Board of Directors. Reid previously worked at Coda as a Board Member. Reid Hoffman attended the University of Oxford, where he earned his M.St. in Philosophy. ## Taager - Type: VC Fund - Location: Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, E-Commerce Taager is a social e-commerce platform enabling online merchants with end-to-end logistics. ## Palm Drive Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Financial Services, E-Commerce We’ve partnered with entrepreneurs globally who have created technology firms with over one trillion dollars of combined market cap to help you grow your business. ## Shorooq Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - 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. ## Betatron Venture Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sheung Wan, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce Betatron Venture Group is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies. ## Peter Thiel - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech Peter Thiel Is the Managing Partner of The Founders Fund. He previously worked at Stanford Law School as a Visitor. Peter Thiel attended Stanford University. ## Immad Akhund - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services Immad Akhund is the CEO and Founder of Mercury.