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Top 50 Marketplace Startup Investors in Pakistan

Last updated: Apr 2024 A list of 50 angel investors and VC funds that invest in Marketplace startups based in Pakistan. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Marketplace companies from Pakistan. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Marketplace Startup Investors in Pakistan

Investor	Marketplace Pakistan investments
Zayn Venture Capital (Formally Zayn Capital)	12
Global Founders Capital	11
Fatima Gobi Ventures	10
Lakson Venture Capital (LVC)	9
Sarmayacar	8
i2i Ventures	6
Orbit Startups	6
Alter Global	5
Walled City Co.	5
Asif Keshodia	5
Indus Valley Capital	5
Nama Ventures	4
Fatima Ventures	4
Jabbar Internet Group	4
Shorooq Partners	4
Mentors Fund	3
Runet Labs	3
Flexport	3
Planet N Group of Companies	3
Century Oak Capital	3
First Check Ventures	3
Walid Aradi	3
Systems Limited	3
Wes Schwalje	3
Hi2 Global Venture Fund	3
Rebel Fund	3
Saison Capital	3
Matt Brezina	2
Timur Daudpota	2
Mehta Ventures	2
Newlin	2
Edgebrook Partners	2
Tahseen Consulting	2
Golden Gate Ventures	2
Umar Saleem	2
Hayaat Group	2
92 Ventures	2
VentureSouq	2
Vibe Capital	2
Earl Grey Capital	2
2am VC	2
Kinnow VC	2
Tricap Investments	2
B&Y Venture Partners	2
RaliCap	2
Saad Saeed	2
Youssef Salem	2
Pioneer Fund	2
Jedar Capital	2
U.S. Venture Partners	2

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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.

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

Zocks — The Meeting Assistant made for Financial Advisors
Simplify — Simplify is a common application for jobs & internships. Autofill job applications anywhere on the web, get notified when new jobs open, & seamlessly track your applications.
Smartpay — Smartpay is the first free of charge BNPL payment option for Japanese consumers who have credit cards. There are no sign-up fees, interest fees, settlement fees, or late charges. The payment experience is also Japan’s first cross-merchant, cross-platform, and single-click checkout BNPL service, allowing consumers to checkout in as little as 10seconds. The BNPL payment solution is simple to understand, structured on 3 equal installments over 8 weeks. This means that unlike the existing BNPL services in Japan, customers do not need to go to the convenience store to make payments or pay any bank transfer fees.

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.

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

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

Portfolio highlights

Bagallery — Bagallery has 100% authentic and lowest price in Pakistan of top beauty, cosmetics, skincare, fashion and lifestyle brands.
Krave Mart — Krave Mart is a quick-commerce startup offering the delivery of groceries and other products in 10 minutes.
Udhaar Book — Trusted by 5.1 million merchants, Udhaar Book is Pakistan's best credit book service that helps you manage cash flows. Install now

Pakistan's largest Venture capital fund dedicated to the technology sector as it looks to build scalable, market-transforming and consumer technology

Investment focus

Health Care, Information Technology, E-Commerce
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Pakistan, United States

Portfolio highlights

OneLoad — OneLoad is an online service that enables users to easily buy prepaid vouchers for all mobile companies, pay utility bills and transfer balance to others.
Truckistan — How we do it
Revolving Games — Building new gaming experiences for Web3 and beyond. We create worlds without borders or limitations.

i2i Ventures is a investment fund of Invest2Innovate.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

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.
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 — Rider is an e-com logistics startup in Pakistan, giving online shippers a tech-driven, customer-centric, solution to last mile delivery

Orbit Startups helps companies scaling breakthrough technologies across emerging and frontier markets to the regions with the most aggressive growth.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Information Technology, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
India, Singapore, Pakistan

Portfolio highlights

TAPPI — TAPPI is the leading association for the worldwide pulp, paper, packaging, and converting industries and publisher of Paper360º.
Braingaze — Braingaze solves major challenges around cognitive disorders of the brain. We use a patented neuro-biomarker based on small involuntary eye movements. These are triggered by functional games, the resulting signal is analysed using algorithms trained by Deep Learning based on actual real patient / control cases. We adress pre-symptomatic stagesof Alzheimer's disease and the most common child cognitive disorder ADHD. Our tools are on the market and covered by a CE Mark as a medical device. Our pipeline includes detection / diagnostic tools as well as digital therapy solutions that have shown to reduce symtoms by over 50%.
Tappi — Convert one-time customers into loyal ones by getting discovered, growing leads and building your business reputation.

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

Amenli — Amenli is the first licensed online insurance broker in Egypt.
Zone — Zone is a regulated blockchain network that enables payments and acceptance of digital currencies.
Pomelo — At Pomelo we build state-of-the-art fintech infrastructure. Our technology enables you to launch and scale your financial services business.

Walled City Co. – investment syndicates for seed and early-stage start-ups & entrepreneurs. We focus on long-term value by partnering with knowledgeable, innovative & passionate founding teams leveraging technology for Pakistan-centric market opportunities. We believe raising capital is the easiest part and that’s why we don’t just investcapital in start-ups; we provide them the resources to dream big . . . from a peer-network of fellow founders in the community to connections with the best in the world of data & technology, business management, human capital, allied services, and of course our strong network of angels, advisors, board members, champions, investors & partners, who help steer them to the next steps of progress, adding value to the economy and building large valuable enterprises in the process. At the core of Walled City Co.’s investment ideology is our strong belief in coopetition – competition & cooperation put together & therefore we primarily invest in seed and early-stage start-ups & entrepreneurs . . . those who are ready to build their start-up spaceship! In short, we are the foundation of the strong walls to build the launch site of the start-up spaceship. If you are actively pursuing a start-up in these verticals or you know a stellar founding team in any of these verticals, let's talk! Agriculture, Consumer, Education, Engineering, Fashion & Design, Financial Services, Last-Mile, Shared Economy, Supply-Chain Leap of faith: Pakistan is at the cusp of a technology revolution and angel investments get you a front-row seat on this amazing ride. You can go at it all by yourself or get ahead of the curve and co-invest with our Sultans. Confidentiality, Trust & Respect are the cornerstones of our investment ideology. Join Walled City Co., Pakistan’s premier angel investment syndicates, to be amongst like-minded angels and be the first to learn about investment opportunities in emerging companies.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Oware — Powered by AI Performance Profitability, and Sustainability Real-time Visibility Enhanced Collaboration Exception Management Powered by Oware
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.

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 — Looking for best payment method and safe corporate payment solutions in Dubai? Kamelpay provide leading business payment services in UAE
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.

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.

Nama Ventures is a seed stage venture capital fund focused on fueling innovation in the MENA region, particularly in Saudi Arabia. ama Ventures is built upon the fundamental idea of enabling entrepreneurs to succeed. And as founders of Nama, we are thrilled to finally have the platform to implement this idea. Our hope is that entrepreneurs willingto partner with us will see and feel our value-add approach to investing.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Information Technology, Marketplace
Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

PIESHIP — Pieship is a logistics startup serving last mile and their customers using Ai and crowdsourcing.
iStoria — iStoria, a specialized EdTech app that helps people improve their English language through reading interesting stories
Rize — Rize is a PropTech platform transforming rental payments for both residential and commercial properties. With its “Rent Now, Pay Later” service, Rize allows tenants to split their annual rent into manageable installments, which benefits both renters, who can better manage their rental budgets, and landlords, who can reach a larger consumer base andreceive their yearly rental payment in advance. By enhancing affordability and flexibility, Rize inherently boosts occupancy rates across the rental market.

Fatima Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund that improve profitable market techniques in order.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, Information Technology
Seed, Series A
Pakistan

Portfolio highlights

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.
Airlift Technologies — Founded in 2019, Airlift is on a mission to build a world of self-empowerment using technology-backed logistics solutions that enable safe, reliable and affordable access to necessities. Airlift scaled Pakistan's largest decentralized transportation network to change the way people move, shifting away from private vehicles towards sharedmobility and affordable mass transport. In 2020, Airlift diversified into last-mile delivery through Airlift Express, delivering essentials across households in 30 minutes across Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad and Rawalpindi. Airlift Express spans across food supplies, household supplies, pharmacy, stationery, pet food, fresh fruits and vegetables, small electronics and more. On this mission to enable self-empowerment in the region, Airlift is backed by First Round Capital and has recently raised over $24m in financing.

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

Repzo — Repzo is a mobile sales CRM (customer relationship management) app . Simply put, this application turns your smartphone or tablet into the ultimate standalone field force management tool.
Keyper — Keyper is revolutionizing real estate management allowing you to manage all your properties, get real-time valuations and help you make data-driven decisions.
Jiye Technologies — Jiye Technologies is revolutionizing Agri Marketplaces of Pakistan

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.

Mentors Fund is a venture capital firm that invests in capital-efficient startups that aim to digitally disrupt traditional businesses.

Investment focus

Health Care, Information Technology, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, Pakistan, Egypt

Portfolio highlights

Ubicept — Ubicept is a computer vision company. They provide machine learning services by combining next-generation image sensors with computer vision algorithms. Their products include photon-counting cameras, edge photon processing, and a private developer portal.
Truckistan — How we do it
PartnerSlate — PartnerSlate is an online platform that helps food and beverage brands make the right strategic partnerships to get their next product to market. Brands can discover, connect and build relationships with contract manufacturers and other food industry partners across North America.

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 (formerly Helpchat) is an All in One App for high frequency use cases. This could be anything from finding best offers, deals & coupons, booking cabs/taxis & autos, ordering food, recharging prepaid mobile & DTH, paying postpaid mobile bills, reading news, following & sharing trending, funny & viral stories, checkinglive cricket scores and daily horoscope!Tapzo is a 500+ people company with offices in Bangalore, New Delhi and Mumbai.You can check out the mobile app here.Android: bit.ly/TapzoiOS: bit.ly/TapzoApp
Krave Mart — Krave Mart is a quick-commerce startup offering the delivery of groceries and other products in 10 minutes.

Cut costs, automate workflows, reliably move goods, go carbon-neutral, and improve your supply chain from end to end. It all starts here.

Investment focus

Logistics, Software, E-Commerce
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, Pakistan, Egypt

Portfolio highlights

Rybit — A leading technology platform that connects the last mile delivery industry, optimizing and simplifying day-to-day delivery operations.
Natilus — Natilus is a large scale drone manufacturing company. The company specializes in the manufacturing of Boeing 747 sized drones which provides inter-continental cargo delivery services and helps in reducing air freight costs. Natilus was founded by LZ Zhang, Anatoly Starikov and Aleksey Matyushev in 2016.First flight of their 2200 lbs / 30 ftdrone is scheduled for Summer 2018. At the end of 2018, Natilus completed a flight test of their 2200 lbs prototype.The first production vehicle scheduled for 2020 customer delivery underwent wind tunnel testing in April, 2019. Natilus currently holds an aircraft order book rumored to be in excess of $1B+.
FrontEdge — Front Edge is a financial technology provider. They provide technology tools to manage every trade transaction in emerging markets.

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

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Financial Services
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Pakistan, Oman, Egypt

Portfolio highlights

MContent — myco powered by MContent is a web3 video streaming, funding, production, and distribution platform where viewers earn from watching content and creators earn from creating content.
WoW Health Solutions — WoW Health Pakistan Provides Best Healthcare Solutions In Pakistan. Connect With Doctor via Phone Call Or Call Doctor At Home Anytime.
Prosper Technologies — Cloud platform for financial data

Century Oak Capital GmbH is a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage investments in Europe and Emerging Markets.

Investment focus

Retail, E-Commerce, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Pakistan, Kenya, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Unbox — Unbox is the branded commerce operating system for SMEs helping them to sell online and increase their sales. We provide a ready to sell platform that allows entrepreneurs to digitize their business in less than 5 minutes - fully integrated with social commerce channels and our payment and shipping solutions, helping SMEs to save costs andcentralizing sales into a single platform.
SnappRetail — SnappRetail aims to create the largest virtual retail franchise across Pakistan, through deployment of its POS hardware/software, focusing on:1. Traditional trade Analytics for brands and retailers 2. Order Aggregation for manufacturers and distributors 3. Payment Solution for customers 4. Fintech enablement for small merchantsTheSnappRetail POS application has been carefully curated keeping the retailer in mind, the application focuses on digitizing his shop operations and cash flow and creating a real-time tertiary sales data lake.
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.
Kambio — Kambio helps custom home builders build and sell more homes in less time using our real-time 3D home configurator platform and modular architecture for prefab.
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.

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 | Collaborative Consumer Intelligence — Secure Data Collaboration Platform platform that enables businesses to collaborate without compromising on consumer identity or information!
Stitch — One API integration for all online payments across South Africa. Accept Pay by bank, debit + credit card, cash, manual EFT, debit order and crypto. Orchestrate + reconcile digital payments across methods and send payouts
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.

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

Investment focus

E-Commerce, B2B, iOS
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
Pakistan

Portfolio highlights

OneLoad — OneLoad is an online service that enables users to easily buy prepaid vouchers for all mobile companies, pay utility bills and transfer balance to others.
Jugnu — We drive social and economic empowerment for small businesses, with thousands of retailers at the core of the Jugnu community.
JOMO Technologies — Experience the joy of shopping with Pakistan's largest online fashion store, JOMO! Get a range of 100% authentic shoes, apparel, active wear, cosmetics, bags & accessories delivered to your doorstep for free. Try your order before you buy it and enjoy hassle-free returns & exchange.

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 — ChhotaStock :Invest and Grow more.India's first small ticket size investment platform.

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

Finku — Aplikasi manajemen keuangan yang membantu mengelola transaksi keuangan kamu secara otomatis. Pelajari semua insight yang dipersonalisasi khusus untuk kamu! Download aplikasi beta nya sekarang !
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

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, Health Care, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, India, Canada

Portfolio highlights

AiSDR — Create and send email campaigns on auto-pilot. Move prospects down the funnel faster with the help of AI. Build-up your pipeline in days with AiSDR. Reduce costs by 90%.
Dr. Treat — Experience pet care at its best with exceptional personalized veterinary care at unsurpassed levels. After all, our companions are entitled to happier, healthier, and longer lives.
atla — Advance the potential and safety of AI

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, Pre-Seed, Series A
Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines

Portfolio highlights

Safary — Safary is the web3 alternative for Google analytics. Privacy friendly. No cookies. Acquire more wallets in one click.
Vidyut — Vidyut offers end-to-end solutions for purchase and financing to resale which provide superior economics on electric vehicles compared to petrol & diesel vehicles.
Blackwing — Blackwing runs a range of modular apps while retaining decentralization, and it is distinguished by leverage trading.

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 — Enara Health offers innovative and comprehensive weight loss solutions to healthcare providers looking to improve patient outcomes and increase revenue. Our home page offers an overview of our turnkey, data-driven solutions, including virtual care, personalized treatment plans, and comprehensive support for patients and providers.

Timur Daudpota is the Lifecycle & Retention Marketing Manager at Uplandme. He attended University of Houston.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Apps
Seed, Funding Round
United States, India, Pakistan

Portfolio highlights

QisstPay — QisstPay makes eCommerce easier by allowing you to better convert customers with a seamless checkout experience. You can add and test any payment method; payment processors, BNPL, Crypto, Financing, and more.
Nino Foods — Nino Foods creates and operates cloud kitchen brands for the premium markets. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Reel — We are building a new kind of paper company. One that cares about helping the planet and our fellow humans while providing a fantastic, eco-friendly alternative to consumers.Reel paper is made from 100% sustainable bamboo. Our subscription box is conveniently delivered directly to your door, so you’ll never run out of toilet paper again. Plus,for each box of Reel toilet paper sold, we donate a biodegradable toilet bag to one of the 2.4 billion people globally that don’t have access to one.

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.

Newlin VC - Helping founders and investors sustain their financial success, connecting founder to capital & turning ideas to fundable businesses

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Marketplace, InsurTech
Seed, Pre-Seed
United States, Chile, Pakistan

Portfolio highlights

Figuro — Libera el poder de la venta digital de seguros. Con Figuro, las ventas son simples, el papeleo desaparece y la eficiencia reina.
FinanEx — Flexible export financing for underserved agribusinesses. We provide a 100% digital funding process assuming limited risk.
PartnerSlate — PartnerSlate is an online platform that helps food and beverage brands make the right strategic partnerships to get their next product to market. Brands can discover, connect, and build relationships with contract manufacturers and other food industry partners across North America.

Edgebrook Partners is a microcap PE fund with a focus on B2B software. Fund owns stakes in 9 companies and is closed to new investors.

Investment focus

Marketplace, E-Commerce, Wholesale
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, Pakistan, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Peeba — Peeba is a curated online wholesale marketplace that transform the way local retailers in Asia shop for their stores.
Designalytics Inc — Designalytics provides the industry's first system for maximizing design-driven brand growth. Our syndicated data lays the groundwork by detailing the current design performance for your brand and your key competitors. Next, on-demand testing for prospective designs helps you select the option with the greatest sales potential.
Dastgyr Technologies — Making trade and capital seamless and reliable

We're a boutique firm bridging consulting, government relations, and international development committed to transformational change in the Middle East and North Africa +

Investment focus

Information Technology, E-Commerce, Consumer Goods
Seed, Series A, Angel
India, Peru, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

BusCaro — Comfort, Reliability Consistency. Your one-stop solution for hassle-free commute. Commute Made Easier About BusCaro Innovative approach towards mobility for organizations across Pakistan. BusCaro is a tech-based startup providing solutions aimed at simplifying commute. Paired with a reliable technology stack, and the mission to drive a positive change in the mobility sector, BusCaro is a seamless
OlaClick (YC W21) — Create electronic menu boards for your restaurant or store. It is totally free. QR codes menu or digital menu boards. Digitalize your menu in an instant and start receiving orders !
Alvin — Alvin is a powerful mobile app that automatically creates and adjusts your budget to help you meet your goals.

Golden Gate Ventures is a venture capital firm investing across Southeast Asia. Since 2011, the firm has launched four funds, managed US$250M AUM, and invested in 60+ companies in over 7 countries in Asia. The firm focuses on investing in technology companies driven by the rising consumer class in Southeast Asia.

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Series B
Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand

Portfolio highlights

Arkadiah — Arkadiah restores damaged fields with AI-enabled natural restoration and mobilizes technology and money to reestablish nature, resulting in thriving communities.
VietGigs., JSC — Value Proposition: 1. Cost-effective: Freelancers in Vietnamoffer their services at a lower cost. 2. High-quality talent: Vietnam has a highly skilled workforce. 3. Flexible work arrangements: Freelancers in Vietnam are often willing to work on a flexible schedule and can accommodate clients in different time zones. Target market: Mainly Vietnam,SEA in the future Product differentiation: Easier to access for Vietnamese, such as payment and language barrier
Klinik Pintar — Klinik Pintar membantu pasien mendapatkan layanan kesehatan primer terbaik di klinik, rumah, dan kantor.

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.

Investing in innovative, sustainable and world-leading projects

Investment focus

E-Commerce, SaaS, Retail
Series A, Seed
Pakistan, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

zip24 — Zip24 all in one logistics management software that helps route optimization, enhance delivery performance and transform warehouse management system.
Bookme.pk — Pakistan's leading online ticket booking platform. Buy E-tickets for bus, flight, movie, hotel & cricket with discounts and deals.
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.

92 Ventures is a venture capital firm.

Investment focus

Grocery, Delivery, Shipping
Pre-Seed, Seed
Pakistan

Portfolio highlights

Oware — Move your supply chain to the cloud Empower your business operations with efficiency, transparency & collaboration With our intuitive tools
Savyour — Shop smarter with Savyour. Earn upto 40% Cashback at 1500+ stores or shop the marketplace for electronics, clothing, grocery, and more'
Krave Mart — Krave Mart is a quick-commerce startup offering the delivery of groceries and other products in 10 minutes.

VentureSouq operates a large co-investment platform with a global investment portfolio.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Software
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia

Portfolio highlights

D3 — D3 - DNS Domains for Web3
Omniful — Retail-tech SaaS
Orangewood Labs — Orangewood Labs is focused on automating mundane human jobs through Easy-to-use, collaborative and tele-operable robotic arms for Industries

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 the marketing command center for modern brands. Measure all of your marketing channels in real-time.
Tazah Technologies — Tazah Technologies is building products to digitize the agriculture value chain, empowering farmers, suppliers, and retailers to grow their businesses.

Founders funding founders at the earliest stages of company building.

Investment focus

SaaS, B2B, E-Learning
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, India, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Learn.xyz — Use the power of AI to create lessons, share them, and inspire others. How long will your streak be?
dWallet Labs — dWallet Labs Ltd., based in Tel Aviv, Israel, a cybersecurity company specializing in blockchain technology, is building SingleWallet, the first interface to interact with dWallets on the Odsy Network. The mission of dWallet Labs is to build protocols and solutions on top of the Odsy Network.
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.

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

Investment focus

Information Technology, Education, Information Services
Seed, Pre-Seed
India, Pakistan, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

ONWO — India's first digitally enabled food export platform
Bluelearn — Find co-founders & teammates, apply to gigs, learn new skills, and meet passionate people.
Newme — Newme is a real-time fashion e-commerce platform that offers various trendy clothes. The company presently distributes its clothing brand through both online and offline avenues. Newme embraces diversity and individuality, empowering Generation Z to articulate their unique selves through affordable and accessible latest fashion trends.

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 — Made For Business Owners Access AI powered Business Finance Insights Connect your numbers to your story through insights and financial intelligence Try for Free Trusted by 120K+ business owners Used in 174 countries 10X cheaper than hiring a single resource Free forever for core features Get Access To Metric Web (BETA) Please enable JavaScript in
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.

Tricap Investments (Tricap) is a diversified principal investment group based in Dubai, UAE. Tricap sources develop, structure, and execute both direct and fund investments, and private equity transactions. We invest on behalf of our principals, shareholders, and partners.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, AgTech, Farming
Seed
Pakistan, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Farmdar — We give you the power of precision agriculture, by providing accurate data on your crops.
Trax — Trax provides logistics and supply chain solutions for the e-commerce industry.
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!

B&Y Venture Partners is a MENA based Venture Capital firm that invests globally at both seed and growth stage. We invest in visionary and high-impact founders aiming to create new markets or transform existing ones.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Information Technology, Software
Series A, Seed, Series B
United Arab Emirates, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Bridged Media — Bridge the gap between empathy to action to boost your engagement and retention on text, audio, and video. The easiest way to help your audience create an impact.
Laced — Discover the latest sneaker releases with Laced. The UK and Europe's authentic sneaker marketplace, discover coveted styles from Nike, Air Jordan, Yeezy, New Balance and more. Buy and sell now with Laced.
Finverity — Finverity provides technology, working capital and expertise to give banks, NBFIs, financiers and companies a strategic advantage in supply chain finance.

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.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan

Portfolio highlights

Axis — axis for Business enables small businesses to seamlessly manage employee payroll, salary advances, and expenses - all from one place.
Amini — Amini is enabling Africa to transform the world, by empowering our ecosystem through data & fostering opportunities for 1B lives.
Revio — Subscription billing and payments made easy.

Saad Saeed is a Founder at Stealth Mode.

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.

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.

300+ YC alumni investing in the top YC startups

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Financial Services
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, India, United Kingdom

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.
Flower Labs — A unified approach to federated learning, analytics, and evaluation. Federate any workload, any ML framework, and any programming language.
Assort Health — Our call center generative AI reduces hold time, decreases dropped calls, and contains costs while driving appointment revenue.

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

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Delivery
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria

Portfolio highlights

Julaya — Julaya is a fintech providing African businesses with a digital account to make payments : disbursing mobile money transactions to their employees, suppliers, and owning their own virtual and physical prepaid cards.
ImaliPay — ImaliPay is a financial health platform offering financial products to freelancers and blue collar gig workers in partnership with gig platforms.
Bumpa — The easiest way to set-up and manage your online store. Bumpa helps businesses sell on Instagram, Whatsapp, Facebook, and offline in-store.

U.S. Venture Partners (USVP) is a venture capital partnership, helping entrepreneurs transform their ideas and efforts into world-changing companies. The firm focuses on early-stage ventures in information technology and health care, where innovation is unbridled and has led to the creation of economic wealth and millions of jobs over the pastthirty-plus years of the firm's existence. Areas of particular interest to our investment professionals include enterprise software, IT security, consumer internet, mobile, and e-commerce, healthcare, and IT-enabled healthcare services. The USVP team consists of former entrepreneurs, technologists, corporate executives, financial professionals, and industry domain experts.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Information Technology
Series B, Series C, Series A
United States, Israel, Canada

Portfolio highlights

IONIX — IONIX helps you secure your organization with our cutting-edge attack surface management solutions. Protect your digital assets and minimize risk exposure today.
Zero Networks — We make microsegmentation the easiest & most effective way to protect your company. Enable MFA network solution anywhere to block ransomware & advanced attacks.
Cagent Vascular — Cagent Vascular Inc. is a developer of next generation angioplasty balloons using Serration Technology for the treatment of cardiovascular disease.

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