The “F” Factor: Overcoming Bias in Startup Investment Selection This blog was co-authored by Cyrine Ben Fadhel, a venture capital investor at Global Ventures and Sarwat Rattani from the Insights team at Invest2Innovate. In the world of business and technology, the gender parity debate has been rehashed many times without a lot of action contributing …
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A Gender Lens on Pakistan’s Startup Investment Landscape Note: In the following analysis; Female-founded startups refer to Female-only teams (1 or more female founders) Female co-founded startups refer to Mixed-gender teams (at least 1 female founder) Pakistan’s startup ecosystem has rapidly developed in the past few years. Although currently experiencing an economic slowdown, the …
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Tech Solutions for Women’s Safety: Addressing a Real Problem A Bitter Reminder The recent rape case in Islamabad’s F9 park was a personal shock that hit too close to home. I remember walking in the park just a few days before the incident and it’s now a place that I fear going back to. The …
The impact of platform bans on Pakistan’s startup ecosystem Online platforms are at the epicenter of communication and spearheading information in the modern technological world. Whereas in Pakistan internet penetration stands at 36.5% and a significant portion of the population are internet users (82.9 million in January 2022), there is a huge gap around the need for …
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Pakistani startups raised $69M in Q4 2021 across 22 deals. This took the total amount raised by Pakistani startups in 2021 to $350M across 81 deals, more than 5x more than what was raised in 2020. The Pakistani startup funding landscape has reached an exciting inflection point, raising unprecedented rounds with international VCs writing significant …
Pakistani startups raised: $20.3M in Q1 2021 (15 Deals) $85.2M in Q2 2021 (18 Deals) $172.6M in Q3 2021 (17 deals) = $278M raised in total in 2021 YTD (51 Deals) Here are our key takeaways: – The total amount raised from 2015 to present has reached $490M across 224 deals. – Amounts raised in …
Three months into 2021, we review the health of startup deal flow for Q1 in Pakistan’s entrepreneurship ecosystem. So far, it looks like a promising year for startup investment and here is a few reasons why: 1. Fintech is going strong as of last year – with a spike in number of deals in the …
Pakistani startups raised: $19.39M in 2021 Q1 (15 Deals) $81.73M in 2021 Q2 (18 Deals) = $101.12M raised in total in 2021 YTD (33 Deals) Here are our key takeaways: – Q2 recorded 322% increase in amount in comparison with Q1 – The 2021 (YTD) amount ($101.12M) is a 536% increase on the $15.90M that …
Part II: The B2C Online Grocery Segment Over the last decade, E-commerce has been a fast-growing sector across Asia, including in Pakistan. This growth is the result of a number of factors: technological transformation, e-commerce infrastructure, logistical improvements, and socio-cultural demands, which has led to a spike in e-commerce activity and more specifically in online …
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Part I: The B2B Online Grocery Segment The momentum in the grocery e-commerce segment in Pakistan as a whole has been underway for roughly five years (with players such as MandiExpress, Sabzi.pk, QnE, etc. operating since 2015), but the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns helped startups see quick and significant growth. (Read MIT Technology Review’s 2016 piece here) The …
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