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The “F” Factor: Overcoming Bias in Startup Investment Selection

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

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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The impact of platform bans on Pakistan’s startup ecosystem

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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Dare To Disrupt – The Rise of Grocery Startups in Pakistan

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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Dare to Disrupt – The Rise of Grocery Startups in Pakistan

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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