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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 […]

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

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

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