Taking the Pulse of Pakistan’s Investment Landscape – Deal Flow Analytics
Introduction: Why a Deal Flow Tracker? Why Now? At Invest2Innovate, our research arm Insights is dedicated to closing the information gap in Pakistan’s startup landscape. In November 2019, we released the Pakistan Startup Ecosystem Report in partnership with the World Bank and the Women’s Entrepreneurial Finance Initiative (We-Fi). The overwhelming response to this report revealed […]
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 […]
Could M&As Be a Possible Solution for Pakistani Startups as Funding Wanes?
Introduction In our last blog post, we explored the prospects of the startup ecosystem following the February 8th elections. Since then, significant news has emerged with Turkish fintech powerhouse Papara’s acquisition of SadaPay, a prominent fintech company in Pakistan. Although details of the acquisition remain undisclosed, reports suggest the all-stock deal is valued between $30 […]