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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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Why a Deal Flow Tracker? Why Now?  At Invest2Innovate, our research arm Insights is dedicated to closing the information gap when it comes to the Pakistan startup landscape. In November 2019, our team released the Pakistan Startup Ecosystem Report, in partnership with the World Bank (with the support of the Women’s Entrepreneurial Finance Initiative, We-Fi). That comprehensive study …

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E-Learning & its Future in Light of COVID-19   Since the outbreak of COVID-19 this year, students of all ages have been confined to their homes for months on end.Lower income schools, in particular, are having a difficult time keeping their students engaged, and most if not all, do not even have a Learning Management System …

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The Age of COVID In February 2020, i2i’s Insights newsletter covered the growth of Pakistan’s travel industry, and its place on various global lists as the next place to visit. In April, just two months later, that same industry was one of the hardest hit due to the global coronavirus outbreak. In addition to travel & …

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Rise of Pakistan as a Growth Market in Local and Global Tourism Snapshot of Travel & Tourism Industry in Numbers If your social media feeds are not already filled with this update, we are here to remind you that Pakistan made it to the top of Conde Nast’s list as one of the most exciting travel destinations of 2020. Forbes also …

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Pakistan’s Mobility Landscape Breaking down the buzzword. Mobility is a buzzword, one that’s been used frequently in the startup ecosystem. But what do we actually mean when we talk about the mobility landscape? Ultimately, Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) includes everything from car-sharing, ride-sharing, ride-hailing to food delivery, micro-mobility (e.g, bikes and rickshaws), and other transportation network companies. We …

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The State of Pakistan’s Startup Ecosystem: i2i’s New Study Have you felt the buzz yet? If you haven’t been under a rock, you know that Pakistan is buzzing with young, tech-savvy people in a burgeoning startup ecosystem. Our team was just at 021 Disrupt in Karachi, a major technology conference, and the announcements included a $22 million Series A round …

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What were the big developments in Pakistan’s startup space in 2018? There is an endless list of things happening nationwide that will hopefully be positive for both founders and investors in 2019, and we plan to track these developments in future Insights issues. For now, we can comment on the trends we found exciting in …

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Is Pakistan entering the age of the “gig” workers? Hello friends, colleagues and co-conspirators!  The nature of how we do work has been changing globally. There has been a rising trend of people foregoing more traditional jobs in favour of freelancing “gigs” which allow them greater flexibility and an opportunity to earn more money. However, for a …

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