Qamar Zaman

Invest2Innovate’s entrepreneurship ecosystem report looks at the challenges mounting for startups It’s been a little over three months since the year 2022 started and Pakistan’s startups have announced raising investments worth $130 million. Just yesterday, B2B startup Bazaar announced a hefty $70 million raise in Series-B round. The momentum seems to be steady for startups after a joyous yea...

Health-tech startup, tabiyat.pk, has launched its first ever fulfilment center in PECHS, Karachi, to serve both online and offline customers. In September 2020, Asad Khan – CEO & Co-Founder of tabiyat.pk, and Saad Khawar – Co-Founder of tabiyat.pk, embarked on a journey to simplify healthcare in Pakistan. Since then, tabiyat.pk has grown from 1 warehouse in PECHS to 7 in total, rapidly ex...

Pakistani startups have raised a total of $563.5 million across 255 deals since 2015 with $350 million raised via 83 deals in 2021 alone, accounting for over 60 percent of all deals completed within the past seven years. A report by Invest2Innovate titled, “Pakistan Startup Ecosystem Report (PSER) 2021” documents the developments in the startup ecosystem in addition to the challenges and oppo...

Pakistani B2B e-commerce platform Bazaar has landed a $70 million Series B round. The round was co-led by Dragoneer Investment Group and Tiger Global Management and saw participation from existing investors Indus Valley Capital, Defy Partners, Acrew Capital, Wavemaker Partners, B&Y Venture Partners and Zayn Capital, among others. The investment takes Bazaar’s total capital raised to more ...