NIC Lahore extends application deadline for 2nd batch of startups
LAHORE: The National Incubation Centre (NIC) Lahore is now accepting applications for its 2nd batch of entrepreneurs aiming to make it big...
Closing the year with a bang: 2023 tech funding looks up
After nine long months of a funding drought, startup funding has taken a sharp turn for the better in the fourth quarter of 2023
Ever wonder how WhatsApp makes money? Here’s how.
With a reported user base of more than 1.5 billion by February 2018, WhatsApp is one of the most popular messaging applications...
Pakistan’s GrocerApp secures $1m seed funding, former Amazon executive joins board
LAHORE: Popular online grocery delivery startup GrocerApp has raised $1 million in seed funding from investors that include former Amazon executives and...
Women participation in labour force 4.3pc, gender gap wider than before: World Bank
KARACHI: Institute of Business Management's (IoBM) Head of Economics, Shahida Wizarat, says women don’t face gender-based discrimination in effluent classes but the same...
It all boils down to simple arithmetic
“There are 17 million motorbikes and 40 million smartphones in Pakistan,” Muneeb Maayr, CEO Bykea – a ride-hailing (and more) app –...
NIC begins first hybrid incubation programme with 24 startups
ISLAMABAD: A new batch of 24 startups has joined the National Incubation Center’s (NIC) first ever hybrid incubation programme, a press release...
Bykea’s battle for survival
The company has made a gambit to try and earn a spot in car-hailing. But will they make it?
Data Security – issue of morality, business ethics, or inept governance?
In the murky world of numbers and big data, Pakistan, must not lag behind.
Why are Pakistani startups incorporating HoldCos abroad?
Considering the preconceived notions about holding companies abroad, what are the implications of this policy?
Global Unicorn Club lists startups with market valuation of $1bn or more
CB Insights recently published the Global Unicorn Club which lists private companies from around the world which have a total cumulative market...
Startup space continues to hollow out as Trella set to exit Pakistan
Without a whisper, the trucking startup has decided extricate itself from Pakistan
What the 2020 Companies (Amendment) Ordinance means for startups
It takes into account many of the changes that entrepreneurs & VCs had been clamouring for, but there is still a long way to go
China’s electric vehicle startup NIO guns for $2 billion IPO
HONG KONG: Chinese electric vehicle startup NIO has hired eight banks including Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs to work on a planned...
Online education that matters – from distant dream to applicable reality
Globally, elite universities such as Harvard, MIT, Columbia, Yale, Cambridge, and Oxford etc. offer online and distant courses in various disciplines such...