Thanks for having me Paklaunch.com! Happy to have had the chance to share the Pakistan investor perspective and represent i2i Ventures in Riyadh.

#pakistan #venturecapital #startup #investment #riyadh

Short Interviews from the Paklaunch UNConference '24 to follow soon..
EpicAngels, 500 Global , Antler , Indus Valley Capital , i2i Ventures , Rayn , Techstars , @Dubizzle Group, Shorooq Partners, Orbit Startups, Endeavor Pakistan, Sukna Ventures, Paismohr

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Oh happy day! We’re excited to welcome SAK to the i2i Ventures team as our Spring Fellow! Sameer is a true rockstar, a longtime friend & follower of ours & currently finishing his degree at IBA Karachi. We love his curiosity & energy & excited to learn from him too. 🥳

Great piece by Zuha Siddiqui for Rest of World on disconnect b/w #Pakistan 's electric vehicle (EV) targets & current workforce. Our i2i Ventures portco ezBike features & loved what Hadi said abt looking @ adj sectors (eg motorbike) for that expertise: restofworld.org/2024/pakistan-…

📢The team at our sister co Invest2Innovate just announced #i2iEcosystem , a new initiative supported by the Visa Foundation to bolster the #Pakistan startup ecosystem. This includes 3 components: (1) an investor-founder discovery platform, (2) curated meetups & events and 🥁:

1/The Insights team at our sister co Invest2Innovate just released the i2i 2023 EOY roundup on Pakistan's #startup funding space. In 2023, startups in 🇵🇰 raised $74M via 38 deals. While this is considerably lower than 2021/2022, here are a few takeaways 🧵:

Political and business leaders in Pakistan must start experiencing the country like normal citizens. There is a lot of simple stuff that's broken, and they, in their VIP bubbles, don't get exposed to regular pathways enough or ever to realize the true state of affairs.

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Many congrats Sara Saeed Khurram Dr. Iffat Zafar & Team Sehat Kahani on your Series A raise!! Really happy to see this news! Healthcare remains an essential need & opportunity in Pakistan & Sehat Kahani is one of the few building a sustainable business here! Onwards! 🚀🇵🇰

Kudos to our i2i Ventures port co ezBike for being 1 of first movers in Pakistan's electric vehicle space. This past month, they've rolled out their battery swap network, announced a partnership w/ TCS & PakWheels.com just did a thorough review of them:

youtube.com/watch?v=LdCt9v…

Mubariz Siddiqui & I co-authored this toolkit in an attempt to demystify corporate governance, clarify some basic concepts & highlight structures that can help founders build their startups in a way that will not only protect them & their stakeholders, but also attract investors/

If you are a founder building a startup, the company's shares are the only asset you own (related to the startup). For those shares to become valuable, your startup needs to evolve into an institution. You cannot build an institution without good governance.

With this toolkit,

2/The guide, launched at #92Disrupt , explains the fundamental principles of corporate structures & governance for early-stage startups and gives practical insights & guidelines to help startups establish & maintain effective governance structures
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We have published the “Corporate Governance Toolkit for Startups” authored by Mubariz Siddiqui of Carbon Law & misbah of i2i Ventures to help Pakistani startups navigate the complexities of governance as they focus on growth & innovation
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Had fun sharing the stage with my bud Hassan W. Bhatti this past weekend at #92Disrupt . We talked about the exits and M&A opportunities for PK startups -- if u couldnt make it, I'm distilling some major takeaways here 🧵:

Thx for having me katalystlabspk at #92disrupt ! Since beg I’ve never missed this conf (even if it meant me swinging by on a layover!). Great to see old friends, make new ones, hang out with our badass all female VC team i2i Ventures & share the stage w/ my bud Hassan W. Bhatti! ✌🏽🤍

Kalsoom Lakhani is the Co-founder & General Partner at Pakistan's first female-founded, early-stage venture capital fund, i2i Ventures.

Hear her discuss all things investment at +92Disrupt, on the 11th & 12th of November. Get your tickets now: bit.ly/45YdodS ⚡️⚡️⚡️

Founders, small biz owners, freelancers in the #UAE ! Our i2i Ventures portco Metric is LIVE in ur market, designed just for you. Metric is a founder-centric accounting & financial management tool & is used by 120K+ businesses globally!

Learn more: metricapp.co/home-mena/

1/ 👋, it's Oct & the Insights team Invest2Innovate just released their Q3 graphic on startup funding in Pakistan. Startups in Q3 2023 raised $6.8M, bringing our YTD to $35.5M. Just to place this in context, our Q3 '23 number is ~ 10% of what was raised in Q3 2022 ($65.5M/

Massive congrats to our i2i Ventures portfolio company Safepay for launching Safepay Subscriptions, first for Pakistan, which will allow merchants/businesses to set up recurring payments. Really proud of this team & how they're building!

Learn more: getsafepay.pk