Pakistan startup funding in 2025: reading between the numbers
The $36.6 million raised in 2025 tells a deeper story not of recovery, but of an ecosystem learning where resilience truly lies. In 2025, Pakistan’s startup ecosystem showed signs of stabilization after multiple years of contraction. According to a newly released snapshot by Data Darbar, disclosed equity funding for startups rose to $36.6 million, a […]
A Game-Changer for Healthtech Startups? Pakistan Goes Digital for Medical Device Licensing
With the launch of the Digital Licensing System, healthtech founders in Pakistan just got handed a long-overdue boost. Here’s what it means for you. If you’ve ever tried navigating Pakistan’s medical device registration process, especially as a healthtech startup, you know the word “sluggish” doesn’t even begin to describe it. For years, healthtech startups and […]
What’s Inside SECP ‘Empowering Innovation’ Roadmap for Startups? Here’s Everything You Need to Know
Karachi, July 2025, The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has released a landmark policy document titled “Empowering Innovation: Roadmap for Startups”, a culmination of extensive consultations following the 2024 Pakistan Startup Summit. The report outlines SECP’s strategic vision for reforming and enabling the startup ecosystem in Pakistan. This roadmap is more than a […]
Microsoft Pulled the Plug on Pakistan? Here’s Why You Should Be Worried.
When a tech titan like Microsoft silently walks away after 25 years, the question isn’t just why it’s why no one seems to care. On July 3, 2025, Microsoft officially shut down its operations in Pakistan, ending a 25-year journey that once symbolized the country’s digital aspirations. Quietly, without press conferences or political uproar, the […]
The Top 5 Reasons Why Business Partnerships Fail
A business partnership may arise when two friends come up with an idea. Finding a business partner is easy, but finding the right business partner is difficult. Neither party goes into a business relationship with the intent of failure.
Why Do You Need To Incorporate Your Startup in Pakistan?
A very common question that is asked from legal advisors by startup owners in Pakistan is “why do I need to incorporate my startup?”. This question arises because there are other existing legal structures available like Sole Proprietorship or Limited Liability Company (LLC) etc. and the owners find themselves with a multitude of options that are difficult to choose from.
6 Things To Consider Before Getting Back To Work In COVID-19
Few months earlier, everybody was busy predicting when this pandemic will end, and things will get back to normal but now WHO says that this might never happen, and Coronavirus may never go away.
National Incubation Center [NIC] Islamabad – Dream | Build | Rise
The objective of establishing the NICs across Pakistan is to build an active and well-connected community of change-makers, impact creators and disruptors.
NIC Islamabad Vision is
‘Dream, Build, Rise’
It is inspired by our forefathers and national heroes.
Allama Muhammad Iqbal dreamt of a separate homeland, Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah built on that dream and turned it into a reality; Pakistan! And then the baton was handed over to the people of Pakistan to collectively rise as a prosperous nation.
The Mission of NIC Islamabad is to build and influence an ecosystem by empowering individuals and institutions to generate a
Pakistan Startup Cup picks Top 12 from Faisalabad
The Top 12 Pitching Session of Pakistan Startup Cup Faisalabad was held on 19th April 2019. The 12 Startups who were shortlisted out of 25 startups in the previous rounds had the opportunity to pitch their business ideas to mentors and judges. Startups received incredible mentoring and feedback from mentors which helped them in taking […]
Startup Tribe: Startupdotpk Community for Entrepreneurs.
A community of like-minded, and aspiring individuals. The road on a startup journey is hard with numerous ups and downs but what is even harder is the fact that most startup founders specifically, and emerging entrepreneurs in generally have to take this road alone. When you join a community of similar thinking individuals, automatically, that […]