Pakistani Startup Saving 9 WINS BIG in Columbia Business School’s Tamer Fund

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Saving 9 has won Columbia Business School’s Tamer Fund for Social Ventures and has been selected for investment by its board of esteemed social venture capitalists and leaders. The Tamer Fund for Social Ventures basically provides seed grants to nonprofit, for-profit, and hybrid early-stage Columbia University affiliated social and environmental ventures. Social or environmental ventures are defined as those working to solve a social or environmental problem. Saving 9 was shortlisted after a rigorous process that began with over 130 teams from around the world

The Tent School

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It is an educational project that pushes us to think about the importance of the provision of education to all the children, and to put in the efforts to provide it to the underprivileged children who cannot even afford to buy the shoes to wear! Yes it is a social start-up and does not focus […]

Pakistan Startup Cup picks Top 12 from Faisalabad

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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 […]

ProperGaanda & Mauqa Online: Success Stories of Pakistan Startup Cup 2018-19 #Top25

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ProperGaanda After assessing the media industry in Pakistan, the ProperGaanda team got tired of the way content was being curated and consumed. The founding team including a marketer, a dentist and a creative junkie got together and challenged themselves to change it. Their content strategy is simple: they don’t run away from issues other people […]