10th iteration of Pakistan Investor Summit kicks off in Karachi
- Aims to bring together more than 100 investors, startups, policy makers, and industry professionals
National Incubation Center (NIC) Karachi’s ‘Pakistan Investor Summit 2025 – Summer Edition’ kicked off on Monday. It is set to feature some 20 high-growth startups, and bring together more than 100 investors, startups, policy makers, and industry professionals, it said in a statement.
The idea is to create space for “strategic partnerships and transformative funding opportunities”, it added.
According to a post on LinkedIn, the judges of Day 1’s Pitch Fest will be “none other than the NIC Karachi alumni who’ve walked the founder journey themselves.”
This includes Muhammad Ghayas Ahmedani, CEO of Zaaviaa Solutions, Anusha Shahid, Co-Founder of autocore.io, Muhammad Furqan Karim Kidwai, Director of ASF Tech Partners, Aurangzaib Alamgir, Founder of Porter Pakistan, Sidra Shakeel, Co-Founder of Fortify and Mirza Saad Baig, Founder of Rawts.
“These exceptional individuals have built impactful ventures, raised capital and navigated the startup grind and now, they are back to guide the next generation of founders,” NIC Karachi said in its post.
The event will also include a roundtable with investors, founders and finance experts exploring early-stage investing, portfolio planning, and risk management.
The workshop will feature insights from the COO of YB Holdings on how smart capital is reshaping investment returns and the CEO of Alpha Beta Core on understanding investor risk appetite and return expectations.
The event is funded by the Ignite National Technology Fund under the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication.
According to its statement, over the past six years, NIC Karachi has incubated 376 startups across fintech, edtech, healthtech, agritech, and industrial tech.
These ventures have raised Rs12 billion in investment, generated Rs10 billion in revenue, and created over 1 million jobs, it said.
Syed Azfar Hussain, Project Director of NIC Karachi, said: “This summit reflects our belief that local innovation deserves global capital. We are building bridges between visionary founders and the investors who can help accelerate their journey.”
Summit highlights include:
May 12 – Pitch Fest: Live startup pitches evaluated by industry leaders from YPay, Fortify, and RAWTS
May 13 – Investor Workshop: Closed-door sessions for venture capitalists and angel investors to explore portfolio strategies
May 14 – Demo Day: Curated one-on-one meetings with 20+ investor-ready startups
May 15 – Google Cloud Startup Foundry Day: Expert-led sessions on AI, cloud, and fundraising by Google Cloud, Accelerating Asia, and Gobi Ventures
May 16 – Informational Session and Meet-and-Greet: Featuring updates on the Pakistan Startup Fund and BridgeStart Pakistan, with Ignite and government stakeholders