New Normal, New Opprtunities: Applications Now Open to Founder Institute Pakistan 2023

Founder First, Founder Always. Join us in 2023: Founder Institute is the #1 place in the world to turn ideas into fundable startups, and startups into global businesses.

Today’s economic 'New Normal' is full of reshuffling industries, and new problems in need of solutions - now is a time for entrepreneurs to act.

Whether you need to test and validate early hypotheses before making a large financial commitment to your startup idea, or you are ready to push your startup to the next level through aggressive weekly growth sprints to refine your vision, improve key metrics, and prepare for investor diligence, Founder Institute has the proven processes and network to help you do it.

If you could use a structured process that tells you what to focus on when, and a lifetime of support from Karachi's top investors and entrepreneurs, then apply to the Pakistan 2023 Founder Institute today.

We will be hosting several free startup events in Karachi over the coming weeks, where you can learn from top entrepreneurs all from the comfort of home:

From Idea to Startup Team: Meet Your Future Co-Founder: 5:00am, Apr 07, 2026 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/392161
Founder Institute Online Information Session: https://FI.co/infosession
Stuck Without a Startup Idea? Build One That Fits You: 5:30am, Apr 08, 2026 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/390196
How Multiple Pivots positioned Checkbox as the ‘Legal Front Door’ for Corporations: 5:00am, Apr 14, 2026 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/389417
Real Startup Lessons From FI Alumni Across the World: 9:00pm, Apr 14, 2026 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/390678
How to Go From Raw Idea to Polished Pitch using AI: 9:30pm, Apr 20, 2026 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/395709
[Restricted] VIP Pitch Lounge: Pitch Live and Get Feedback from Investors & Advisors: 9:00pm, Apr 21, 2026 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/395545
Turn Your Expertise Into an Audience on LinkedIn: 9:00pm, Apr 27, 2026 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/392360
How to Overcome the Fear of Starting Your Own Company: 9:00pm, Apr 28, 2026 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/393977
How to Get Your First 10 Customers Without a Marketing Team or Budget: 9:30pm, May 04, 2026 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/394474
How to Choose the Right Startup Idea Before You Build: 5:00am, May 19, 2026 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/390245
[Restricted] VIP Pitch Lounge: Get Unfiltered Feedback from Global Investors & Advisors: 9:00pm, May 26, 2026 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/395400
Inside the Founder Institute: Real Stories From Alumni: 9:00pm, Jun 02, 2026 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/390410
Startup Advisors 101: How to Find Advisors and Maximize their Impact: 5:30am, Jun 09, 2026 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/388394
Turn Startup Hesitation Into Action: A Founder Mindset Framework: 5:00am, Jun 16, 2026 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/393142
Stop Guessing, Start Raising: An Investor Q&A : 5:00am, Jul 07, 2026 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/393530
Stop Overthinking and Build a Great Startup Idea: 9:00pm, Jul 20, 2026 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/390548
From Idea to Action: The Startup Mindset : 5:30pm, Aug 10, 2026 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/393265
Meet FI Alumni Founders: High-Growth Startups Panel : 9:00pm, Aug 10, 2026 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/391100
Build a Startup Idea Investors Won’t Ignore: 5:00am, Aug 19, 2026 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/391323
What Makes Investors Say Yes: Startup Funding AMA: 9:00pm, Sep 01, 2026 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/392882
Break the Idea Loop and Decide What to Build: 5:00am, Sep 22, 2026 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/391603
From Idea to Traction: Lessons From Global FI Alumni: 5:30am, Oct 06, 2026 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/390824
From Dreamer to Doer: Build the Founder Mindset: 9:00pm, Oct 13, 2026 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/393395
From Founder to Funded: Interactive Q&A with Top Startup Investor: 10:00pm, Nov 03, 2026 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/393017
From “Maybe” to Momentum: Building a Great Startup Idea: 6:00am, Nov 18, 2026 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/391372
From First Idea to First Funding: Global Alumni Stories: 10:00pm, Dec 01, 2026 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/390957

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Make better, faster business decisions in 2023 by sharing your latest progress, challenges, and strategies for constant feedback and evaluation from our expert mentors and advisors, every step of the way–scale your team, develop new business opportunities, and recruit an amazing advisory board with the world's largest network of international startup founders, CEOs, advisors, and investors.

The Karachi accelerator is led by some of the region's top startup leaders, including Ayami Wanasinghe (Regional Director - South Asia, Founder Institute), Saira Qayyum (Founder , Dream On!), Sayyed Ahmad Masud (Director, Change Mechanics Pvt Ltd), Umair Sheikh (Founder & CEO, Innovate47). In addition, some of Karachi's top entrepreneurs will be participating as mentors in the program, including:

Abbas Bilgrami: Campaign Program Manager, Untited States Institute of Peace
Adeel Javaid: Founder/CEO, CelebConnect Inc.
Adeel Shaffi: Co-Founder and VP Engineering, Price Oye
Adi Abdurab: Director Digital Strategy / Co-Founder, Digitacker.com | Intesaab Podcast | Nadeeday Food Blog
Adnan Faisal: Founder , ScaleX
Adnan Faisal: serial entrepreneur, Startup coach and Mentor
Adnan Afaq: Managing Director, Pakistan Credit Rating Agency
Ahmad Hassan: CEO/ Founder, CodeGini pvt Ltd.
Ahmed Ayub: Co-Founder, Airlift
Ahmed Uzair: Partner, AUC | LAW
Ahmed Sajjad Zaidi: Founder & CEO, Iris Red
Ahsan Maykan: Senior Consultant, Telenor
Ahsan Tahir: CEO, www.walee.pk
Ahsen Mirza: Project Director, Business Incubation Center, International Islamic University
Aijaz Ather: Founder, The Right Careers
Alex Samson: Founder & CEO, dvhb
Ali Hasnain: CEO, DealsMash
Ali Mukhtar: CEO, Fatima Ventures
Ali Qasim: Innovation Lead, Business Incubation Center, Bahria University Islamabad
Ali Dossa: Founder and C.E.O , TSF
Ali Mohammad Sohani: Ali Mohammad Sohani, Optimizia Inc.
Ali Moeen: Co-Founder, ezBike
Altaf Qureshi: CEO, Co Founder and Barrister, Wukla and Paksign
Anas Shaikh: COO, Peepu
Anaskha Afzaal: CEO, Solutions Brigade
Andeel Ali: Head of Planning and Development , National Incubation Center - Karachi
Arsalan Vardag: Partner, J. A. S. B. & Associates, Chartered Accountants
Asim Ghaffar: Co-founder, Easy Fresh Technologies
Athar Ahmad: Founder CEO , Simple Automation Solutions (Pvt) Ltd
Atifa Asghar, Tencent Games
Ayesha Hamid: Chairperson/CEO, George Washington American School of International Academics
Azhar Basit: Founder, Zuhly Technologies
Bilal Mumtaz: Director, Apothecare Pvt Ltd
Bilal Qureshi: Market Engagement Manager , GSMA
Bilal Sheikh: Founder & CEO, Lettus Kitchens
Danish Naseer: Assistant Director, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority
Dr. Sara Saeed Khurram: CEO, Sehat Kahani
Ehtisham Rao: Director Digital, Telenor
Eram Abbasi: Director, Centre for Entrepreneurship & Innovation Development
Fahad Tiwana: CEO, Wonderful Engineering
Fahad Qureshi: CEO, Spaceman Studios
Faheem Sardar: Managing Director, Tangent TA Consulting
Faisal Sherjan: Managing Partner, Sustainanl Advisoy LLP
Faisal Khan: Managing Partner, Khan & Muezzin
Faisal Khan: CEO/ Founder, Ovex Technologies Pvt Ltd
Faisal Aftab: Managing Partner
Faisal Satti, https://easyfreshtech.com
Faizan Aslam: CEO, Bookme PVt Ltd
Faraz Maqsood Hamidi: Founder, The D'Hamidi Partnership
Farhat Bashir: Founding CEO, Seerab Technologies
Farrukh Maqbool: CEO, Discrete Logix Pvt Ltd
Farzal Dojki: Founder & CEO, Next Generation Innovation
Fasieh Mehta: Global Partnerships Director, Epic Games
Fathiya Bangash: Founder - Digital Marketing Agency , Digital Power 360
Fatima Mazhar: COO, COLABS
Fouad Bajwa: CEO and Co-Founder, Digital Dera Pvt Ltd. and Agriculture Republic Pakistan
Ghazanfar Azzam: CEO, Waseela Microfinance Bank
Ghazanfar Iqbal: Head of Business Development Startups AEM (Pakistan, Myanmar, Cambodia) + Malaysia, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Gulfam Baghoor: Director , BICON NUML
Habib Afzal: CEO/ Founder, T-Admen (pvt) Ltd.
Haider Raza: CEO, Evolution Partners
Hamza Iftikhar: COO, Deal Smash
Hamza Saeed Orakzai: CEO, Obortunity Consulting
Hanif Jang
Haris Ali: Founder and CEO, Vertechx Technologies
Haroon Javed Qureshi: Founder & CEO , East West Infinity
Hira Saeed: Founder, CaterpillHERs | Digital Doers
Huma Beg: Founder, Ministry of Change
Humaira Sajjad
Humaira Sajjad: Program Lead , Incubation, National Science and Technology Park (NSTP)
Humaira Sajjad: Program Manager Incubation, NSTP, NUST
Humayun Mazhar: Founder & CEO , Crescent Ventures
Huzaif Khan: Mr., Durshal ( KPITB )
Imtiaz Rastgar: Chairman, Rastgar Group of Companies
Imtiaz Khalid: CEO, Multitek Marketing
Iqbal Mustafa Khan: CEO, Alachisoft
Ivan Ivanka: Founder & CEO, Markster
Ivelin Ivanov: Venture Advisor, Founder Institute
Jamal Khan: Managing Director , Stellar Consultancy
Jameel Hussain Qureshi: Managing Partner, G.N.Q. Advocates and Legal Consultants
Jaudat Shaikh: Director Software Engineering, LMKT
Javaid Iqbal: CEO, TransformX
Juan Roy: Founder & CEO, Regenerative Transformation Institute
Kalsoom Lakhani: Co-Founder & General Partner, i2i Ventures
Kamran Khan: Program Manager, NIC Islamabad
Kamran Niazi: Economic Growth Specialist, USAID / Pakistan
Khizer Khan: Founder, BaKhabar Kissan
Khizer Ahmed Siddiqui: Founder, HukumJanab
Khurram Zafar: Director, 47 Ventures Ltd
M. Nash: CEO, Integry
Madiha Parvez: Manager Corporate Innovation, Telenor
Manzil Maqsood: Founder , Oxbridge Innovative Solutions
Meenah Tariq: Partner, Karavan
Mehkar Sheikh: CEO, Venture Cup Sweden
M Ghayas Ahmedani: CEO, Zaaviaa Solutions
Mobeen Ahmed: VP , Dastgyr
Mohammad Mansoor: Founder & CEO, Touch'd
Moin Uddin: Corporate Director , Tourism Promotion Services (Pakistan) Limited
Monis Rahman: Chairman & CEO, Rozee.pk, Naseeb Networks
Moqeem Ul Haque: CSO, Ufone
M. Suleman Anwar: Founder & MD, AIQ Decisions LTD
Mubariz Siddiqui: Legal Advisor & General Counsel, Sarmayacar
Muhammad Khalid: Founder & CEO, Clicky.pk
Muhammad Mustafa: CEO, EasyFresh
Muhammed Bukhari: Mr, Farmdar
Munir Muhammad: CEO, Biz360
Murtaza Zaidi: CEO, CyberVision International
Nadeem Hussain: Founder & CEO , Tameer Microfinance Bank
Nadia KANOUN: CEO, Senior Adviser, Trainer & Coach, IHSCEN for Startups
Naeem Zamindar: Founder, Neem
Najiba Wajiha Mahboob: CEO, Toureela
Natalya Kamaal: Independent Legal Practitioner , NKLAW
Nauman Lakhani: Country Manager , Dun & Bradstreet Pakistan
Naureen Hyat: Founder & CEO, Tez Financial Services
Nazir Vaid: Founder & CEO , NexSource
Nida Jaffery: Co-Founder , Nashtaywalay
Obaidullah Khwaja: Head of Mobile Advertising , Telenor
Omar Abedin: Project Director, NIC Karachi
Omar Usman Uppal: CEO/ Founder, GharAsaan
Omer Jawed Ghani: CEO and Regional Director, Enclude
Owais Anjum: Founder & CEO, EMumba
Owais H. Shaikh: National ip Expert, WIPO
Owais Hassan Shaikh: National IP Expert , WIPO
Parvez Abbasi: Project Director, National Incubation Center, Islamabad
Pir Amad: Startup Mentor , Durshal KPITB
Puruesh Chaudhary: Founder, AGAHI
Quratulain Asif: CEO, Ain Consulting Private Ltd.
Rabii Malik: Founder , Notes on Pakistan
Raza Saeed: CEO, Confiz
Rozeena Saleha: Founder & CEO, Kalam4Solutions Pvt Ltd
Saad Hamid: Developer Community Manager, Google Austria
Saad Hamid: Community Manager Developer Relations , Google
Saira Qayyum: Founder , Dream On!
Saira Qayyum: Founder , Dream On!
Samar Hasan: Co Founder, Epiphany Games
Sami Uddin Ahmad: Director BI and Analytics, Telenor
Sarah Munir: CEO, Invest2Innovate (i2i)
Sayyed Ahmad Masud: Regional Director Pakistan, Founder Institute
Sehrish Raza, BizB
Shahid Mahmud: Chairman & CEO, Interactive Group
Shahid Mir: CEO, Systems Research Private Limited
Shahid Rasool: CTO, PayNest
Shaikh Ayaz Ali: COO, Cooperative Computing
Shayan Sohail Sarwar: CEO, Confinality LLC
Sheeraz Ahmed: Director Enterprise Business, WiTribe Pakistan
Sheeraz Ahmed: Managing Director, Sharp Telecom
Shehryar Hydri: Founding Partner, Deosai Ventures & Managing Director, Endeavor Pakistan
Shershah Hassan: Founder and CEO, KalPay
Sidra Jalil: Founder, Inspire Mill
Sleem Hasan: Founder & CEO, Privity FZ LLE
Sobia Maqbool: Head of Strategy, Pakistan Microfinance Investment Corporation
Sulaim Siddiqi: Head of Sales, StartupScience.io
Suruchi Singh: Founder director , Charismatic Crayonz Private Limited
Syed Naseh: CEO, Diya Interactive
Syed Azfar Hussain: Program Manager , National Incubation Centre Karachi
Syed Iqbal Raza: Founder & CEO , Raza Works
Syed Shahzad Sherazi: Founder & COO, Clicky.pk
Talaal Burny: Manager Ecosystem Affairs (& External Relations), Careem Pakistan
Talha Bin Shuja: Startup and Business Consultant, High Hope International
Umair Sheikh: Founder & CEO, Arazi Ventures
Umer Azmat
Umer Adnan: CEO, Cowlar
Usama Abid: Founder & CEO, Invent Hub
Usman Butt: Founder & CEO, RepairDesk
Usman Arshad Khan: Chief Growth Officer, Checkmate Consultancy
Wahaj Siraj: CEO, Nayatel
Wajiha Ghazal: Founder, Affordable.pk
Waleed Najam: Waleed Najam, NEO Innovations
Yahya Bajwa: Lead Analyst, World Bank Group
Yaser Awan: Director, Mindstorm Studios
Yasir Ahmed: IOT/Cleantech Lead, IGNITE National Technology fund
Yasser Qayum: Lead - People, Processes and Systems & Workforce planning, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Yusuf Jan: CEO, MixIt
Yusuf Hussain: COO, Habib Bank Ltd
Zain Farooq: Founder & CEO, MyTM
Zartaj Ahmed: CEO & CoFounder, Pi Space Science Education Centre
Zeeshan Aftab: Co-founder & Managing Director, TenPearls Pvt Ltd
Zeeshan Rajwani: Founder & CEO, Garage Sale (Private) Limited
Zia Imran: Founder & CEO , Jul Bujh
Zibber Mohiuddin: CEO, PANASIAN GROUP
Zulfiqar Qazilbash: Senior Executive/Consultant/Entrepreneur, Islamabad Consulting

And many more to be announced.

Since 2009, Founder Institute’s highly-structured accelerator programs have helped over 8,900 entrepreneurs to grow quickly, know what to do next, and make key connections through the largest community of startup advisors in the world.

It all starts with our renowned ‘FI Core’ accelerator, which pushes founders at the idea and pre-seed stages to reach the milestones needed for investment and sustained growth. Alumni of FI Core then receive free access to our advanced ‘Founder Lab’ accelerators for years to come, and can get matched with prospective investors in the FI Venture Network - a collection of global funds actively investing in the earliest rounds of funding.

The results speak for themselves: FI Alumni have raised over 2BN in funding, and are building impactful businesses across 200+ cities and 100+ countries all across the globe. (see the FI 50 Report here).