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.
Local COVID-19 Update: In an effort to #StopTheSpread and ensure everyone’s health and safety, this program is planned to be held online. Learn more on our Virtual Program FAQ page.
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:
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 Eram Abbasi (Director, Center For Entrepreneurship & Innovation Development, DHA Suffa University), Omar Abedin (Mr, Careem ), Sayyed Ahmad Masud (Director, Change Mechanics Pvt Ltd), Syed Hussain, Syed Abdul Basit (Project Manager, VentureDive). In addition, some of Karachi's top entrepreneurs will be participating as mentors in the program, including:
- Aaqib Sayed: Head of Growth, TPL Maps
- Abdul Sami: Founder CEO, Core3
- Abid Beli: Founder & CEO , iSmartFilms
- Adeo Ressi: CEO, Decile Group / VC Lab
- Adil Moosajee: Owner, ego
- Adnan Masood: Founder & CEO, Get2Gist.com
- Adnan Fasih: Co-Founder & CEO, Cleanry
- Adnan Syed
- Afaque Riaz Ahmed: Founder and Chairman (BoG), Karachi Institute of Technology and Entrepreneurship (KITE)
- Ahmed Ayub: Co-Founder, Airlift
- Ahmed Uzair: Partner, AUC | LAW
- Ahsan Mateen: Managing Director, foodpanda.pk
- Ahsan Mashkoor: Director & Founder, C Square Consulting
- Ahsan Shami Ahsan@Barelyaverage.Com: Founder, Barely Average Design
- Aijaz Ather: Founder, The Right Careers
- Aleena Alavi
- Ali Dossa: Founder and C.E.O , TSF
- Ali Kabir Shah: Partner, Ali & Associates
- Altaf Qureshi: CEO, Co Founder and Barrister, Wukla and Paksign
- Amir Haleem Syed: CEO, Kueball Digital
- Ammar Jangbarwala: Co-founder & CEO, MyWater
- Andeel Ali: Head of Planning and Development , National Incubation Center - Karachi
- Anum Kamran: CEO, Buyon.pk
- Ashaar Saeed: Chief People Officer, Lucky Motor Corporation (KIA)
- Asif Jafri: Founder & CEO, Verifapp
- Asma Khalil
- Azhar Rizvi: Member, Global Advisory Board, Global MIT Enterprise Forum
- Badar Khushnood: Co Founder, Fishry.com E-commerce & Bramerz
- Darakhshan Sheikh Vohra: Co-CEO & Managing Partner, Zambeel Partners & Zambeel Legal
- Dr. Zakiuddin Ahmed: President & CEO, eHealth Services
- Ehsan Saya: Managing Director, Daraz (Alibaba Group)
- Eram Abbasi
- Fahad Tanveer: Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Edkasa Private Limited
- Faizan Laghari: Chief Futurist, Flagship Pvt Ltd
- Faraz Bandukda: CEO , Al-Hilal Securities Advisors (Pvt.) Ltd. & Al Hilal Shariah Advisors (Pvt.) Limited
- Faraz Ali: Head of Growth & Monetization, Noon Academy
- Farhan Tufail: CEO, Invictus Solutions Pvt. Ltd
- Fariha Salahuddin: GM HR, ICI Pakisan
- Farzal Dojki: Founder & CEO, Next Generation Innovation
- Fatima Mazhar: COO, COLABS
- Furqan Ahmed
- Glen Hellman: Glen Hellman - CRO & Business Development, CXO Elevate and University of Maryland
- Habibullah Khan: Founder, penumbra
- Hamza Abdul Rauf: Co-Founder & Director, Telemart
- Hasan Habib: Founder, Designist
- Hasnain Akhtar: Founder & CEO , Aerocar (Pvt.) Ltd and ExactMED
- Hassan Bin Rizwan: Co-founder / CEO, SABAQ
- Hendrik Chasse: Head of Sellers, Kaymu.pk
- Hira Saeed: Founder, CaterpillHERs | Digital Doers
- Huma Hamid
- Imran Amin: CEO
- Imran Azhar: Founder & CEO, AzCorp Entertainment
- Imtiaz Noor Mohammad: Mr., OrangeFox
- Javaid Iqbal: CEO, TransformX
- Jawwad Farid: Founder & CEO, FinanceTrainingCourse.com, Alchemy Technologies
- Jeffrey Paine: Founding Partner, Golden Gate Ventures, Singapore
- Junaid Mansoor Sootwala: CEO, TAJMAC Global FZE
- Khalid Awan: Co-Founder and Chairman, TCS
- Khurram Zafar: Executive Director, 47 Ventures Ltd
- Khursheed Kotwal: Chief Executive Officer , Aasman International
- Mahmood Mirza: Country Lead PK | Product Head, High Output Ventures
- Misbah Naqvi: GP, I2I Ventures
- Moazzam Ali Khan: General Manager, Loreal Pakistan
- Mubariz Siddiqui: Legal Advisor & General Counsel, Sarmayacar
- Muhammad Raza Saeed: Founder & CEO, PakWheels, Confiz Solutions
- Muhammad Anas Niaz: CEO, Bioniks
- Muhammad Usman Javed: Event Manager, National Incubation Center Karachi
- Najeeha Farooqi: Co-Founder & CEO, Roshni Rides
- Nauman Sikandar Mirza: CEO, EatOye.pk
- Nauman Lakhani: Country Manager , Dun & Bradstreet Pakistan
- Naveed Iftikhar: Public Sector & Academia
- Neil Ashman: Co-Founder & Chief Commercial Officer, N2
- Omar Abedin: Project Director, NIC Karachi
- Owais Zaidi: Serial Entrepreneur, CreditPer
- Owais Hassan Shaikh: National IP Expert , WIPO
- Rai Umair: CTO, EatOye.pk
- Reza Samad: Founder & CEO, Vurke.com
- Rizwan Khan: Global Private Equity, Sasi Group
- Rumman Ahmad: CEO
- Saad Amanullah Khan: Founder & CEO, Alamut
- Saad Amanullah Khan: CEO & Co-Founder, Alamut Consulting
- Saif Ali: General Manager, Marketing & PR, Dastgyr
- Saim Siddiqui: Founder & CEO, ProCheck
- Salman Sarwar Butt: CEO, Green Peak International
- Salman Abedin: Co-Founder, GamedotPlay
- Salman Sattar: Co-Founder & CEO, Bagallery
- Samar Hasan: Co Founder, Epiphany Games
- Sarfraz Hussain: CEO, YPay Financial Services Pvt. LTD
- Saroosh Zahid: Brand Manager, Rapid
- Shaikh Danial: Co - Founder and Creative Consultant, Social Junction Pvt. Ltd
- Shaikh Ayaz Ali: COO, Cooperative Computing
- Sheeraz Ahmed: Managing Director, Sharp Telecom
- Shehryar Hydri: Founding Partner, Deosai Ventures & Managing Director, Endeavor Pakistan
- Syed Naseh: CEO, Diya Interactive
- Syed Imran Moinuddin: Founder & CEO, NexDegree
- Taimur Malik: Partner, Clyde & Co
- Talha Ansari: Managing Director, Foodpanda
- Tara Uzra Dawood: President & CEO, Dawood Global Foundation, Dawood Capital Management Limited
- Touseef Ikram: Associate Director - Product Management, IMM - Jang Media Group
- Umair Aziz: Tech Entrepreneur, Venture Advisor & Investor, Creative Chaos
- Umair R. Vadria: CORPORATE PARTNER, Hussain & Haider
- Usman Latif: CEO, Marcom Works
- Uzair Gadit: Co-Founder and Director, PureVpn.com
- Uzair Mukadam: CEO, Maritz Consulting Group
- Veqar Islam: CEO, Jaffer Business Systems
- Wahaj Ahmed: Co-Founder, Retailo Technologies
- Yousuf Ali Mehmood: CEO, GEMS International Trading
- Zartaj Ahmed: Chief Executive Officer, Qriosity Inc.
- Zeeshan Abbasi: CEO, mParsec
- Zeeshan Aftab: Co-founder & Managing Director, TenPearls Pvt Ltd
- Zia Imran: CEO
- Zohaib Ali: Co-Founder, Dastgyr Technologies
- Zoya Imam: Investment Head, TPL e-Ventures
- And many more to be announced.
Since 2009, Founder Institute’s highly-structured accelerator programs have helped over 9,000 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.
Join us in Karachi to get funded and build a global business.
Apply to the Pakistan 2023 Founder Institute today, or learn more at FI.co/overview.
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