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Today, the Founder Institute, the world's premier idea-stage accelerator and startup launch program, is excited to announce that we are now accepting applications for the National Incubation Centre Islamabad #4 - Fall 2025 Semester!

If you want to build a startup in National Incubation Centre Islamabad and could use expert training and feedback, then apply to the National Incubation Centre Islamabad Founder Institute today, or attend a free event.

Those who apply by the Early Admissions Deadline (Oct 06, 2025) will have their application fees waived (typically $50), and if you enroll by the Early Deadline you are also eligible for Founder Institute Fellowships.

Since launching in National Incubation Centre Islamabad in 2015, the Founder Institute has helped launch several promising companies in the region, and our efforts in National Incubation Centre Islamabad have also been profiled by several high profile media channels.

To celebrate the launch, the National Incubation Centre Islamabad Founder Institute will several free startup events for the general public, where you can meet top entrepreneurs and learn more about the program:

  • Building Local Economies That Attract Venture Capital: 9:00pm, Oct 21, 2025 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/381060
  • Founder Institute Online Information Session: https://FI.co/infosession
  • Founder Showcase: Startup Pitch & Networking Event, with Jenny Fielding: 10:00pm, Dec 10, 2025 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/380936

Leaders of the world’s fastest-growing startups have used the Founder Institute to transition from employee to entrepreneur, test their startup ideas, build a team, get their first customers, raise funding, and more - like UdemyRealty Mogul,iCarsClubItembasegoplaceit, and Appota. Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 200 cities and 100 countries, the Founder Institute's mission is to "Globalize Silicon Valley" and create sustainable startup ecosystems that will create one million new jobs worldwide.

Running the Founder Institute's efforts in National Incubation Centre Islamabad include local startup leaders Irfan Khan (Deputy CEO & Chief Marketing Officer, Telenor Pakistan), Mohammad Mansoor (Founder & CEO, Touch'd), Sayyed Ahmad Masud (CEO, Change Mechanics), and Yusuf Hussain (Founder/CEO, DM Ventures).

In addition, some of National Incubation Centre Islamabad's top entrepreneurs will mentor founders in the program, providing them with expert training, feedback, and evaluation. The list of mentors for the National Incubation Centre Islamabad #4 - Fall 2025 includes:

  • And many more to be announced.

The Founder Institute is the most challenging and effective step-by-step startup launch program for talented and motivated aspiring entrepreneurs. If you are serious about launching a startup, the Founder Institute can give you the structured process, constant feedback and evaluation from expert mentors, and global network of entrepreneurs you need to start an enduring company. In addition, the Founder Institute is the only program of its kind that focuses on people versus ideas, accepts founders with day jobs, and shares equity with all participants.

                                  We hope you will join us in National Incubation Centre Islamabad and launch a company in 2016.

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