Today, the Founder Institute, the world's premier pre-seed startup accelerator, is excited to announce that we are now accepting applications for the Lahore - Pakistan 2024 program!
If you could use a structured process and feedback from Lahore's top entrepreneurs to build a startup, then apply to the Lahore - Pakistan 2024 Founder Institute today.
Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 200+ cities worldwide, the Founder Institute provides high-potential entrepreneurs and teams with the critical support network and structured process needed to build an enduring company. Since 2009, the program has helped over 7,000 Graduates raise over $1.75BN funding, get into seed-accelerators, generate traction, recruit a team, build a product, transition from employee to entrepreneur, and more.
To celebrate the launch, the Founder Institute will host several free startup events in Lahore, where you can learn from top entrepreneurs and hear more about the program:
- What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 10:00pm, Apr 29, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/342848
- Founder Institute Online Information Session: https://FI.co/infosession
- Zoom Meet & Greet with Lahore Directors: 6:00pm, Apr 30, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/345480
- How to Quickly Establish Safe, Reliable, and Compliant AI Startups: 10:00pm, May 29, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/345504
- What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 10:00pm, Jun 03, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/343440
- Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Make the Transition to Startup Founder: 10:00pm, Jun 12, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/345633
- Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 10:00pm, Jun 17, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/339913
- How to Take a Value Proposition to Finding Product Market Fit: 10:00pm, Jun 24, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/341445
- Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 10:00pm, Jun 26, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/345665
- Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Make the Transition to Startup Founder: 5:00am, Jul 02, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/340224
- How Founders Beat Anxiety for Peak Performance : 10:00pm, Jul 03, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/345697
- How to Acquire your First 100 B2C Customers: 10:00pm, Jul 08, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/344408
- Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 10:00pm, Jul 17, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/345745
- How to Build a Personal Brand: The Startup Founders Guide to Thought Leadership: 10:00pm, Jul 24, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/345758
- How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas : 10:00pm, Jul 29, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/341659
- What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 10:00pm, Aug 12, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/344100
- Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 10:00pm, Sep 16, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/342357
- How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 10:00pm, Sep 23, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/343545
- Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 10:00pm, Sep 25, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/344297
- Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 10:00pm, Oct 02, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/342042
- What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 10:00pm, Oct 30, 2024 (Asia/Karachi): https://FI.co/e/344597
The Lahore program is led by some of the region's top startup leaders, including Eram Abbasi (Director, Center For Entrepreneurship & Innovation Development, DHA Suffa University), Saira Qayyum (CEO, Dream Factory), Sayyed Ahmad Masud (CEO, Change Mechanics Pvt Ltd), Umair Sheikh (Founder & CEO, Arazi Ventures Ltd.).
In addition, some of Lahore's top entrepreneurs, CEOs, and investors will be participating in the program, providing them with expert training, feedback, and evaluation. The list of mentors for the Lahore Founder Institute includes:
- Abbas Bilgrami: Campaign Program Manager, Untited States Institute of Peace
- Ahmed Uzair: Partner, AUC | LAW
- Ahmed Ayub: Co-Founder, Airlift
- Ali Dossa: Founder and C.E.O , TSF
- Ali Mukhtar: CEO, Fatima Ventures
- Altaf Qureshi: CEO, Co Founder and Barrister, Wukla and Paksign
- Asim Ghaffar: Co-founder, Easy Fresh Technologies
- Ayesha Hamid: Chairperson/CEO, George Washington American School of International Academics
- Azhar Basit: Founder, Zuhly Technologies
- Dr. Sara Saeed Khurram: CEO, Sehat Kahani
- Faisal Sherjan: Managing Partner, Sustainanl Advisoy LLP
- Faisal Aftab: Managing Partner
- Faizan Aslam: CEO, Bookme PVt Ltd
- Fasieh Mehta: Program Manager, Quixel at Epic Games
- Fatima Mazhar: COO, COLABS
- Ghazanfar Iqbal: Head of Business Development Startups AEM (Pakistan, Myanmar, Cambodia) + Malaysia, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Haider Raza: CEO, Evolution Partners
- Humayun Mazhar: Founder & CEO , Crescent Ventures
- Imtiaz Rastgar: Chairman, Rastgar Group of Companies
- Imtiaz Khalid: CEO, Multitek Marketing
- Jameel Hussain Qureshi: Managing Partner, G.N.Q. Advocates and Legal Consultants
- Kalsoom Lakhani: Co-founder and General Partner , i2i Ventures
- Kamran Niazi: Economic Growth Specialist, USAID / Pakistan
- Khurram Zafar: Director, 47 Ventures Ltd
- Madiha Parvez: Manager Corporate Innovation, Telenor
- Meenah Tariq: Partner, Karavan
- Mehkar Sheikh: Regional Manager, Venture Cup Sweden
- Monis Rahman: Chairman & CEO, Rozee.pk, Naseeb Networks
- M. Suleman Anwar: Founder & CEO, Citionlytics
- Mubariz Siddiqui: Legal Advisor & General Counsel, Sarmayacar
- Murtaza Zaidi: CEO, CyberVision International
- Nadeem Hussain: Founder & CEO , Tameer Microfinance Bank
- Naeem Zamindar: Founder, Neem
- Natalya Kamaal: Independent Legal Practitioner , NKLAW
- Naureen Hyat: Founder & CEO, Tez Financial Services
- Nida Jaffery: Co-Founder , Nashtaywalay
- Owais Anjum: Founder & CEO, EMumba
- Owais Hassan Shaikh: National IP Expert , WIPO
- Parvez Abbasi: Project Director, National Incubation Center, Islamabad
- Raza Saeed: CEO, Confiz
- Saad Hamid: Community Manager Developer Relations , Google
- Saad Hamid: Developer Community Manager, Google Austria
- Saira Qayyum: Founder & CEO , Dream Factory
- Saira Qayyum: Founder & CEO , Dream Factory
- Samar Hasan: Co Founder, Epiphany Games
- Sayyed Ahmad Masud: CEO, Change Mechanics Pvt Ltd
- Sehrish Raza, BizB
- Shahid Mir: CEO, Systems Research Private Limited
- Shayan Sohail Sarwar: CEO, Confinality LLC
- Shehryar Hydri: Managing Partner, Deosai Ventures
- Shershah Hassan: Founder and CEO, KalPay
- Sleem Hasan: Founder & CEO, Privity FZ LLE
- Sulaim Siddiqi: Partner, Metaii
- Syed Azfar Hussain: Program Manager , National Incubation Centre Karachi
- Syed Shahzad Sherazi: Founder & COO, Clicky.pk
- Umair Sheikh: Founder & CEO, mKhata
- Usman Butt: Founder & CEO, RepairDesk
- Wahaj Siraj: CEO, Nayatel
- Yaser Awan: Director, Mindstorm Studios
- Yusuf Hussain: COO, Habib Bank Ltd
- Yusuf Jan: CEO, MixIt
- Zain Farooq: Founder & CEO, MyTM
- Zeeshan Aftab: Co-founder & Managing Director, TenPearls Pvt Ltd
- Zibber Mohiuddin: CEO, PANASIAN GROUP
- And many more to be announced.
The Founder Institute is designed for founders and teams all throughout the pre-seed stage, including aspiring founders with a full-time job, solo founders, teams, and founders of established companies that are pre-funding. The Founder Institute's mission is to "Globalize Silicon Valley" and create sustainable startup ecosystems that will create one million new jobs worldwide.
Join us in Lahore to build a great company in 2019.
Apply to the Lahore - Pakistan 2024 Founder Institute today, or learn more at FI.co/overview.
