Accelerator

EPIPHANY and CYAP to host a social...
The two Islamabad-based social enterprises will work together to launch a first-of-its-kind Business Validation Lab in partnership with Unreasonable Institute Epiphany Private Limited (www.epiphany.com.pk) and the Center for Youth Activism of Pakistan (CYAP) (www.cyap.org.pk) have entered into a strategic partnership to host a first-of-its-kind social accelerator program in partnership with the U.S based Unreasonable Institute. […]

How Telenor’s digital startup accelerator is empowering...
Telenor Pakistan provides the power of digital communication and aims to empower societies for a secure future. Telenor Velocity is the first of its kind Digital Startup Accelerator, focused on helping startups go to market over a period of 6 months, by accessing Telenor Pakistan’s scale and assets. Telenor Velocity provides a unique platform for […]

NETSOL partners with PlanX to support startups
NETSOL Technologies Pvt Limited’s Incubator, NSPIRE, partners with Pakistan’s largest technology accelerator, PlanX, to support the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Signing the MOU NSPIRE, the technology incubator started by leading innovator, NETSOL Technologies Pvt. Limited has officially signed a Memor andum of Underst anding (MOU) with PlanX, Pakistan’s largest technology accelerator. The signing ceremony took place at […]

LUMS Center for Entrepreneurship enrolled these ‘Startups’...
Hundreds of applications poured in this season for The Foundation program at LUMS Center for Entrepreneurship, which is the university’s flagship experiential development platform for young businesses. After a thorough process of scouting, soliciting applications, conducting interviews and discussions between the Foundation Council members, which is an elite, independent panel of business leaders, LUMS Center […]

Virtual Force Sponsored ‘Startup Istanbul’ – What...
Virtual Force Inc, is a technology design and innovation platform that builds next generation software products. Their customer centered philosophy helps roll out MVP’s fast and enables founders to lead their next iterations quickly. Virtual Force Inc,is also the engineering partner of a seed fund in New York called CoVenture and they have worked with […]

Enabling female entrepreneurs through ‘StartUp Academy’
The WECREATE | PAKISTAN Center, the first incubator in Pakistan designed specifically for female entrepreneurs, is playing an important role in advancing gender equality in entrepreneurship. The resources, training, and mentorship provided through the center enable Pakistani women to move from the informal sector to the formal sector while generating momentum for measurable economic and […]

Pakistan Startup Summit 2016 in Singapore
PRESS RELEASE The South Asia Emerging Markets team at Google’s headquarters in Asia, led by Tania Aidrus and Khurram Jamali, partnered up with Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) to organize Pakistan Startup Summit 2016 in Singapore. Under this partnership, Google sponsored a group of startup founders from top business incubators and accelerators of Pakistan […]

SPRING Accelerator: a solution for the underserved?
Among the crudest issues of the country, women empowerment remains a subject facing immense challenges and mobility could easily be one of the major contributing factors. Considering the dismal figures quoted by the World Economic Forum 2014, Pakistan sits at the bottom of the rankings for gender gap in economic and labor participation, proving the […]