WISE Lab has opened applications for its Women-Led Startup Incubation Programme, a six month hybrid programme open to women-led startups from anywhere in Pakistan. The programme is framed around the idea that founders’ ideas were never small, they simply needed the right environment to grow, positioning WISE Lab as that environment for women entrepreneurs across the country.
Selected founders and their teams will receive free access to WISE Lab’s incubation facility for six months, based at a workspace in Islamabad located close to the Metro for ease of access. The programme combines flexible physical and online incubation support, allowing founders who cannot relocate to Islamabad full time to still participate meaningfully through remote engagement alongside those attending in person.
Participants will receive expert mentorship, product validation and business growth guidance, along with support focused on investor readiness, corporate connections and market linkages. The programme also includes branding and visibility support, along with Demo Days and broader ecosystem exposure, giving founders a platform to showcase their progress to a wider audience beyond the incubation programme itself. Up to five eligible, high performing startups stand to receive PKR 2 million grants, subject to programme criteria and final selection.
The programme is open to applicants with an innovative or tech enabled idea, a minimum viable product, an early stage startup, or an existing venture ready to grow and scale, giving it a fairly wide eligibility window across different stages of business development. WISE Lab is a national initiative established under the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication and Ignite National Technology Fund, and is implemented by Jazz, Mobilink Microfinance Bank and Change Mechanics, bringing together telecommunications, microfinance and consulting expertise behind the programme’s delivery.
Applications for the Women-Led Startup Incubation Programme close on August 31, 2026. Learn more: https://wiselab.org.pk. Apply: https://www.wiselab.org.pk/apply/founder
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