Danish Lakhani, Co-Founder and CEO of NayaPay and Co-Founder and CEO of CYBERNET, will join the Paklaunch UNConference’26.2 in New York, taking place on October 19 and 20, 2026, at the Yale Club. The event brings together a curated group of 120 global investors and founders for two days of discussions and networking focused on connecting Pakistani entrepreneurship with the global investment community.
Lakhani has built a career at the intersection of fintech, payments and connectivity within Pakistan’s technology sector. As Co-Founder and CEO of NayaPay, he has helped shape the development of digital payments and financial services in the country, with the company having raised 13 million dollars in seed funding to expand its payments platform and financial management tools for businesses. Alongside this, he also serves as Co-Founder and CEO of CYBERNET, one of Pakistan’s early internet service providers, which has played a role in expanding connectivity and digital infrastructure across the country over the years.
Lakhani holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, an MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and a ScB in Applied Mathematics, Computer Science and Business Economics from Brown University, reflecting a background that spans both technical and business disciplines.
At the UNConference, Lakhani will be among the founders participating in high trust conversations with global investors, part of an event designed to facilitate meaningful connections and opportunities beyond typical conference formats. Interested participants can register for the event through the official link: https://lnkd.in/dJMCQnSt
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