Mobilink Bank partners with Sindh Enterprise Development Fund (SEDF) to improve access to affordable financing for MSMEs in agriculture, green energy, women-led businesses, and innovation sectors across Sindh.
Sindh Enterprise Development Fund and Accelerate Prosperity sign a strategic MoU in Karachi to improve access to formal finance for startups and SMEs through investment readiness and markup subsidy support.
Farmdar is set to support Sojitz Corporation’s KDX agri platform in Thailand with satellite and AI-driven crop insights to improve farmer yield, efficiency, and ROI.
CEGA launches Batch 2 of its Unity and Unreal Engine training programs in Karachi, in collaboration with Ignite and Hum Network Ltd, strengthening Pakistan’s gaming ecosystem.
NIC Karachi organizes a Cohort 14 FinTech session with PayFast CEO Adnan Ali, guiding startups on SBP and SECP licensing, AML/KYC compliance, and investor readiness.
SBP Innovation Hub hosted a seminar on startup-led innovation for Pakistan’s digital economy, featuring Syed Azfar Hussain, Project Director at NIC Karachi, highlighting fintech, platform innovation, and regulatory collaboration.
PSW, in collaboration with PIFD, hosts a consultative session in Lahore under Phase 2 of the Khadijah Women Entrepreneurship Program, empowering women-led businesses with trade and export insights.
HBL and Visa have announced the 2026 winners of the She’s Next Pakistan program, awarding five women entrepreneurs USD 10,000 each along with training, mentorship, and community support.
NIC Islamabad has announced Cys.AI Solutions as a new community partner, bringing AI-driven online safety expertise to support Cohort 5 founders through insights, collaboration, and ecosystem access.
A curated founder networking event in collaboration with Abhi (YC S21) and COLABS will bring entrepreneurs and funding teams together to discuss working capital, collaboration, and growth on 16 February in Karachi.
Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology delegation visits NIC Karachi to explore startup achievements and discuss stronger academia-industry collaboration in Pakistan’s tech ecosystem.
NIC Karachi engages with Millennium Institute of Technology and Entrepreneurship to explore strategic collaborations, helping students transform ideas into scalable startups through its Cohort 15 program.
Ignite has launched the first industry consultation under the Sovereign Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Initiative, aimed at strengthening Pakistan’s national AI ecosystem through collaboration.
Pakistan is accelerating artificial intelligence adoption in its startup ecosystem as NIC Karachi graduates 28 startups and reports over 440 incubated ventures, jobs, and investments.
NIC Karachi has graduated 28 startups from Cohort 13, marking another milestone in Pakistan’s startup ecosystem with founders advancing toward growth and scale.