Tarbee, a startup incubated at Iqra University’s Centre of Research and Entrepreneurship, known as IU CORE, has secured a place among the Top 15 finalists at the Bahria University Startup Competition 2026. The finalists were selected from a pool of 290 startups from across Pakistan, which means that Tarbee made it through a field of nearly 300 competing teams to reach the grand finale. Iqra University publicly celebrated the achievement, describing it as a proud moment for its entrepreneurial ecosystem.
The university said the result reflects Tarbee’s entrepreneurial vision, innovative approach and potential to create meaningful impact, and described reaching the grand finale as a significant milestone for the startup. Selection at this level in a national competition gives early-stage teams more than recognition, since it puts them in front of judges, investors and other founders, and often becomes a first step toward wider visibility and support. The announcement did not say what Tarbee’s product or service is, what its stage of development is, or whether the team has won any prize at the finale, so the details of the startup’s work are not covered in the source.
The achievement is also a sign of the role that university incubation centres are playing in Pakistan’s startup landscape, where institutions such as Iqra University are supporting student and alumni teams through dedicated entrepreneurship centres. IU CORE, which describes itself as the Centre of Research and Entrepreneurship, is the body that has supported Tarbee, and the university said it congratulated Team Tarbee on what it called an outstanding accomplishment. The competition itself is organized by Bahria University, and the photograph shared with the announcement shows two members of the team standing on stage at the event.
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