National Incubation Center Lahore has opened a call for founders across Pakistan who want to pitch their vision at its Investment Summit 2026 and be noticed by international investors. The incubator has ten startups lined up for the summit and is offering one more spot, which it calls the 11th. To be considered, founders must record a one minute video introducing their startup and email it to pitch@niclahore.com by 24 October 2026. The organisers say there is one spot and one opportunity, and they are asking founders to consider whether it could be theirs.
The format keeps the barrier low. A one minute video asks founders to explain what they are building, who it is for and why it matters in the time it takes to make a first impression on an investor. For early stage teams that have not been through an incubator, and that may not have contacts among investors, such a call offers a rare route to a stage that is usually reserved for startups in the incubator’s own cohorts. The call is open to founders from any city, not only Lahore, which widens the pool beyond the incubator’s own programme.
The Investment Summit is the flagship event of National Incubation Center Lahore, at which startups pitch to angel investors, venture capital firms and industry leaders. The incubator describes its summit as a gateway for investors who want early access to Pakistan’s startups, and it has said it brings in global venture capital firms from the United States, the United Arab Emirates and beyond. Past summits have given graduating startups a chance to present in short pitch sessions followed by questions from investors and an open networking session.
National Incubation Center Lahore is one of the national incubation centres set up by Ignite National Technology Fund under the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication. It is supported by NetSol Technologies Limited and Habib Bank Limited, together with Plug and Play Tech Center, Daftarkhwan, Beaconhouse National University, the University of Engineering and Technology Lahore, the Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Accelerate Prosperity. The date and venue of the summit, and the names of the ten startups already selected, have not been announced.
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