Paklaunch has revealed the attendee lineup for UNConference’26.2, confirming that more than 120 carefully selected founders, global investors, technology leaders, and builders will gather at The Yale Club in New York across two days of programming. The list gives the first concrete look at who will actually fill the room, moving the event from a general save-the-date announcement into a roster that signals the specific caliber of investor and founder attention the gathering has managed to draw.
Among the confirmed attendees, Faisal Aftab, founder of Zayn VC and a Shark on Shark Tank Pakistan, brings direct venture capital weight to the room, having previously judged startup pitches on Perfect Pitch and led NIC Islamabad’s Investor Education Workshop earlier this month. Aatif Awan, a prominent Pakistani-American venture investor, and Hussain Fazal of HAAF Group add further institutional investment credibility, while Uzair Gadit of Disrupt.com and Secure.com extends a direct link to the UAE-based investment firm that co-led LAAM Technologies’ seed round alongside Zayn VC, connecting this New York gathering to deals already shaping Pakistan’s domestic startup funding landscape.
The confirmed list also includes founders building across strikingly different sectors, from Osman Rashid of Khoj Resorts and Maha Shahzad of BusCaro to Ahmed Khattak of US Mobile and Samar Abbas of Temporal Technologies, alongside Imran Ali Khan of Dubizzle Group and Abdullah Seja of Movement Official. Ahsan Jamil of sAi Venture Capital, who also serves on the jury panel for the Startup World Cup Pakistan National Grand Finale, and Safwan Shah round out a group spanning consumer platforms, logistics, telecom, enterprise software, and regional e-commerce, reflecting the breadth of Pakistani diaspora entrepreneurship that has scaled well beyond the country’s own borders.
Organizers described the roster as only a glimpse of the room, framing the two-day gathering around high-trust conversations, meaningful connections, and genuine deal flow rather than a purely ceremonial networking event. UNConference’26.2 is scheduled for October 19 and 20, 2026, at The Yale Club in New York City, with interested attendees able to visit for more details or register directly. The event continues Paklaunch’s broader strategy of convening its diaspora entrepreneurial network at flagship gatherings, building on the momentum of its recent NYC Meetup during UNGA High-Level Week and its expanding footprint of city-based meetups across North America.
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