IBA CEDIR and Mohammad Ali Jinnah University's ORIC have signed an MoU to boost entrepreneurship, innovation, and IP commercialization.

WISE Lab partnered with Fatima Jinnah Women University for its University-Level Pitching Competition 2026, which drew 111 startup applications.

ESO Council held its Inaugural Industry Incubation Roundtable at NIC Karachi, bringing together entrepreneurs and industry leaders to discuss startup resource mobilization.

Sindh Enterprise Incubation Center hosted a session with Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University Nawabshah to explore collaboration between academia and the startup ecosystem.

SZABIST students Arsalan Aftab and his project partner received ORIC seed funding for their final year project e-ERFA at ZABEFEST 2026.

SEIC hosted a session with Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University Nawabshah's ORIC to explore collaboration between academia and the startup ecosystem in Sindh.

ORIC SZABIST University held a Seed Money Cheque Distribution and Commercialization Session, awarding winning teams seed funding and introducing them to incubation support through ZEN Business Incubation Centre.

FJWU-BIC has completed internal evaluation for the Punjab Youth Innovation and Incubation Competition 2026, shortlisting 56 projects for a university level pitching round on August 10, 2026.

Sindh Enterprise Incubation Center has launched the SEIC Innovation Fellowship Program 2026, a six-month campus-embedded fellowship open to third and fourth year students across Karachi universities, with only 20 spots available.

NIC Hyderabad and Mehran University of Engineering and Technology signed a memorandum of understanding to formalise collaboration on entrepreneurship education, student-led startups, and joint innovation activities.