The Builders

Founders: Mahlaqa Shaukat, Noor Shaukat

AimFit is on a mission to make Pakistan one of the fittest nations in the world. They have quietly led a female fitness revolution and have created the leading fitness platform serving an ultra-engaged community of over 5000 members with over 42,000 5-star fitness experiences to date.

Co-investors: Sidra Qasim, cofounder Atoms. Undisclosed angels.

Latest story: Pakistani female fitness startup AimFit raises $1 million seed

Founders: Hamza Jawaid, Saad Jangda

Bazaar empowers merchants to simplify and grow their businesses through its commerce marketplace and ledger/khata app.

Co-investors: GFC, Defy, Wavemaker Partners, Acrew Capital, Alter Global, Next Billion Ventures, Derayah VC, S7V, Saison Capital, founders of B2B startups including Indonesia's Ula, Cairo-based MaxAb and Kenya-based Sokowatch, current and former leaders of Antler, Careem, Endeavor, Gumroad, LinkedIn and Notion.

Latest story: Pakistan’s B2B marketplace and digital ledger platform Bazaar raises $30 million

Founders: Abbas Hassan, Muhammad Ahsan Tanveer, Muhammad Saad, Salman Gul

BridgeLinx helps Pakistan’s largest shippers move thousands of loads each week on the country’s leading freight marketplace.

Co-investors: Harry Stebbings 20VC Fund, Buckley Ventures, Wavemaker Partners, Quiet Capital, TrueSight Ventures, Soma Capital, Flexport, Magnus Rausing’s UNTITLED and founders of Convoy and Bazaar

Latest Story: Digital freight marketplace BridgeLinx raises $10 million in Pakistan’s largest seed funding

Founders: Omar Shah, Ali Shah

COLABS is Pakistan’s fastest growing flexible workspace, on a mission to knit together a community of 100,000 entrepreneurs across Pakistan.

Co-investors: Zayn Capital, Fatima-Gobi Ventures, Shorooq Partners, Kinnow Capital, Muir Capital, Sai Ventures, Turner Novak, William Hockey and Teddy Himler

Latest story: COLABS gets $3M to expand across Pakistan, launch back-office SaaS solution

Founders: Ibrahim Akbar Bokhari, Muhammed Bukhari, Muzaffar Manghi

Farmdar uses remote sensing and AI to create actionable data for farmers and corporates.

Co-investors: Deosai Ventures, Tricap Investments, United Distributors Pakistan Limited, The Community Fund VC, LMKR, K2 Global Ventures

Latest story: Pakistan’s Farmdar raises $1.3M seed

Founders: Abdul Mannan, Jibran Saithi, Mohsin Kalam

Loop helps businesses eliminate inefficiencies in manual financial operations that result in significant working capital savings every month by over 60%.

Co-investors: Rally Cap, Shrug Capital, Vibe VC

Founders: Asma Salman Omer, Ehsan Imam, Farwa Ali

Marham is the leading healthtech platform in Pakistan helping patients find, book and consult doctors online.

Co-investors: Weihan Liew

Latest story: Marham raises $1 million seed to grow into a healthcare superapp for Pakistan

Founders: Fawad Hussain, Sameel Hayat, Shoaib Khan, Umair Aslam

Markaz is the leading social reselling platform in Pakistan.

Co-investors: Y Combinator, Suya Ventures, executives from Careem, Deloitte, Amazon and Gojek

Latest story: How Markaz Built A New Marketplace For Pakistan’s Micro-Enterprises

Founders: Rooshan Aziz, Taha Ahmed

Maqsad is making education more accessible for 100M students in Pakistan.

Co-investors: Alter Global, Fatima-Gobi Ventures, angel investors.

Latest story: Pakistan edtech startup Maqsad gets $2.1M pre-seed to make education more accessible

Founders: Rebecka Zavaleta, Usama Mahmud

Paismo makes modern HR & payroll software for emerging markets. Paismo's products are easy, affordable, and customizable.

Co-investors: Antler, Jedar Capital

Latest story: Looking to tackle outdated HR functions, Pakistan’s Paismo announces raising $1.3mn in seed round

Founder: Aly Fahd

An exclusive community connecting distinguished Pakistani diaspora with entrepreneurial & investment ecosystem back home.

Co-investors: Disrupt.com, Yousuf Khan

Lates Story: Paklaunch Raises Funding Led by Disrupt.com, Eyes Regional Expansion

Founders: Qasim Asad Salam, Talha Masood

RemoteBase helps companies set up world class remote engineering teams in 24 hours.

Co-investors: Draper Associates, Hustle Fund

Latest story: Remotebase raises $1.4 million seed to connect Pakistani software engineers with Silicon Valley startups

Founders: Bilal Latif, Omar Mukhtar

Voyage digitizes the global freight and logistics from Pakistan to make it simpler, faster and more transparent

Co-investors: Youssef Salem

Latest Story: Pakistani start-up Voyage Freight secures $1m in pre-seed funding

Founders: Hasan Arshad Nasir, Hassan Khan, Imran Afzal Mughal, Laiq Chughtai

Zyp is leadingPakistan’s transition to the zero-carbon era by building globally competitive electric mobility solutions, starting with electric motorbikes and battery swapping stations.

Latest story: With aim to enable electric motorcycles in Pakistan, Zyp Technologies announces $1.2mn seed round

Founders: Sidra Qasim, Waqas Ali

Atoms makes the ideal everyday shoes. Vogue called them "the most thoughtfully designed sneakers ever.” While Atoms is not a fund investment, our managing partner is one of their earliest backers and is on their board. We consider Atoms friends of Indus Valley and continue to be inspired by them.

Co-investors: Initialized Capital, Kleiner Perkins, DST Global, Shrug Capital, LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner, Acumen founder and CEO Jacqueline Novogratz, TED curator Chris Anderson

Latest story: From Lahore To New York: The Pakistani Entrepreneurs Behind Atoms