# Top 10 Hospitality Startup Investors in Pakistan in May 2026

## William Hockey
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services

William Hockey is the Co-CEO of Column. He previously worked at Bain & Company as an Associate. William Hockey attended Emory University.

## Sai Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Coworking, Hospitality, Real Estate

Sai Ventures is an investment firm.

## Turner Novak
- Type: Angel
- Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Mobile Apps

Turner Novak is a Investor at Banana Capital. He attended Grand Valley State University from 2014.

## Teddy Himler
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: News, Social Media, Facility Management

Teddy is a Vice President at SoftBank Group International, where he works on direct investing, M&A, and funds based out of New York City.
He previously worked at SoftBank Capital in Silicon Valley and Jakarta, Indonesia where he co-founded and oversaw a set of SoftBank venture funds dedicated to early-stage Internet leaders throughoutSoutheast Asia.
Teddy previously worked at Comcast Ventures in New York City, where he led investments in eCommerce and Media.He also worked as an analyst for Goldman Sachs’ Technology, Media and Telecom Investment Banking group in San Francisco advising on M&A and financing transactions across the technology landscape. He graduated with a B.A. in government and economics from Harvard.SoftBank Investments include:
Tokopedia: Indonesian eCommerce leader
Dialpad: Unified communications suite
Qerja: Indonesian jobs portal
Cybereason: Endpoint Security, board observer
Berkshire Grey: warehouse automation leader
Housing.com, board member
Airspan, board member
CaliBurger, board observerComcast Investments include:
Zola: online wedding registry and services
Cheddar: Post-cable network, sold to Altice USA
PetCoach: Omni-channel vet service, sold to Petco
Retina.ai: Data science-as-a-service, board observer
Earny: Price protection service
Madison Reed: Subscription D2C hair-color service
YouNow: Decentralized live-streaming
Nextdoor: Local social network
Basis: Stable CryptocurrencyPersonal investments include:
Bureau: B2B Furniture
ABL Space: Space launch vehicles
KindBody: Women's health

## Shorooq Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, E-Commerce, FinTech

Shorooq Partnersis the leading tech investor in the region, inspired by the best entrepreneurs, investors and practices from around the world.

## Indus Valley Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Retail, Fitness, Marketplace

Indus Valley Capital is an early stage venture capital fund investing in Pakistani startups. We help founders build Pakistan's future.

## Muir Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, FinTech, Coworking

Muir Capital operates as a venture capital firm.

## Kinnow VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Farming, Coworking, Logistics

We are an early stage fund for startups in Pakistan. We are a team of builders ourselves, and looking to partner with passionate, authentic people, and help them build the next generation-defining companies in the region.

## Zayn Venture Capital (Formally Zayn Capital)
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, E-Commerce, FinTech

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## Lakson Venture Capital (LVC)
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Grocery, Travel, E-Commerce

Lakson Investments Venture Capital (LIVC) invests in Pakistan based opportunities. The firm concentrates on investments where technology can be leveraged to enable, enhance and disrupt existing business models or create new ones.LIVC's investment focus is at the stage in the start-up lifecycle where the company is less than 36-48 months awayfrom a successful Series A round or potential exit. The firm also invests in select Seed rounds through its Incubation and Accelerator ecosystem relationships as well as overseas partners in Silicon Valley and Europe where it seeks to bring proven foreign technology to Pakistan.The firm's team comprises of a diverse set of investors, domain experts, operators, and entrepreneurs with a successful track record of bringing big ideas to fruition.LIVC invests alongside entrepreneurs and local businesses to build new enterprises and through investing seed capital, take ideas to the next stage. It works with Lakson Investments’ (“LI”) team of over 50 experienced professionals while at the same time, leverage the operational experience of the Lakson Group. Over 14,000 people are employed by Lakson in Pakistan in businesses across sectors such as: Technology (CyberNet & Sybrid), Broadcast and Print Media (Express Media Group), FMCG (Colgate-Palmolive Pakistan), Insurance, and QSR (McDonald’s Pakistan).LI is one of the largest private sector asset managers in Pakistan with over US$300mn under management with a rating of AM2+.

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