# Top 50 Marketplace Startup Investors in Pakistan in May 2026

## Global Founders Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 11
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, Software, FinTech

Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel.

## Zayn Venture Capital (Formally Zayn Capital)
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 10
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, E-Commerce, FinTech

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## Fatima Gobi Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
- Relevant deals: 10
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce

We focus on technology-enabled businesses that address current pain points in Pakistan’s booming market. From travel and logistics to FinTech and TaqwaTech, our startups are disrupting the industry and changing the way Pakistanis live.

## Lakson Venture Capital (LVC)
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
- Relevant deals: 9
- 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+.

## i2i Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, Software, Logistics

i2i Ventures is a investment fund of Invest2Innovate.

## Sarmayacar
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Information Technology, E-Commerce

Pakistan's largest Venture capital fund dedicated to the technology sector as it looks to build scalable, market-transforming and consumer technology

## Walled City Co.
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Supply Chain Management, Developer Tools, Logistics

Walled City Co. – investment syndicates for seed and early-stage start-ups & entrepreneurs. We focus on long-term value by partnering with knowledgeable, innovative & passionate founding teams leveraging technology for Pakistan-centric market opportunities. We believe raising capital is the easiest part and that’s why we don’t just investcapital in start-ups; we provide them the resources to dream big . . . from a peer-network of fellow founders in the community to connections with the best in the world of data & technology, business management, human capital, allied services, and of course our strong network of angels, advisors, board members, champions, investors & partners, who help steer them to the next steps of progress, adding value to the economy and building large valuable enterprises in the process. At the core of Walled City Co.’s investment ideology is our strong belief in coopetition – competition & cooperation put together & therefore we primarily invest in seed and early-stage start-ups & entrepreneurs . . . those who are ready to build their start-up spaceship! In short, we are the foundation of the strong walls to build the launch site of the start-up spaceship. If you are actively pursuing a start-up in these verticals or you know a stellar founding team in any of these verticals, let's talk! Agriculture, Consumer, Education, Engineering, Fashion & Design, Financial Services, Last-Mile, Shared Economy, Supply-Chain Leap of faith:
Pakistan is at the cusp of a technology revolution and angel investments get you a front-row seat on this amazing ride. You can go at it all by yourself or get ahead of the curve and co-invest with our Sultans. Confidentiality, Trust & Respect are the cornerstones of our investment ideology. Join Walled City Co., Pakistan’s premier angel investment syndicates, to be amongst like-minded angels and be the first to learn about investment opportunities in emerging companies.

## Indus Valley Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
- Relevant deals: 5
- 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.

## Alter Global
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Marketplace, B2B

Alter Global is a venture capital firm investing in early-stage startups within emerging markets such as Southeast Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa. Since 2015, we’ve partnered with more than 40 exceptional ventures across 18 countries. We believe in the theory of individual change, supporting high-character founders who are buildingnot only their companies, but their communities and countries as well. We match our founders with talent, expertise, and investments from around the world.We're on a mission to create an unprecedented global network of the world's best tech founders - #ventureboldly and join us.

## Asif Keshodia
- Type: Angel
- Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Marketplace, Consumer Goods

Asif Keshodia is an Angel Investor based in Dubai, UAE and the co-founder of Storfox.com. He is most notable for his work as the Group CFO of Souq.com, which was acquired by Amazon in a milestone deal for the Middle East tech sector. He joined Souq in 2011 as an early stage investor and raised over $400m to help it become the leading onlineretailer in the region. After its acquisition by Amazon in 2017, he took the role of MENA Regional Finance Director at Amazon. Asif has over 20 years of experience with some of the world’s biggest names, such as PwC, Gillette, Procter & Gamble, and Amazon, in countries around the world, including the UK, South Africa, Russia, and Pakistan. He is now using his decades of multinational corporate experience to help usher small startups to big success. He is dedicated to aiding young entrepreneurs launch their projects, with sights currently set on bolstering the e-commerce ecosystem in the MENA region and South Asia’s burgeoning market.In the recent past Asif has served on the Boards of Souq, Payfort.com, and Instashop.com, recently acquired by the Delivery Hero. He has also invested in a number of fledgling startups including Shipox, Clicky.pk, EzHire and Cartlow.comAsif is a graduate of the University of Karachi with a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce & Economics and a Chartered Accountant (FCA). In 2016, he was named Best Retail CFO of the MENA Region by renowned Middle Eastern publication, The CFO.

## Orbit Startups
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cork, Cork, Ireland
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Software

Orbit Startups helps companies scaling breakthrough technologies across emerging and frontier markets to the regions with the most aggressive growth.

## Fatima Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Information Technology

Fatima Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund that improve profitable market techniques in order.

## Nama Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Information Technology, Marketplace

Nama Ventures is a seed stage venture capital fund focused on fueling innovation in the MENA region, particularly in Saudi Arabia. ama Ventures is built upon the fundamental idea of enabling entrepreneurs to succeed. And as founders of Nama, we are thrilled to finally have the platform to implement this idea. Our hope is that entrepreneurs willingto partner with us will see and feel our value-add approach to investing.

## Shorooq Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Relevant deals: 4
- 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.

## Jabbar Internet Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Retail, Information Technology

The exit of Souq to Amazon is the largest tech transaction of the region, and Souq continues to pave the way in e-commerce in the region. Souq was built from the ground up by the same team at Jabbar, who built the Maktoob portal before that. Maktoob was born out of a simple idea but with a vision that the Arabic Internet will grow and become anintegral part of everybody's life, and grew to become the largest Arabic Internet property before Yahoo acquired it.Both the Souq and Maktoob stories have become inspiring success stories in the region, where budding entrepreneurs and VC's alike, look to our team for inspiration and new ideas.Today Jabbar continues to grow and pave the way for tech in the region. It is in this spirit that we embrace any entrepreneur who is willing to innovate and take risks in order to create something great. Jabbar nurtures such individuals and supports nascent ideas that are in line with its mission. So join our journey :-)

## Mentors Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Redwood City, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Software, Internet

Mentors Fund is a venture capital firm that invests in capital-efficient startups that aim to digitally disrupt traditional businesses.

## Systems Limited
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, B2B, iOS

Systems Limited is a global leader of next-generation IT services and BPO solutions. Ever since its inception in 1977, the company has evolved and taken center stage in information and technology by providing computing strategies and solutions to Government and Private Organizations

## Flexport
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Logistics, Software, E-Commerce

Cut costs, automate workflows, reliably move goods, go carbon-neutral, and improve your supply chain from end to end. It all starts here.

## Saison Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology

They invest in Seed to Series A companies across South East Asia and India. Although they have a sector agnostic fund mandate, they particularly like to work with founders that are building ecosystems with the potential to distribute financial services to the unbanked.

## First Check Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software

First Check Ventures - Investing in Early Stage Startups Across the Globe

## Hi2 Global Venture Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, E-Commerce, FinTech

Haitou Global is a global asset allocation platform providing asset management, investment banking, digital technology product, and services. Haitou Global manages a Registered Investment Advisor and a Broker-dealer in the U.S., with headquarters in New York and Beijing and operations in San Francisco, Hangzhou, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Jakarta.

## Planet N Group of Companies
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Financial Services

Planet N Group is a growth markets oriented high-tech investment firm focused on the Greater Middle East and Asia.
Planet N’s portfolio spans financial inclusion, fintech, data science & AI, e-media, e-health, blockchain, edutech and e-commerce across Egypt, Pakistan, the UAE, Singapore and the UK

## Century Oak Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vaduz, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Retail, E-Commerce, Software

Century Oak Capital GmbH is a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage investments in Europe and Emerging Markets.

## Tahseen Consulting
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Information Technology, E-Commerce, Consumer Goods

We're a boutique firm bridging consulting, government relations, and international development committed to transformational change in the Middle East and North Africa +

## 2am VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Education, Information Services

2am VC is an early-stage venture capital firm.

## Newlin
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Mobile, InsurTech

Newlin VC - Helping founders and investors sustain their financial success, connecting founder to capital & turning ideas to fundable businesses

## VentureSouq
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software

VentureSouq operates a large co-investment platform with a global investment portfolio.

## Saad Saeed
- Type: Angel
- Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Grocery, Delivery, Consumer Goods

Saad Saeed is a Founder at Stealth Mode.

## Umar Saleem
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Grocery, Delivery, Consumer Goods

Umar Saleem, SWVL.

## RaliCap
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments

Rally Cap is a global community of tech folks investing in an exclusive portfolio of top-tier early stage venture funds in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa.

## Runet Labs
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Krasnodar, Krasnodar, Russian Federation
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: B2B, Apps, AgTech

Runet Labs is a 3 month entrepreneurs program.

## Matt Brezina
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Transportation

Matt Brezina investor and advisor Ford Street Ventures. University of Maryland.

## Timur Daudpota
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Apps

Timur Daudpota is the Lifecycle & Retention Marketing Manager at Uplandme. He attended University of Houston.

## Tricap Investments
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, AgTech, Farming

Tricap Investments (Tricap) is a diversified principal investment group based in Dubai, UAE. Tricap sources develop, structure, and execute both direct and fund investments, and private equity transactions. We invest on behalf of our principals, shareholders, and partners.

## Sung Ho Choi
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Apps, Music, FinTech

Sung Ho C. is the Managing Director at Fubo Gaming. He attended University of Chicago.

## Siqi Chen
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Gaming

Siqi Chen is the Co-Founder of Runway and a Member Board Of Directors at Sandbox VR. Siqi holds a Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics from the University of California, San Diego.

## Sajid Rahman
- Type: Angel
- Location: Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Banking

Sajid currently works as Managing Partner at
MyAsiaVC He attended London Business School.

## Edgebrook Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Marketplace, E-Commerce, Wholesale

Edgebrook Partners is a microcap PE fund with a focus on B2B software. Fund owns stakes in 9 companies and is closed to new investors.

## Artistic Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Price Comparison

Artistic Ventures is a Karachi based venture capital firm investing in people with big ideas and a passion to create change.   

## B&Y Venture Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beirut, Beyrouth, Lebanon
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Information Technology, Software

B&Y Venture Partners is a MENA based Venture Capital firm that invests globally at both seed and growth stage. We invest in visionary and high-impact founders aiming to create new markets or transform existing ones.

## Youssef Salem
- Type: Angel
- Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Grocery, Delivery, Payments

Youssef Salem CFO at Swvl.

## Pioneer Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, E-Commerce

300+ YC alumni investing in the top YC startups

## Jedar Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Delivery

VC venture capital investing in early stage startups from seed to series A in fintech, insurtech, marketplaces, foodtech, SaaS, healthtech and agritech

## Rebel Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Health Care

Rebel Fund is powered by an elite team of top Y Combinator alumni partners to support the world's most promising technology startup founders

## MSA Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Financial Services, Biotechnology

MSA Capital is a global venture capital and private equity firm that invests in technology-enabled companies from seed to growth stage. The firm manages capital from the world's top sovereign wealth funds, international asset managers, pension funds, university endowments, fund of funds, and family offices, as well as China's leading neweconomy entrepreneurs.

## Kinnow VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## K3 Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software

K3 Ventures provides venture capital for technology startups in various sectors such as finance, education, healthcare, food and agriculture and others. The firm is headed by Kuok Meng Xiong.

## Next Billion Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce

A venture capital partnership for emerging markets.

## Mehta Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: La Habra, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, 3D Technology

Mehta Ventures is an independent, privately-owned boutique family office that invests in early stage startups. Mehta Ventures has first cheque investing capacity for founders with relevant industry backgrounds. We also provide comprehensive startup, estate and crypto co-investment opportunities to our trusted network of HNI families globally. The family has a significant exposure to India investments,Read More

## Nuwa Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Financial Services, FinTech

A radical investment platform reshaping the relationship between founders and capital.

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