Nov 4, 2019, 1:00 PM – Nov 5, 2019, 1:00 PM (UTC)
PNCA, F-5/1, Islamabad, 44000
This is the first Startup Grind conference in Asia, bringing together over 1,500 founders and thought leaders, for conversations, collaborations and actions around the role of technology for the future of Pakistan. We are inviting globally successful Pakistani entrepreneurs, innovators and technologists to tell their story and how Pakistan as a country can emulate their achievement.
This is the first Startup Grind conference in Asia, bringing together over 1,500 founders and thought leaders, for conversations, collaborations and actions around the role of technology for the future of Pakistan. We are inviting globally successful Pakistani entrepreneurs, innovators and technologists to tell their story and how Pakistan as a country can emulate their achievement.
Startup Grind is the world’s largest independent startup community, actively educating, inspiring, and connecting entrepreneurs in 600 cities, across 125 countries. Startup Grind is powered by Google for Startups.
Pakistan is the 6th largest country in the world with a population of 220 million, around 50% of the population speaks English making it the world's 3rd largest english speaking country. With over 70 million people having access to high speed internet, Pakistan has more internet users than the population of all Nordic countries combined.
According to Bloomberg, Pakistan is the world's fastest growing retail market in fact Uber's CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said "Pakistan is one of Uber's fastest growing markets" after Uber's $3.1 billion acquisition of Careem, a ride hailing unicorn founded by a Pakistani entrepreneur.
Careem is not the only one, Pakistan has produced the minds behind some of the world's leading tech companies including Afiniti ($1.6 billion AI startup), KeepTruckin ($1.25 billion startup), FireEye (world's leading cybersecurity company), Cavium (sold for $6 billion) and many others.
Marvell Semiconductor
EVP - Networking & Processors Group, Chief Strategy Officer
KeepTruckin
Founder, CEO
GSVlabs
Director, Business Development
Indus Valley Capital
Founder, General Partner
PayActiv
Founder, CEO
City of Seattle
CTO
Gobi Partners
Co-Founder
Mesmer
Founder, CEO
NITB Pakistan / Ignite - NTF
CEO / Chairman
SAP Ariba
Senior Director of Product Management
PlayerMatch.com
Nordic Ventures Board Member and PlayerMatch.com CEO.
Tech London Advocates Pakistan (TLAP) / Contracts IT Recruitment Consulting
Chair / CEO
SonaSoft
CTO & VP of Engineering
Minder / MailMunch
CTO / CEO
Jabberwock Ventures
Executive Chairman
Gobi Partners
Managing Director
Swvl
CEO
Lakson Investments Venture Capital (LIVC)
Managing Partner
Invest2Innovate
Founder, CEO
Teamup
Member of PM's Task Force on IT & Telecom and Co-Founder
Arbisoft
Co-Founder, CEO
Fatima Ventures
Founder, CEO
47 Ventures
Director
Bykea
Founder