Oct 29, 12:00 – 2:00 PM (UTC)
Hall 2, SDSB Building, LUMS, W Block, DHA, Lahore, Pakistan, 54000
Seed to Scale: The Founder-VC Journey, a dynamic panel discussion designed to offer invaluable insights into securing funding and effectively scaling businesses, particularly in today's rapidly evolving tech landscape.
This event happened on 14 October at LUMS, just created on SG platform for the RSVP so our participants can get all the benefits from our 50 global partners and stay connected with us for all the future activities.
"Seed to Scale: The Founder-VC Journey," a dynamic panel discussion designed to offer invaluable insights into securing funding and effectively scaling businesses, particularly in today's rapidly evolving tech landscape.
This session features an exceptional lineup of experts:
Lolita Taub, General Partner at Ganas Ventures (a prominent global VC in USA with over 100 investments
Adil Naseem, Co-founder at PostEx (Raised $15.1Million)
Abbas Yousafzai, CEO at Conrad Labs (Entrepreneur, Investor & Ecosystem Builder)
Fatin Gondal, CEO at Smartlane (Raised $ 2Million)
Iftikhar Hussain, Director, Startup Grind Lahore
Dr. Hassan Rauf, Head MBA Program, SDSB, LUMS
Moderated by Yaser Awan, Director Innovation, Takhleeq
We are thankful to all our community partners to spread our message:
1) Pakistan IT Industry Association (P@SHA)
2) Plan9 PITB Incubation Wing
3) Pakistan Tech Forum
4) Transforming Hub
5) Startupulse by TF Business Solutions
6) Daftarkhawan
7) LUMS
Thumbs up to Gym Passport for supporting us in all the activities of Startup Grind especially the Lolita Taub tour in Lahore.
Looking forward to welcome you in future activities
Ganas Ventures
General Partner
Conrad Labs
CEO
Smartlane
CEO
Postex
Cofounder
Takhleeq
Director Innovation
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM (UTC)
| Registration & Networking |
| Introduction by Laiba Malik, Executive Coordinator, Startup Grind Lahore |
| Opening Remarks by Iftikhar Hussain, Director, Startup Grind Lahore |
| Welcome Address by Dr. Hassan Rauf, Head of MBA Program, Suleman Dawood School of Business, LUMS |
| Panel Discussion |
| Question & Answer |
| Group Photo |
| Refreshments & Networking |
Startup Grind
Director
Startup Grind Lahore
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Startup Grind
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Startup Grind
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Startup Grind
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Startup Grind Lahore
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Startup grind
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Proactiv
Head of Corporate Partnerships
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