Startup Grind Pakistan Conference 2019

Nov 4, 2019, 1:00 PM – Nov 5, 2019, 1:00 PM

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.

About this event

Startup Grind (in partnership with Google for Startups) proudly presents the first Startup Grind Pakistan Conference!

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.

Why Pakistan?

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.

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Speakers

  • Raghib Hussain

    Marvell Semiconductor

    EVP - Networking & Processors Group, Chief Strategy Officer

  • Shoaib Makani

    KeepTruckin

    Founder, CEO

  • Sabah Baxamoosa

    GSVlabs

    Director, Business Development

  • Aatif Awan

    Indus Valley Capital

    Founder, General Partner

  • Safwan Shah

    PayActiv

    Founder, CEO

  • Saad Bashir

    City of Seattle

    CTO

  • Thomas Tsao

    Gobi Partners

    Co-Founder

  • Dr. Waheed Qureshi

    Mesmer

    Founder, CEO

  • Shabahat Ali Shah

    NITB Pakistan / Ignite - NTF

    CEO / Chairman

  • Mashhood Alam

    SAP Ariba

    Senior Director of Product Management

  • Omar Chaudhary

    PlayerMatch.com

    Nordic Ventures Board Member and PlayerMatch.com CEO.

  • Naheed Afzal

    Tech London Advocates Pakistan (TLAP) / Contracts IT Recruitment Consulting

    Chair / CEO

  • Bilal Ahmed

    SonaSoft

    CTO & VP of Engineering

  • Adeel Raza

    Minder / MailMunch

    CTO / CEO

  • Majid Khan

    Jabberwock Ventures

    Executive Chairman

  • Jamaludin Bujang

    Gobi Partners

    Managing Director

  • Mostafa Kandil

    Swvl

    CEO

  • Faisal Aftab

    Lakson Investments Venture Capital (LIVC)

    Managing Partner

  • Kalsoom Lakhani

    Invest2Innovate

    Founder, CEO

  • Zouhair Khaliq

    Teamup

    Member of PM's Task Force on IT & Telecom and Co-Founder

  • Yasser Bashir

    Arbisoft

    Co-Founder, CEO

  • Ali Mukhtar

    Fatima Ventures

    Founder, CEO

  • Khurram Zafar

    47 Ventures

    Director

  • Muneeb Maayr

    Bykea

    Founder

  • Faizan Aslam

    Founder, CEO

    BookMe.pk

  • Ingrid Johansson

    Embassy of Sweden - Islamabad

    Swedish Ambassador

  • Bernhard Schlagheck

    Embassy of Germany - Islamabad

    German Ambassador

  • Misbah Naqvi

    i2i Ventures

    Managing Partner

  • Zain Haider Awan

    Re:Coded

    Growth & Operations Manager

  • Ahmed Khan

    Cheetay Logistics Pvt. Ltd.

    Founder

  • Magnus Sparrholm

    TalkPool

    Chairman

  • Humayun Mazhar

    CresVentures

    Founder & CEO

  • Erdem Dereli

    ENTREN

    Founder, CEO

  • Mo Salah

    Startup Grind Oman + Jordan

    Country Manager

  • Ali Nawab

    Sentiance

    SVP, Product | Office of the CTO

  • Babar Nawaz

    iCareManager

    Co-Founder, COO

  • Parvez Abbasi

    NIC Islamabad

    Project Director

  • Kaiser Naseem

    IFC - International Finance Corporation

    Banking and Digital Transformation Advisory Services

  • Kamal Sheikh

    iCareManager

    Co-Founder, CEO

  • Shahzeb Memon

    Swvl

    General Manager Pakistan

  • Abbas Khan

    ABACUS Consulting

    CEO

  • Hyder Mumtaz

    AugmentCare

    CEO

  • Richard Crowder

    British High Commission

    British High Commissioner

  • Rizwan Buttar

    Pharma Trax

    CIO

  • Shauzab Ali

    SECP

    Commissioner

  • Tafseer-ul-Islam Siddiqui

    Careem

    Director of Software Engineering

  • Muhammad Nasrullah (Nash)

    Integry

    Founder & CEO

  • Amer Haider

    Doctella

    Fomer CEO / Co-Founder

  • Kristin Anderssen

    City of Oslo

  • Mark Bunger

    InnovationLab

    Deep Tech Agent

  • Zeeshan Ali

    Salesforce

    Vice President - Canada

  • Naveed Iftikhar

    Learners' Republic

    Founder

  • Mahboob Mahmood

    Knowledge Platform

    CEO

  • Dr. Shahbaz Khan

    KPITB

    MD

  • Salman Amin

    PITB

    Director, Entrepreneurship

  • Noman Azhar

    JS Bank

    EVP/Country Head - Branchless Banking & Digital Implementation at JS Bank

  • Omar Shah

    Colabs

    Co-Founder / Partner

  • Sardar Abubakr

    Telenor Pakistan

    Chief Digital & Strategy Officer

  • Omer Jilani

    Happa Studios

    Creative Director

  • Illango Patchamuthu

    World Bank

    Country Director, Pakistan

  • Brandon Timinsky

    SADAPAY.PK

    CEO

  • Dr. Musstanser Tinaul

    Fori Mazdoori

    Founder

  • Ali Jehangir Siddiqui

    Government of Pakistan

    Ambassador-at-large for Investments

  • Aamer Zaheer

    KeepTruckin

    Head of R&D

  • Maryam Arshad

    ImpactDynamics

    Founder, CEO

  • Murtaza Zaidi

    NIC Peshawar

    Director

  • Samar Hasan

    epiphany

    Co-Founder and CEO

  • Shehab Farukh Niazi

    Startup Guide Pakistan

    Editor in Chief

  • Dr. Sarah Qureshi

    Aero Engine Craft (Pvt.) Ltd

    CEO/Founder

  • Omar Moeen Malik

    Telenor Micro Finance Bank Limited

    Head of Digital Wallets & Payments

  • Cynia Ejaz

    National Incubation Center

    Community Manager

  • Sumera Abbasi

    WECREATE Pakistan

    Manager

Hosts

  • Arzish Azam

    Startup Grind / Ejad Labs

    Director / CEO

  • Shahjahan Chaudhary

    National Incubation Center Karachi

    Conference Co-Organizer

  • Mehroz Azam

    Startup Grind Islamabad / Ejad Labs

    Conference Co-Organizer

  • Shehab Farrukh Niazi

    Startup Guide Pakistan

    Media & Communications

  • Saad Idrees

    Daftarkhwan

    CEO

  • Riaz Ahmed

    Bykea

    International Outreach

  • Jawad Sadiq

    Devenings

    Developer Stage

Organizers

  • Arzish Azam

    Ejad Labs

    Country Manager, Pakistan

  • Mehroz Azam

    Ejad Labs

    Co-Director

Silver

LMKT logo

LMKT

Partner

National Information Technology Board (NITB) logo

National Information Technology Board (NITB)

Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) logo

Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP)

Partners

Ejad Labs logo

Ejad Labs

PAK-US Tech Exchange logo

PAK-US Tech Exchange

National Incubation Center logo

National Incubation Center

Teamup logo

Teamup

Pakistani Women in Computing (PWIC) logo

Pakistani Women in Computing (PWIC)

Tech London Advocates Pakistan (TLAP) logo

Tech London Advocates Pakistan (TLAP)

Devenings logo

Devenings

Daftarkhwan logo

Daftarkhwan

DigitalOcean logo

DigitalOcean

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