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Pakistan’s startup ecosystem, in one place
The verified directory of startups, incubators and investors building Pakistan’s digital economy — powered by Pakistan Pass.
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Startups16
Browse listed startups raising and building across every sector.
ExploreIncubators & Accelerators8
Programs offering funding, mentorship and networks to founders.
ExploreInvestors10
Verified angels, VCs and syndicates deploying capital in Pakistan.
ExploreWhat Pakistan’s startup ecosystem looks like in 2026
Pakistan has roughly 230 million people, around 65% of them under 30, and an IT export sector worth about $3 billion a year. The startup ecosystem built on top of that sits in three hubs — Karachi for FinTech and e-commerce, Lahore for SaaS and consumer, and Islamabad for deep tech, government-adjacent programmes and outsourced engineering — with growing activity in Peshawar, Faisalabad and Quetta.
Around 41 incubators and accelerators feed the top of the funnel, 8 of them state-funded National Incubation Centers. Capital is thinner than the talent pool: most rounds are pre-seed and seed, a meaningful share of it from diaspora angels in the UAE, UK and North America. The hardest problems for founders here are not product — they are incorporation, banking, compliance and getting money in and out of the country, which is the gap this platform exists to close.
Every profile in this directory is submitted by the company or investor themselves. Profiles marked with a badge have completed Pakistan Pass identity verification, which anyone can check on the public verification page — an unverified profile is a claim, not a fact.
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Neura Labs
FeaturedUrdu-first LLMs and voice AI for Pakistan
GreenVolt
FeaturedSolar financing for Pakistan’s SMEs
Raqami Pay
FeaturedOne QR for every shop in Pakistan
TechVentures Pakistan
FeaturedAI-powered compliance automation for Pakistani businesses
PKRemit Solutions
FeaturedNext-gen digital remittance for overseas Pakistanis
Dukaan Cloud
The operating system for Pakistani retail
Common questions
Pakistan's startup ecosystem is the network of technology companies, incubators, accelerators and investors built around the country's roughly 800,000 developers and $3bn of annual IT exports. It centres on Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad, and is supported by around 41 incubators and accelerators, including 8 state-funded National Incubation Centers.
The strongest Pakistani startups cluster in FinTech, SaaS, AI, HealthTech, AgriTech and logistics. Rather than publish a static ranking, this directory lists live company profiles with sector, stage, city and funding status so you can judge them on current traction — and marks which founders have completed Pakistan Pass identity verification.
Create a free account, complete Pakistan Pass verification, and list your company from the dashboard. Verified listings carry a Pakistan Pass badge that investors, partners and candidates can check against the public verification page.
No. DigitalPakistan.io is an independent, privately operated platform for founders, investors and operators. It is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the Government of Pakistan’s Digital Pakistan policy programme.
The investors directory lists verified angels, VCs and syndicates deploying capital in Pakistan, with their typical ticket size, preferred stages and sectors of interest. Startups listed in the directory are also surfaced to investors through the deal-flow view.
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