For the first time in Asia and Pakistan, people will witness the first Startup Grind Pakistan Conference 2019. This is bringing together over 1,500 founders and thought leaders, for conversations, collaborations and actions around the role of technology for the future of Pakistan.
Globally successful Pakistani entrepreneurs, innovators and technologists are invited to tell their story of the their ventures and how Pakistan as a country can emulate their achievement.
Startup opportunities to network and scale your business
About Startup Grind:
Startup Grind is the world’s largest independent startup community, actively educating, inspiring, and connecting entrepreneurs in 600 cities, across 125 countries.
Conference in 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.
Tickets:
| Ticket Type | Date | Price | Fee | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Student / Guest Pass– Entry to all stages – No Lunch and Tea | Sale ends October 20th | 5,000.00 PKR | 279.77 PKR | |
| Full Access – Early Bird (before Oct. 20)– Entry to all stages – Lunch and Tea on Conference Day | Sale ends October 20th | 15,000.00 PKR | 837.27 PKR | |
| VIPEverything from Full Access Pass plus the following perks: – Access to reserved lounge area – Reserved seating in the mainstage – Invite to the Opening Night / VIP Dinner | Sale ends November 4th | 50,000.00 PKR | 2,788.52 PKR | |
| Nation BuilderEverything from VIP Pass plus the following perks: – Participation in Winter Retreat including logistics from Islamabad – Invite to the Exclusive Closing Dinner (post conference) | Sale ends November 4th | 150,000.00 PKR | 8,363.52 PKR |
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Speakers:
Shoaib Makani KEEPTRUCKIN Founder, CEO
Sabah Baxamoosa GSVLABS Director, Business Development
Aatif Awan INDUS VALLEY CAPITAL Founder, General Partner
Safwan Shah PAYACTIV Founder, CEO
Murtaza Ahmed SOFTBANK Managing Partner
Yusuf Amdani GRUPO KARIMS President
Saad Bashir CITY OF SEATTLE CTO
Thomas Tsao GOBI PARTNERS Co-Founder
Andrew Hyde STARTUP WEEKEND Founder
Dr. Waheed Qureshi MESMER Founder, CEO
Melissa Sassi IBM Startup Program Manager
Tania Aidrus GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN Prime Minister’s Digitalization Initiative
Riyad Abou Jaoudeh MIDDLE EAST VENTURE PARTNERS VC (MEVP) Managing Director
Shabahat Ali Shah NITB PAKISTAN / IGNITE – NTF CEO / Chairman
Mashhood Alam SAP ARIBA Senior Director of Product Management
Akif Malik PODIUM VC Managing Partner
Omar Chaudhary 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
Dr. Bernhard Klemen SARMAYACAR Partner
Mostafa Kandil SWVL CEO
Faisal Aftab LAKSON INVESTMENTS VENTURE CAPITAL (LIVC) Managing Partner
Kalsoom Lakhani INVEST2INNOVATE Founder, CEO
Zouhair Khaliq TEAMUP Co-Founder
Yasser Bashir ARBISOFT Co-Founder, CEO
Ali Mukhtar FATIMA VENTURES Founder, CEO
Khurram Zafar 47 VENTURES Director
Rabeel Warraich SARMAYACAR Founder, CEO
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
Nadeem Hussain PLANET N GROUP OF COMPANIES Founder and Coach
Sidra Iqbal AAJ NEWS Anchorperson
Misbah Naqvi I2I VENTURES Managing Partner
Hassan Saeed BUSINESS CONSULTANT QA
Zain Haider Awan RE:CODED Growth & Operations Manager
Ahmed Khan CHEETAY LOGISTICS PVT. LTD. Founder
Umar Saif GEO/JANG MEDIA GROUP Chief Digital Officer
Magnus Sparrholm TALKPOOL Chairman
Humayun Mazhar CRESVENTURES Founder & CEO
Junaid Iqbal CAREEM PAKISTAN AND SAUDI ARABIA Managing Director
Erdem Dereli ENTREN Founder, CEO
Mohammed Salah STARTUP GRIND Country Manager
Ali Nawab SENTIANCE SVP, Product | Office of the CTO
Babar Nawaz ICAREMANAGER Co-Founder
Parvez Abbasi NIC ISLAMABAD Project Director
Confirmed Speaker U.S DEPARTMENT OF STATE Foreign Service Officer
Kaiser Naseem IFC – INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION Banking and Digital Transformation Advisory Services
Kamal Sheikh Co-Founder, CEO
Naheed Afzal TECH LONDON ADVOCATES PAKISTAN (TLAP) / CONTRACTS IT RECRUITMENT CONSULTING Chair / CEO
Shahzeb Memon SWVL General Manager Pakistan
Abbas Khan ABACUS CONSULTING CEO
Bassel Al Nahlaoui CAREEM Managing Director – Gulf & Pakistan
Hyder Mumtaz AUGMENTCARE CEO
Richard Crowder BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION British High Commissioner
Rizwan Buttar PHARMA TRAX CIO
Romana Abdullah HOPSCOTCH Co-Founder, CEO
Shauzab Ali SECP Commissioner
Tafseer-ul-Islam Siddiqui CAREEM Director of Software Engineering
Asad Warraich GUARDIAN HOME HEALTHCARE CEO
Muhammad Nasrullah (Nash) INTEGRY Founder & CEO
Amer Haider DOCTELLA Former CEO / Co-Founder
Felipe Millan SENDGRID Former Developer Evangelist
Kristin Anderssen CITY OF OSLO
Mark Bunger INNOVATIONLAB Deep Tech Agent
Najeeb Ghauri NETSOL Chairman
Zeeshan Ali SALESFORCE Vice President Canada
