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Josh, a new indie feature film set in Pakistan

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

(Against the Grain), the first feature film by director Iram Parveen Bilal, is set in modern-day Pakistan. Although the movie touches on many social justice issues, Iram made it clear that she didn't want to make another documentary about Pakistan. She succeeds in showing us, rather than telling, something true and challenging.

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Pakistan edtech startup Maqsad gets $2.1M pre-seed to make education more accessible

TechCrunch

Taha Ahmed and Rooshan Aziz left their jobs in strategy consulting and investment banking in London earlier this year in order to found a mobile-only education platform startup, Maqsad , in Pakistan, with a goal “to make education more accessible to 100 million Pakistani students.”

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New on SSIR: How does celebrity impact your fundraising?

Amy Sample Ward

This rebound was led by an enormous 163% increase in the International sector due to emergencies like the earthquake in Haiti and flooding in Pakistan. Online fundraising revenue grew overall by 14% between 2009 and 2010. Beyond having just a compelling cause, Millennials are looking for trust – aren’t we all?

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FreeWill Acquires AI-Driven GrantAssistant

The NonProfit Times

and Lahore, Pakistan, become part of FreeWill, whose employee footprint for the first time will span beyond the United States. It is backed by Bain Capital’s impact fund, as well as several venture capital firms including HearstLab. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. GrantAssistant’s full team, located in Washington, D.C.

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Why international DFIs are looking to African startups to scale impact investing efforts

TechCrunch

The IFC also recently launched a $225 million fund to back early stage startups in Africa, Central Asia, Middle East, and Pakistan. It seems they’re attracted to tech that enables wider socio-economic development because it offers a scalable and efficient way to make an economic impact.

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NayaPay secures $13 million, largest seed funding in South Asia for its messaging and payment app

TechCrunch

Pakistan-based fintech platform, NayaPay , has raised $13 million in a seed round to rollout its multi-service messaging and payment app, and to build payment acceptance and financial management tools for businesses in the South Asian country. The youth and freelance communities in Pakistan are also majorly locked out by traditional banks.

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Venture capital funding may have slowed, but VC firms have no problems raising new funds

TechCrunch

With a large population, Pakistan is geographically smaller, well-connected with fewer provinces, has lower regulatory barriers and doesn’t have strong incumbents,” Khurshid, who is originally from Pakistan, said via email. As a result, “due diligence is taking additional time but has not impacted yet their final commitments.

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