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Tiger Global backs fintech CreditBook in first Pakistan investment

TechCrunch

Two years ago, a group of entrepreneurs in Pakistan began surveying the market to understand why financial services weren’t reaching the majority of merchants in the world’s fifth most populous nation. This is the New York-headquartered firm’s first investment in Pakistan. In Pakistan, there is a huge whitespace in payments.

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The Networked NGO in Pakistan

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We are working very closely with Dr. Yasmeen Qazi who is the Pakistan Country Advisor and her very talented team members, Dr. Iftikhar Soomro and Seema Zameer — all of whom understand capacity building programs. organizational change, and technology. Dealing with Connectivity Issues, Remote Work, and Use of Social Platforms.

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Peter Thiel backs electronics marketplace PriceOye in maiden Pakistan investment

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This is Thiel’s maiden investment in Pakistan. PriceOye has served 45 million unique users in Pakistan in the last two years, covering 37.5% of the country’s total internet userbase, Adnan Shaffi, co-founder and CEO of the startup, told TechCrunch in an interview. That’s the genesis of PriceOye.

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Pakistan’s Neem raises $2.5M to serve underbanked communities with its embedded finance platform

TechCrunch

Pakistan’s embedded finance platform Neem has raised $2.5 If you look at the embedded finance space, it is a $167 billion opportunity,” Shaikh said in an interview with TechCrunch. Citing industry figures, Shaikh said about 53 million people in Pakistan are currently underbanked. Pakistan’s Neem raises $2.5M

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New on SSIR: How does celebrity impact your fundraising?

Amy Sample Ward

—– I’ve recently shared a couple interviews exploring two case studies of really successful online fundraising campaigns: SXSW4Japan Raises Over $120,000 and $100,000 in Three Days with #TeamAutism. My latest contribution to the Stanford Social Innovation Review is up. Both of them involved celebrities.

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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. This allows Pakistani startups to scale faster throughout the country and expand into other markets.”.

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Tazah gets pre-seed funding to make Pakistan’s agriculture sector more bountiful

TechCrunch

The founders of Tazah Technologies , a B2B agriculture marketplace in Pakistan, met while serving leadership roles at Uber subsidiary Careem. We have spent months in wholesale markets, we’ve interviewed hundreds of retailers and we got to know that standardization of product is needed in Pakistan,” said Bajwa. “We