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

The founders of Tazah Technologies, a B2B agriculture marketplace in Pakistan, met while serving leadership roles at Uber subsidiary Careem.

Oraan raises $3M to increase financial inclusion among Pakistani women

After working as an investment banker in Canada for a decade, Halima Iqbal moved back to Pakistan in 2017 and quickly realized how difficult it is for women to access financial services.

Pakistan’s Abhi raises $2 million seed for its salary advance platform, joins Y Combinator

Karachi-based salary advance platform Abhi has raised $2 million in a seed round led by Vostok Emerging Finance, it announced in a statement today.

Pakistan’s CreditBook raises $1.5 million seed to digitize bookkeeping for small businesses

Karachi-based fintech CreditBook has raised $1.5 million in a seed round, it told MENAbytes today. The investment came from a mix of local and international investors..

Shifting Capital Podcast with GPs Kalsoom Lakhani & Misbah Naqvi

In this episode of Shifting Capital, Kalsoom Lakhani and Misbah Naqvi share insights on innovations and trends in the tech sector, advice for young entrepreneurs pursuing tech-enabled business models, and their vision for the investment industry in 2030. Tune in!

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Impact Alpha, a leading publication on social and environmental issues and impact investing featured i2i Ventures investing approach

In Pakistan, investing with a gender lens gives i2i Ventures an early-stage edge

Valuing — and overvaluing — startups - Newspaper - DAWN.COM

TelloTalk announces their $1.6 million seed round from investors including SparkLabs Fintech and i2i Ventures via Deal Street Asia..

Edkasa announces $320,000 pre-seed round

Pakistani edtech Edkasa raises $320,000 pre-seed, launches exam prep app for high school students

Misbah and Kalsoom were on the front page of Pakistan’s leading newspaper Dawn's Business section, in a piece on the VC/startup landscape & the work we do at i2i Ventures.

The era of VCs and boom of start-ups

Kalsoom co-authored an Early Stage Investors Guide to investing in Pakistan, launched at Pakistan’s leading technology and entrepreneurship conference 021Disrupt

How to Invest in Pakistan: Launch of the Early Stage Investors Guide at 021Disrupt 2020

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Misbah represented i2i Ventures on the Investor Panel discussion at Pakistan’s leading technology and entrepreneurship conference 021Disrupt

Investor Panel: Bigger Bets at 021Disrupt 2020

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Betting on a New Wave of Pakistani Entrepreneurs, AWS Startup Podcast

i2i Ventures’ GP Kalsoom Lakhani was interviewed for Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) Startup Podcast for an episode Betting on a New Wave of Pakistani Entrepreneurs

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i2i Ventures’ GPs Misbah Naqvi and Kalsoom Lakhani were interviewed by MENABytes’ Zubair Naeem Peracha in October 2020 for an episode of Menabytes Live

Q&A with MENABytes Live: Interview with Misbah Naqvi & Kalsoom Lakhani

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Kalsoom ran a session and Misbah participated in the Skoll World Forum, the leading global social entrepreneurship conference, discussing investing in Pakistan

Skoll Virtual Forum 2020: Entrepreneurship & Investing in Pakistan

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TelloTalk announced $1.6M round November 2019

TelloTalk announces their $1.6 million seed round from investors including SparkLabs Fintech and i2i Ventures via Deal Street Asia.

Kalsoom launched the 2019 Pakistan Startup Ecosystem Report, a study conducted by the i2i Insights team with the support of the World Bank Group

021Disrupt 2019 | The State of Pakistan's Startup Ecosystem by Kalsoom Lakhani

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Misbah shared her insights on a panel with fellow investors at 021Disrput, Pakistan’s leading technology and entrepreneurship conference

021Disrupt 2019 | Investor Panel: Cash to Scale

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i2i Ventures announces launch of new target $15 million fund and first investment in Mauqa Online

i2i Ventures, a $15 million early-stage female-founded Pakistani VC launches with first investment in Mauqa Online

Misbah participated in a discussion at the World Fintech Festival, discussing the opportunity to invest in fintechs in Pakistan

Fintech Investments in Pakistan vs Emerging Markets | World Fintech Festival in Pakistan 2020

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