Pakistani startups have raised a total of $563.5 million across 255 deals since 2015 with $350 million raised via 83 deals in 2021 alone, accounting for over 60 percent of all deals completed within the past seven years.
A report by Invest2Innovate titled, “Pakistan Startup Ecosystem Report (PSER) 2021” documents the developments in the startup ecosystem in addition to the challenges and opportunities during the last two years. It parses out the current growth patterns such as increasing interest from notable international investors, the emergence of hyperlocal business models solving real problems, and regulatory shifts that have occurred during this period among others.
