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Invest2Innovate, or i2i, supports startup communities in growth markets, beginning in Pakistan.

Invest2Innovate supports early-stage enterprises and the broader entrepreneurship ecosystem in untapped developing markets. We have been working in Pakistan since 2011, and plan to scale to other markets in 2015. i2i finds, vets, and selects young entrepreneurs for the i2i Accelerator, a four month program that provides business support, mentorship and access to i2i Angels, our angel investor comm

unity. By supporting entrepreneurs, engaging mentors & investors, and partnering with local stakeholders, we are working to build a better enabling environment in Pakistan to encourage investment & entrepreneurship, as well as foster economic growth and positive social change in the country.

18/12/2025

🚀 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗡𝗜𝗖 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝟴

We are looking for ambitious startups to support with the most robust, equity-free incubation experience, open to founders from all across Pakistan and across all business verticals.

You've done the hard part; creating the idea. We do the next part, accelerating your growth, risk-free.

This isn't just an incubator, it's a one-year launchpad powered by a founder-first community designed to help you move faster and scale smarter.

Focus on Real Growth With:
✅ Expert Mentorship and 1:1 Coaching
✅ Funding and Investment Pathways
✅ Industry Connections and Partnerships
✅ Research Support and Legal Guidance
✅ Fully-Funded Global Exposure Trips
✅ A Tech-Driven Founder Community
✅ Dynamic Co-working Space

Whether you're developing your initial prototype, refining your MVP, or preparing for Series A funding, we offer the support, the space, and the network you need.

Applications are officially open. Do not wait for the perfect moment, create it!

🔗 Learn More & Apply Now at www.nicfaisalabad.com

[StartupIncubator, Cohort8, Innovation, BusinessGrowth, TechStartups, EquityFree, Mentorship, Funding, Faisalabad, Founders, Pakistan]

26/11/2025

When we started shaping Build Up, we knew it needed more than programming, speakers, or logistics. It needed an ecosystem — people and places that have been holding founders long before events like ours even existed.

That’s why this shoutout is special!

A huge shoutout to NIC Karachi and NIC Hyderabad for being such solid supporters of this journey.

Your belief in founders, your commitment to enabling innovation, and your constant presence in the ecosystem make all the difference.

We’re grateful to have you with us as partners in building and strengthening Pakistan’s entrepreneurial landscape. 💛

✨ Only 3 days left.

Grab your passes before registration closes: https://bit.ly/4o1ZOyt

26/11/2025

Just 3 days to go until Build Up 2025!

The agenda is locked, speakers confirmed, and every session is coming together to make this the most impactful day for founders yet.

Are you ready to join founders, operators, and investors in a day full of hands-on learning, honest conversations, and real connections?

Spots are filling fast — don’t wait!

Grab your passes now: Link in bio!

25/11/2025

What to Expect at the AI for Business Growth Workshop

AI isn’t here to replace your creativity — it’s here to amplify it. 🚀

Moderated by Saba Kalsoom, Senior Programs Lead at invest2innovate, this workshop is designed for entrepreneurs and professionals ready to turn AI from a buzzword into a real growth strategy.

Here’s what participants will gain:
✨ Smarter Marketing: Plan, create, and optimize campaigns with AI.
⚡ Better Sales: Focus on what drives results using AI tools.
🤝 Stronger Customer Engagement: Connect with your audience like never before — no tech background required.

💡 Walk away ready to turn AI into your growth advantage.

📢 Registrations are now closed, but you can join our waitlist to be first in line for future sessions!

🔗 Join the waitlist here: https://bit.ly/4nXm3Wa

25/11/2025

Meet Vladimira Briestenska, Co-founder, Neem

A Forbes-awarded entrepreneur and one of the strongest global voices on founder wellbeing, Vladimira is reshaping how Pakistan’s digital economy moves money — and how founders care for themselves while building.

At Build Up 2025, Vladimira joins our Mental Resilience & Recovery Panel

This session dives into the real emotional journey of entrepreneurship — the pressure, burnout, fear, identity shifts, motherhood, and the often-hidden cost of leadership. It’s a raw, honest conversation about what founders carry, what they rarely voice, and what it truly takes to rebuild confidence and resilience.

Moderated by Amin, and joined by Zayaan Bawany (TicketWala), Maheen Adamjee (Dot & Line) and Muzaffar Mangi (FarmDar), the panel brings together founders who will speak openly about the realities behind the scenes and the tools that help them stay grounded.

Vladimira brings a rare mix of operational grit, empathy, and lived experience — exactly the perspective our ecosystem needs right now.

📅 Build Up is this Saturday.
🎟️ Limited seats left — grab your passes now.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4o1ZOyt

24/11/2025

Meet Asif Makhani, Co-Founder of Infino AI and a global product builder who has shaped experiences at Google, Amazon, and Handshake. From scaling search and ML systems to transforming how millions access opportunity, Asif has built products and teams that operate at a global scale.

At Build Up 2025, Asif joins Sarah Munir (CEO, i2i) for a fireside chat translating Silicon Valley’s scaling DNA into actionable lessons for founders in Pakistan.

Expect insights on:
— Building products that scale with limited resources
— Hiring and motivating top technical talent on lean budgets
— Validating product-market fit in fragmented markets
— Leveraging AI as a force multiplier for small teams
— Founder mindset and resilience in high-pressure environments

This is your chance to learn from someone who’s done it all — and bring those lessons straight back to your startup.

⏳ Final week to sign up!

https://bit.ly/4o1ZOyt

Bring your co-founder, partner, or team lead and avail group discounts. Seats are limited!

21/11/2025

Meet Raasti Said, the facilitator guiding our final reset in the Mental Wellness Block at Build Up 2025 — a 20-minute breathing and movement practice designed to help founders release stress and return to clarity.

In a day filled with honesty, emotion, pressure, and practical tools, this session is the grounding moment. Raasti will lead a collective breathwork reset to help founders regulate stress, reconnect to their bodies, and remember that while fear and uncertainty are constants in entrepreneurship, resilience comes from tools, awareness, and recovery.

This is where the day shifts from chaos → clarity.
This is where founders breathe again.

🎟️ Founder passes are 20% off — we’re 7 days away and seats are limited.

Grab yours now. https://bit.ly/4o1ZOyt

21/11/2025

Meet Miral Sharif, Country Head at .pakistan — and one of the sharpest operators in the mobility space.

If you’ve ever wondered what it takes to build operational engines that scale across teams, cities, vendors, and constantly moving parts, Miral is the person to learn from. At Yango, she leads high-volume, high-velocity operations where precision, speed, and systems thinking aren’t optional — they’re the baseline.

At Build Up 2025, Miral joins our Inside the Engine Room panel, moderated by Halima Iqbal ( ), alongside Arsalan Mehmood ( ) and Hanzala Raja (.pk ). Together, they’ll break down what strong operations really look like behind the scenes:
— how to align cross-functional teams without chaos
— how digitization and automation reshape daily workflows
— what it takes to build systems that scale without founder dependency

🎟️ Founder passes are currently 20% off — grab yours now.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4o1ZOyt

21/11/2025

The hardest part of building a company isn’t the strategy — it’s holding yourself together while everything around you keeps shifting.
That’s why the Founder Resilience & Recovery block at Build Up 2025 is designed as a space founders rarely get: a deeply honest, science-backed reset that cuts past the motivational fluff and goes straight into what it actually takes to lead under pressure.

We begin with a raw storytelling panel moderated by Amin, featuring
Zayaan Bawany (TicketWala), Vladimira Briestenska (Neem), Maheen Adamjee (Dot & Line), and Muzaffar Mangi (FarmDar) — founders who will speak openly about fear, burnout, identity shifts, motherhood, rebuilding confidence, and the emotional weight of leadership.

No polished success stories. No rehearsed answers. Just the truth behind the founder journey.
This is followed by an interactive resilience workshop and a guided breathing reset so you don’t just hear the lessons — you feel them in your body.
If you’re building in the middle of uncertainty, this block may be the reset you didn’t know you needed.

🗓️ Build Up is 7 days away — limited slots left.
🎟️ Hurry up and grab your tickets now: https://bit.ly/4o1ZOyt

20/11/2025

Every fast-growing company has one thing in common: a rock-solid engine room.
The kind of operations you feel—in the speed of delivery, the quality of ex*****on, and the clarity of internal alignment.

At Build Up 2025, we’re opening that engine room with a power panel led by Halima Iqbal (CEO & Founder, Oraan) and joined by operators who run some of the most complex systems in Pakistan:
Arsalan Mehmood (foodpanda), Miral Sharif (Yango Services), and Hanzala Raja (Highfy).

This conversation goes beyond “ops” as a back-office function. It’s about how real businesses scale:
how workflows are built, how teams stay aligned, how vendors are managed, how automation actually works, and how AI moves from buzzword to backbone.

Plus — the audience gets a chance to put their operational bottlenecks on the hot seat for rapid-fire fixes.

If you’re building, scaling, or constantly firefighting, this panel might be the most valuable 45 minutes of your day.

🗓️ 29th Nov | Karachi
🚀 Founder passes are 20% off — grab yours now

🔗 https://bit.ly/4o1ZOyt

20/11/2025

🚀 Panel: The Art of Selling – Convincing Customers, Partners & Investors
Sales, partnerships, and investor conversations can make or break your business — but the art of convincing is a skill that can be learned.

Join Arif Lakhani (Qist Bazaar) as moderator with founders Omar bin Ahsan (Haball) and Maha Shahzad (BusCaro) at Build Up 2025, to uncover practical strategies for winning clients, building partnerships, and securing investor confidence. Learn from real-world examples and actionable insights that founders can apply immediately.

🗓 29th Nov at District 19, Karachi
📢 Founder passes are 20% off — grab yours now during the flash sale!

🔗 https://bit.ly/4o1ZOyt

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