Investors in Pakistan

The Abraaj Group is a private equity, venture capital, and real estate investment firm specializing in early venture, seed, growth capital, emerging growth, mid venture, late venture, expansion capital, industry consolidation, mezzanine, subdebt, PIPES, buyouts, bridge, recapitalization, infrastructure, and buy and build in mature companies. It seeks to invest in small and medium sized enterprises in emerging markets. The firm typically invests in oil, gas and consumable fuels, metals and mining, agricultural machinery and equipment, agricultural services, auto parts and equipment, leisure facilities, pharmaceuticals, services outsourcing, water utilities, real estate, health care and clean energy, manufacturing, food products, FMCG, construction, healthcare services, industrials, telecommunications, resource and infrastructure services, education, information technologies, aviation, materials and logistics, agribusiness, energy, and food industries. It focuses on consumer goods and services, within which it also focuses on fast moving consumer goods manufacturing, retail, and food & beverage. Within financial services it also focuses on banking, non-bank financial institutions (such as mortgage or consumer finance specialists), insurance companies (life, general and reinsurance), and payments and fintech businesses. Within healthcare it focuses on hospitals & clinics and other type of service providers in the healthcare domain. Within education, it focuses on private K-12 schools and traditional graduate and post-graduate, campus-based universities. We are also investing in clean energy power generation, i.e., renewable power generation assets. We will also selectively invest in base-load gas-fired power generation assets and select midstream and downstream energy infrastructure assets including transmission and distribution assets that complete the value chain. It invests in companies based in Far East, the Middle East including Saudi Arabia, North Africa, Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, and South Asia with a focus on Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Algeria, Pakistan, Turkey, the Palestinian territories and the six Gulf Arab nations that make up the Gulf Cooperation Council. The firm also seeks to invest globally with a focus on Sub Saharan Africa including Ivory Coast region; Latin America including Argentina, Brazil; Central Asia; and Southeast Asia including India and the Philippines. The firm seeks to make equity investments between $0.5 million and $100 million; typically investing $10 million to $100 million in private equity investments as well as in real estate. It prefers to invest between $100 million and $300 million in its portfolio companies. It prefers to invest in companies with revenue between $6 million to $35 million. The firm acquires controlling or significant interest and seeks board representation in its portfolio companies. It typically exits its investments within a period of three years to five years through structured exits to strategic and trade buyers or onto public markets in the region. The firm seeks majority and minority positions in public enterprises ranging between 10% and 49%. The Abraaj Group was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates with additional offices across Asia, Africa, and Europe.

Neither the markets nor aid alone can solve the problems of poverty. More than two billion people around the world lack access to basic goods and services—from clean water and electricity to an education and the freedom to participate in the economy. We’re here to change that. Our vision is a world based on dignity, where every human being has the same opportunity. Rather than giving philanthropy away, we invest it in companies and change makers.

Early stage venture capital firm investing in Pakistani startups.

AT I2I VENTURES, WE INVEST IN EARLY-STAGE TECHNOLOGY-ENABLED BUSINESSES IN PAKISTAN. WE TAKE A SMART INVESTING APPROACH, ENGAGING WITH EXCITING FOUNDERS AND THEIR TEAMS TO HELP BUILD VENTURES POSITIONED FOR SCALE.

Since 2017, TPL e-Ventures has been supporting tech or tech-enabled startups. Initially structured as the corporate venturing arm of TPL Corp, it will develop into a VC firm. The partner startup investments have been made at Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A stages, across industries, but with a focus on businesses that the TPL Group (i.e., TPL Corp, TPL Properties, TPL Insurance, TPL Life, TPL Trakker, TPL Maps and TPL Security) can actively add value to.

Abler Nordic AS is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in direct, and fund of funds investments in emerging, early stage, mature, and startup companies. The firm also prefers to invest in Debt, Sub-Debt and Equity instruments of microfinance institutions. It prefers to invest in young & emerging MFIs that have a clearly stated social mission and that have reached financial sustainability or have good prospects for attaining financial sustainability within the next few years. The firm also invests in other institutions providing financial inclusion to the poor in developing countries. It may in special cases invest in MIVs that focus on such institutions. The firm typically invests in companies based in Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa with focus on Angola, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya and Ivory Coast, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Madagaskar, Zambia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, Asia focusing on South and Southeast Asia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Myanmar, Philippines, Indonesia, India, and Pakistan. It may also consider investments outside of these focus countries. The firm prefers to invest between $1 million and $8 million in companies with minimum total assets of $1 million. It prefers to take both minority positions in its investments and be an active investor. For equity investments, it prefers to take a stake of 10-30% in its portfolio companies. The firm seeks to take up governance positions in the board of the MFI or committees under the board. Abler Nordic AS was established in October 2008 and is based in Oslo, Norway with additional offices in Copenhagen, Denmark; Nairobi, Kenya, Tangerang, Indonesia & Bengaluru, India.

Impact Fund Denmark is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in financing in the form of equity, mezzanine, loans, debt and guarantees. It makes socially conscious investments. It makes directly & indirectly investments. Under directly investing, it invests in early stage & growth capital investments. Under indirectly investments, it invests in venture capital funds. It specializes in establishing new companies, setting up joint ventures between Danish companies and local business partners and in acquiring existing companies. It provides financing to private-sector projects in the developing countries. The firm can only invest in countries whose 2008 GNI capita income is below $0.03 million with an exemption granted to South Africa, Botswana, and Namibia. Also, the host countries of investments must be on the OECD’s DAC list of development aid recipients. It invests where private sector financing is unavailable or insufficient. It invests in sustainable growth and high-impact solutions in developing markets/countries. It does not invest in Forced labor or child labor, Ozone depleting substances, PCB's (Polychlorinated Biphenyls) and other specific, hazardous pharmaceuticals, pesticides/herbicides or chemicals, wildlife or products regulated under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species or Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Unsustainable fishing methods, Cross-border trade in waste and waste products, unless compliant with the Basel Convention and the underlying regulations, Destruction of High Conservation Value areas, Radioactive materials and unbounded asbestos fibres, Pornography and/or prostitution, Racist and/or anti-democratic media, Alcoholic Beverages (except beer and wine), Tobacco, Weapons and munitions, Gambling, casinos and equivalent enterprises, Standalone fossil fuelled power plants, Drilling, exploration, extraction, refining and sale of crude oil, natural gas and thermal coal, Storage, supporting infrastructure (pipelines etc.), transportation and logistics, and services primarily related to fossil fuels, Any business using captive coal for power and/or heat generation, Electricity generation from peat and activities leading to deforestation, Investments and/or other projects that aim to produce or make use of agricultural or forestry products, Biomaterials and biofuel production, Export-oriented agribusiness mod, Meat and dairy industries. It prefers investing in commercial services and supplies, biofuels, electric power by solar and wind energy and irrigation systems sector. The firm seeks to invest in climate and Agribusiness. It focuses its investments in Green energy & infrastructure with focus on Clean, affordable renewable energy, Waste recycling and management, Energy efficiency, Water access and management; Financial Services with focus on Microfinance, MSME financing, Development banks and Insurance; Sustainable food systems with focus on Climate farming, Storage and distribution, Processing, Forest and land; Healthcare with focus on Hospitals and clinics, Pharmacy chains, Diagnostic services, Pharmaceuticals & medical equipment. The firm prefers to invest in companies based in Africa focusing on North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, South America, Central America, Middle East and Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Jordan, Denmark, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo (Brazzaville), Democratic Republic of Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Arab Rep., Eritrea, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, São Tomé and Principe, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, South Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe; Asia focusing on Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Brazil, Malaysia, Turkey, Mexico, Kiribati, Laos, South Korea, North Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Federal States of Micronesia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Marshall Islands, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Western Samoa, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, East Timor, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, West Bank and Gaza, Yemen; Europe focusing on Albania, Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Caucasus, Belarus, Balkans, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovenia, Georgia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Serbia, Ukraine; and Latin America with a focus on Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and The Grenadines, Suriname, Ecuador, and Jamaica and North Asia, United States of America, Latin America and parts of Europe. It seeks to invest between from DKK15 million ($2.32 million) and DKK500 million ($77.52 million). The firm can invest up to DKK350 million ($51.34 million) per company. The firm seeks to co-invest with Danish businesses in projects based in developing countries. It prefers to take minority stake between 10% to 30% and up to 49 per cent in small projects. It prefers to take a board membership. The firm prefers to exit its investments within five to seven years when the loan has been repaid or the shares have been sold. The firm also offers special assistance to small and medium-sized enterprises which employs less than 300 employees, with an annual revenue of up to DKK 300 million ($53.16 million) and has a positive result in two out of three latest financial years. It also provides advisory services to business investments in developing countries. The firm makes two thirds of its investments in partnership and can also provide additional financing. Impact Fund Denmark was founded in 1967 and is based in Copenhagen, Denmark with additional offices across Asia, Europe, South America, and Africa.

WE ARE INVESTING IN ONE OF THE FASTEST EMERGING MARKETS GLOBALLY. By bringing together one of the largest conglomerates in Pakistan, Fatima Group and one of the most active multi-national venture capital firms in Asia, Gobi Partners, Fatima Gobi is fusing local expertise with VC know-how. We invest intelligently, using data collated from the flourishing entrepreneurial ecosystems of Northeast and Southeast Asia to find companies locally that have the edge and drive to go beyond Pakistan’s borders. We accelerate the growth of founders by benchmarking their businesses and linking them to the developed markets in Asia including China, Korea, and Japan.

Indus Valley Capital is an early-stage VC fund focused on Pakistani startups that are transforming entire industries in the country and the region.

TMT Ventures Limited is a venture capital firm specializing in startup investments. The firm prefers to invest in telecom, media, and technology sectors. It typically invests in companies based in Pakistan. TMT Ventures Limited is based in Karachi, Pakistan.

Access Bridge Ventures is a leading early stage venture capital fund. Investing in entrepreneurs across the Middle East, North Africa, Pakistan and on a case by case basis outside these regions. We look for exceptional leaders with an aim to support their journey as early as the first institutional investor. When we invest, we like to lead the round and support our partners throughout their journey.

S2015 Partners Limited is a venture capital firm specializing in pre-seed, seed, startups, growth capital, pre-series-A, series-A, bridging and early investments. The firm typically invests in EdTech, healthcare, energy and FinTech sectors. The firm seeks to invest in the established markets like US, UK, Japan and Korea; and in high growth regions like Saudi Arabia, UAE, India, Pakistan, China, Levant, Egypt and Brazil and other high growth regions. S2015 Partners Limited is based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

47 Ventures Investments is a venture capital firm specializing in startups/seed, series A, early and growth stage investment. The firm primarily invest in technology, Digital Media, IOT, Machine Learning, Robotics, E-commerce, Mobile Apps and Bio Medical Engineering sector. The firm typically invest in Pakistan. 47 Ventures Investments is based in Mauritius.

Auckland UniServices Limited is a venture capital firm specializing in incubation, Seed/Startup, Pre-seed to Series A investments. The firm provides commercial research, knowledge transfer, and custom education services to customers in New Zealand and internationally. The company identifies, develops, and commercializes intellectual property; and offers new technologies for commercial licensing that include biotechnology and life science, material, computer/IT, sensor/diagnostic, and electrical technologies. It also provides contract research and commercialization engagements that comprise open innovation, testing and certification services, academic consultancy, summer/final year projects, masters and PhD projects, contract research, company co-location, and R&D partnerships. In addition, the company offers education and training programs in the areas of capacity building, targeted career development, change management, and meeting national development goals, as well as supported group arrival and orientation, visa processing, accommodation selection and support, learning and pastoral support, and specialized billing and reporting requirements; and education consulting and research services. Further, it provides customized education services, including programs for offshore delivery; custom-designed programs in Mexico, Pakistan, and Malaysia; and Malaysian two-country degree model to train teachers of English. In investing , the firm is a principle investment firm which invest in New Zealand. The company was founded in 1988 and is based in Auckland, New Zealand and other office in Wellington, New Zealand. Auckland UniServices Limited operates as a subsidiary of The University of Auckland.

Lakson Venture Capital (LVC) is a Pakistan based Institutional VC Fund regulated by the Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP). The fund is structured as a Trust with Central Depository Company of Pakistan Limited (CDC) acting as the Trustee for investors. LVC invests in entrepreneurs and local businesses to build enterprises, taking innovative ideas to the next stage. It works with Lakson Investments’ (“LI”) team of over 50 experienced professionals while at the same time, leverages the operational experience of the Lakson Group. Over 14,000 people are employed by Lakson in Pakistan in businesses across sectors such as Broadcast and Print Media (Express Media Group), FMCG (Colgate-Palmolive Pakistan), Insurance, QSR (McDonald’s Pakistan) and Technology (CyberNet & Sybrid). LI is one of the largest private sector asset managers in Pakistan with over US$300mn under management with a rating of AM2+.Investment FocusLIVC invests in Pakistan based opportunities, concentrating on investments where technology can be leveraged to enable, enhance and disrupt existing business models or create new ones. Our investment focus is at the stage in the start-up lifecycle where the company is less than 36-48 months away from a successful Series A round or potential exit. We also invest in select Seed rounds through our Incubation and Accelerator ecosystem relationships as well as overseas partners in Silicon Valley and Europe where we seek to bring proven foreign technology to Pakistan.

Rosemont Group Capital Partners LLC is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in seed, series-A, startups, early stage investments, buyouts, growth equity financing, leveraged finance, restructuring, and recapitalization. The firm makes small-market to mid-cap investments in luxury goods and services sector focusing on consumer brands, leisure and entertainment, food and beverage, technology, alternative investments, ecommerce, property development and sales, and business services and products, renewable energy and financial services. It invests in United Kingdom, India, Pakistan, British Virgin Islands, France, Italy, Nigeria, America, Canada, Australia, Cayman Islands, Qatar, and Bahamas. The firm invests between $0.1 million and $10 million. The firm seeks board representation and also considers co-investments. Rosemont Group Capital Partners LLC was founded in 2003 and is based in London, United Kingdom with additional offices in New York, New York and Mumbai, India.

The Swiss Investment Fund for Emerging Markets is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in direct and fund of fund investments. The firm directly invests in mezzanine, middle markets, buyouts, mid to late venture, emerging growth, growth capital and in financial institutions with a small and medium enterprise or microfinance lending focus. It makes fund of fund investments in private equity fund, mezzanine funds and venture capital fund. The firm primarily invests in Healthcare, Education, Energy, water and resource, Business Activities and services including wholesale and retail trade, Infrastructure, Renewable Energy, Generalist, Financial service, Agribusiness, Aquaculture, Forestry, SME Development, Communication Services, manufacturing industry, transport & storage, Information & Communication Technology and consumer goods. The firm typically invests in countries whose GNI per capita is below the World Bank's IBRD graduation threshold. It seeks to invest in Latin America with a focus on Bolivia, Columbia, Central America, Cuba, and Haiti Peru; Sub Saharan Africa with a focus on Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Ghana, Greater Klakes Region, Horn of Africa, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, South Africa, SADC Region, and Tanzania; Middle East and Africa with a focus on Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Occupied Palestinian Territory, and Tunisia; Southern and Eastern Europe, and CIS with a focus on Albania, Armenia, Azarbaijan, Bosnia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Serbia, Tajikistan, and Ukraine; and Asia with a focus on South-East Asia, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao DPR, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam. The firm invests at least 60 percent of its investment volume in any year to these priority countries. In cases of regional or global funds, the geographical criteria is fulfilled if at least 50 percent of fund or financial institution investment is made in the priority countries. Its primary focus is on institutions investing in the small and medium enterprise sector along with selective investments in microfinance and infrastructure projects. The firm seeks to invest between $2 million and $40 million in funds. It sources its capital through institutional investors. The firm prefers majority stakes. The firm invests in the form of loans and other debt instruments including secured or unsecured, subordinated, convertible or equity linked; direct equity or quasi-equity investments; and guarantees. It may also act as co-investor in the underlying portfolio companies of its private equity funds. The Swiss Investment Fund for Emerging Markets was founded in 2005 and is based in Geneva, Switzerland with additional offices in Bern, Switzerland.

Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden NV, Investment Arm is a private equity and venture capital of Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden N.V. specializing in direct and fund of fund investments. Within direct investments, it invests in middle market, mature, later stage, seed/startup, early venture, emerging growth, recapitalization, buyout, and growth capital investments. Within fund of fund investments, it invests in private equity funds, venture capital funds, and mezzanine funds. It does not invest production or activities involving forced labour or child labour; production or trade in any product or activity deemed illegal under host country laws or regulations or international conventions and agreements; production or trade in a weapons and munitions, tobacco, hard liquor, gambling, casinos and equivalent enterprises; any business relating to pornography or prostitution; coal or coal mining; trade in wildlife or wildlife products regulated under CITES; production or use of or trade in hazardous materials such as radioactive materials, unbounded asbestos fibres and products containing PCBs; cross-border trade in waste and waste products unless compliant to the Basel Convention and the underlying regulations; drift net fishing in the marine environment using nets in excess of 2.5 km in length; production, use of or trade in pharmaceuticals, pesticides/herbicides, chemicals, ozone depleting substances and other hazardous substances subject to international phase-outs or bans; significant conversion or degradation of critical habitat; production and distribution of racist and anti-democratic media; significant alteration, damage, or removal of any critical cultural heritage; relocation of indigenous peoples from traditional or customary lands. The firm seeks to invest in agriculture and fisheries, mining, agribusiness, manufacturing industry, service sector, banking and insurance industry, housing, finance, energy, trade industry, Information technology, consumer staples, environment and infrastructure sectors. Within the housing sector, the firm seeks to invest in companies primarily operating in the land acquisition, infrastructure and construction, mortgage finance, leasing, building-related sustainability and housing-microfinance activities. Within the energy domain, it seeks to invest in developing energy-efficient technologies to distributing renewable energy. In case of its finance sector investments, the firm focuses on financial institutions, including banks, and microfinance institutions. In case of Infrastructure, the firm invests in infrastructure projects that contribute to development or improvement of socio-economic infrastructure such as the power, telecom, water, transport, environmental, and social infrastructure sectors. It seeks to invest in developing companies and emerging markets. It invests in Africa with a focus on Morocco, Tunisia, Angola, Botswana Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Senegal, Nigeria Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. It also invests in Turkey, Lebanon, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, India, China, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama, Mexico, Netherlands, Croatia, Hungary, Malta, Poland ,Romania, Aruba, Dominican Republic, Netherlands Antilles, Argentina, Colombia, Brazil, Peru, Uruguay and Russia with a focus on Slovakia. It prefers to invests between €3 million ($4.28 million) and €5 million ($7.14 million) per company. The firm makes seed capital investments of minimum €1 million ($1.43 million) per company or fund. The firm takes minority equity stakes between 10% and 35% in private companies. It prefers to exit its direct equity investments in five years. The fund provides loans of up to €15.5 million ($20.92 million). It also co-invests. Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden NV, Investment Arm was founded in 1970 and is based in The Hague, Netherlands with additional offices in Nairobi, Kenya; Johannesburg, South Africa and San Jose, Costa Rica.