The Builders
Airlift
Founders: Ahmed Ayub, Meher Farrukh, Usman Gul
Airlift is a quick commerce startup offering 30-minute delivery of all household essentials.
Co-investors: First Round Capital, Harry Stebbings 20VC Fund, Buckley Ventures, Quiet Capital, Village Global, Fatima-Gobi Ventures, Sam Altman (Former President Y Combinator), Biz Stone (co-founder of Twitter and Medium) Steve Pagliuca (co-chairman of Bain Capital), Jeffrey Katzenberg (ex CEO of Disney), Taavet Hinrikus (founder TransferWise), Stanley Tang and Tony Xu (co-founders of DoorDash), Simon Borrero (founder Rappi), Bastian Lehmann (founder Postmates)
AimFit
Founders: Mahlaqa Shaukat, Noor Shaukat
AimFit is on a mission to make Pakistan one of the fittest nations in the world. They have quietly led a female fitness revolution and have created the leading fitness platform serving an ultra-engaged community of over 5000 members with over 42,000 5-star fitness experiences to date.
Co-investors: Sidra Qasim, cofounder Atoms. Undisclosed angels.
Bazaar
Founders: Hamza Jawaid, Saad Jangda
Bazaar empowers merchants to simplify and grow their businesses through its commerce marketplace and ledger/khata app.
Co-investors: GFC, Defy, Wavemaker Partners, Acrew Capital, Alter Global, Next Billion Ventures, Derayah VC, S7V, Saison Capital, founders of B2B startups including Indonesia's Ula, Cairo-based MaxAb and Kenya-based Sokowatch, current and former leaders of Antler, Careem, Endeavor, Gumroad, LinkedIn and Notion.
BridgeLinx
Founders: Abbas Hassan, Muhammad Ahsan Tanveer, Muhammad Saad, Salman Gul
BridgeLinx helps Pakistan’s largest shippers move thousands of loads each week on the country’s leading freight marketplace.
Co-investors: Harry Stebbings 20VC Fund, Buckley Ventures, Wavemaker Partners, Quiet Capital, TrueSight Ventures, Soma Capital, Flexport, Magnus Rausing’s UNTITLED and founders of Convoy and Bazaar
COLABS
COLABS is Pakistan’s fastest growing flexible workspace, on a mission to knit together a community of 100,000 entrepreneurs across Pakistan.
Co-investors: Zayn Capital, Fatima-Gobi Ventures, Shorooq Partners, Kinnow Capital, Muir Capital, Sai Ventures, Turner Novak, William Hockey and Teddy Himler
Farmdar
Founders: Ibrahim Akbar Bokhari, Muhammed Bukhari, Muzaffar Manghi
Farmdar uses remote sensing and AI to create actionable data for farmers and corporates.
Co-investors: Deosai Ventures, Tricap Investments, United Distributors Pakistan Limited, The Community Fund VC, LMKR, K2 Global Ventures
Latest story: Pakistan’s Farmdar raises $1.3M seed
Marham
Founders: Asma Salman Omer, Ehsan Imam, Farwa Ali
Marham is the leading healthtech platform in Pakistan helping patients find, book and consult doctors online.
Co-investors: Weihan Liew
Markaz
Founders: Fawad Hussain, Sameel Hayat, Shoaib Khan, Umair Aslam
Markaz is the leading social reselling platform in Pakistan.
Co-investors: Y Combinator, Suya Ventures, executives from Careem, Deloitte, Amazon and Gojek
Maqsad
Founders: Rooshan Aziz, Taha Ahmed
Maqsad is making education more accessible for 100M students in Pakistan.
Co-investors: Alter Global, Fatima-Gobi Ventures, angel investors.
RemoteBase
Founders: Qasim Asad Salam, Talha Masood
RemoteBase helps companies set up world class remote engineering teams in 24 hours.
Co-investors: Draper Associates, Hustle Fund
Atoms
Founders: Sidra Qasim, Waqas Ali
Atoms makes the ideal everyday shoes. Vogue called them "the most thoughtfully designed sneakers ever.” While Atoms is not a fund investment, our managing partner is one of their earliest backers and is on their board. We consider Atoms friends of Indus Valley and continue to be inspired by them.
Co-investors: Initialized Capital, Kleiner Perkins, DST Global, Shrug Capital, LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner, Acumen founder and CEO Jacqueline Novogratz, TED curator Chris Anderson
