Wed April 29th - Thu April 30th, 2026
Hosted by
Serena Hotel, Islamabad
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Monday February 9th, 2026
EXCITING REALITY SHOW
Where Bold Ideas Meet Game Changing Investors.
Paklaunch
Enabling Engaging Conversations and Meaningful Connections
CONNECTING THE VERY BEST OF PAKISTANI STARTUPS WITH THE GLOBAL INVESTORS
Watch NowCONFERENCE AGENDA
June 08
Dinner & Banquet
June 09
Unconference (Roundtables/ Networking) + Cocktails
Hotel Location
El Prado Hotel, California
Paklaunch Unconference Event ( San Francisco)
One-of-a-kind unconference event where all attendees get to participate in curated discussions instead of a typical conference.
Top 50 Pakistani entrepreneurs are specially flying especially for this event and will be introduced to major Silicon Valley investors (reference Sandhill Road - famous for VCs). It will be the highest density of Pakistan tech startup talent in one room so expect high quality engagements !!
Why Pakistan is The Next Big Thing in Startups
- 220M population, 5th largest population
- 22 year median age
- Growing middle class -> 7th largest consumption class by 2030
- Strong tech talent -> 360K+ tech professionals
- One of the fastest growing startup markets
- Startups raised $350M+ in 2021
- Till date 2022 - Pakistani startups have raised $200M+
Paklaunch Unconference 2022
Why Pakistan is the NEXT BIG THING
Entrepreneurs And VCs
Aakash Jain
Mohammed Almeshekah
Julia Olson
CEO & Founder, Treehut
Fawad Zakariya
Executive-in-Residence, Costanoa Ventures
Johannon Olson
Atif Khan
Co-Founder & CTO, Alkira
Umair Khan
Aly Fahd
Founder & Managing Partner, Paklaunch
Ali Jamal
Saad Hasan
Senior Investment Officer, Venture Capital, HBL
Shehram Jamal
Asad Awan
Head of Monetization & Public Content Facebook App, Meta
Amir Khan
CEO & Founder, Alkira
Jawad Arif
Director, UCAAZ
Shaheer Piracha
Asif Makhani
Benek Bolohan
Investment Associate, Alter Global
Yana Yasevich
Head of Platform, Alter Global
Mobeen Bajwa
SVP Certent Products, insight software
Omar Khan
CEO & Founder, vInventa
Khurram Zia
Zohaib Mian
Abhishek Garg
Adnan Ahmad
CEO & Founder, LORRYZ
Rizwan Muhammad
Partner, Arcis Capital
Danish Bhatti
Neurology Clerkship Director,
Neurology Clerkship Director,
Porter Wong
Startup Mentor & Angel Investor
Stephen B. Day
Zain Gulamali
Bedy Yang
Samia Razak
CEO & Founder, Code Kids Robotics Limited
Majid Khan
CEO, Cheetay Logistics (Pvt.) Ltd.
Naeem Raza
Venture Partner at Mighty Capital
Touseef Liaqat
Founder,
Ashar Ahmad
Samar Abbas
Co-Founder and CTO, Temporal Technologies
Afshan Abbas
Samina Seth
Co-Founder, Walee
Sanjit Singh Dang
Co-Founder,
Mamoon Hamid
Hassan Ejaz Chaudhry
Growth Investor,
Arooj Sheikh
Founder,
Khurram Zafar
Bilal Ahmed Khan
Investor, Dragoneer Investment Group
Rustom Birdie
Manveer Sandhu
Hamza Iqbal
CEO & Founder, Healthwire
Mohammed Rafiq
Co-Founder, Rewind
Omar Askari
CEO, Wali Venture Technologies
Asad Samar
CEO & Founder, Roomy
Dr. Muhammad Ehsan Khan
Radhika Prabhu
Senior Advisor, U.S. Department of State
Brandon Thompson
Senior Associate Director, The White House
Farrukh Usman
Founder,
Muhammad Khalid
Founder, Clicky.Pk
Wasif Khan
Usman Rabbani
Partner, Brighton Park Capital
Shawn Xu
Partner, On Deck
Noor Kamruddin
Investor, Clear Ventures
Aaqib Gadit
CEO & Co-Founder, Cloudways.com
Vidya Vasu-Devan
Director, Gates Foundation Strategic Investment Fund
Richard Holmes
Investment Associate, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Babar Tufail
Kashif Saleem
Shoroon Saleem
Co-Founder, Jugnu
Malik Ahmad Jalal
CEO & Founder, Cordoba Ventures
Dr. Ali Chaudhry
CEO & Founder,
Robin Butler
Partner, Sturgeon Capital
Rupa Athreya
Chief Accelerator Investments Officer,
Samir Qureshi
Vice President,
Imran Maskatia
Vice President, Evoca
Faizaan Ghauri
CEO, WRLD
Muhammad Mustafa
CEO & Co-Founder, EasyFresh
Dr Shahid Rafiq
President & CEO, Comprehensive Neurology Services
Shane Shin
Minjia Wu
Partner, SOSV
Naveed Sherwani
CEO & President, Rapid Silicon
Avery Lu
Partner,
Asaad Hakeem
CEO, SARC MedIQ
Muhammad Uzair Arshad
CEO & Founder, Best Buy Mall
Ali Khayyam
General Manager Internet Monitoring, AWS
Asad Khaliq
Founding Partner, Acrew Capital
Ali Rehan
Juan Sildavar
Asher Hassan
CEO & Founder, doctHERs
Nitin Pachisia
Founder, Unshackled Ventures
Nilesh Trivedi
Mansoor Rathore
Ali Khalid Chaudhry
Senior Vice President, Caption Health
Chad Fox
Baber Abbas
CEO, viaPhoton
Zain Jeewanjee
CEO & Founder, Zain Jeewanjee Insurance Agency
Tom Terbell
Partner, Rise Capital
Kevin Carter
Founder, EMQQ Global
Nora Alkadi
Partner, Graphene Ventures
Pramod Gosavi
Board Observer & VC,
Waheed Qureshi
Founder & CEO, Mesmer
Waqas Makhdoom
Head of DevRel & Community, Snowflake
Purvi Gandhi
Managing Partner,
Mazhar Hussain
Kirill Kozhevnikov
Partner, RTP Global
Umair Rauf
VP Product Management, Salesforce
Rehan Khursheed
Director, Barclays Corporate & Investment Bank
Eliot Pence
General Partner,
Sameer Anwar
Head of Strategy & Business Operations, Trove
Shahla Aly
Vice President gTech, Google
Chris Dix
Head of MENAP | Global Capital Director, Antler VC
Kamil Saeid
Partner,
Awais Nemat
Angel Investor & Startup Advisor
Akif Malik
CEO and Managing Partner,
Saad Rehmani
Executive Vice President Engineering, Reddit
Julian Zegelman
Ahmed Malik
SparrowLabs
SparrowLabs
Syed Fahad Khalid
Lead Product Manager AI, Meta
Cindy Zhang
Investor, Hundreds Capital
Riaz Siddiqi
Chairman, Epochal Technologies
Farukh Awais
GM 5G Sales,
Sohaib Waheed
Sudheer Kuppum
Managing Partner, Epsilon Venture Partners
Ali Moiz
Founder, Stonks
Founder, Stonks
Faizan Buzdar
Vice President Product Management, Box
Mo El-Bibany
Founder & General Partner, Page One Ventures
David Greenbaum
Partner, Quiet Capital
Omar Nawaz
Chief Product Officer, Chargebee
Arif Lakhani
Co-Founder, Qist Bazaar
Mashhood Alam
Lynn Eisenhart
Deputy Director, Gates Foundation Strategic Investment Fund
Ali Shan Jadhavji
Fawad Butt
Executive In Residence, Canvas Ventures
Benjamin Cardarelli
Salman Khalid
Partner, Paklaunch
Taleha Aftab
Engagement Manager, Stanford Women on Boards
Zohaib Ali
Co-Founder, Dastgyr
Uzair Gadit
Umair Gadit
CEO and Co-Founder, Savyour
Sibtain Jiwani
Shahbaz Ali Jamote
CEO & Co-Founder, TelloTalk Inc.
Shazil Mehkri
CEO & Co-founder,
Salman Khan
Co-Founder, BioticsAI
Rabeel Warraich
CEO & Founder, Sarmayacar
Naz Khan
Associate Partner, Product Design,
Mohammad Nasrullah
CEO & Founder,
Myra Qureshi Jahangir
CEO, Conatural Beauty
Mustafa Najoom
Vice President Growth, Gaper.io
Monis Rahman
CEO & Co-Founder, Dukan
Misbah Naqvi
Co-Founder, i2i Ventures
Marvin Liao
Mahboob Mahmood
CEO & Founder, Knowledge Platform
Kassim Schroff
CEO & Founder, Krave Mart
Fawaz Valiaani
CEO, Elixir Securities Pakistan
Kang Kai Yong
Startup BDM Southeast Asia & Pakistan, AWS
Kalsoom Lakhani
Co-Founder, I2I Ventures
Jordan Olivas
CEO & Founder, QisstPay
Hammad Saleem
Chief Innovation Officer, HealthTap
Mohammad Hadi
CEO & Founder, ezBike
Faizan Aslam
CEO & Founder, Bookme.pk
Wajahat Qadeer
Chief Architect and Co-Founder, Kinara
Danish Lakhani
CEO, NayaPay
Babar Lakhani
CEO & Founder, LVC
Ayesha Saleem
Investment Analyst, LVC
Asad Gabol
CEO & Founder, Moveit.pk
Asad Khan
CEO & Co-Founder, Medznmore
Ali Nawab
CEO & Co-Founder,
Adeel Rasheed
Co-Founder, SnappRetail
Ali Rizvi
CEO & Founder, Axelerated Software
Ali Farid Khwaja
Co-Founder & Chairman, KASB Securities
Faisal Aftab
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Zayn Capital
Shazia A. Khan
CEO, EcoEnergy
Teddy Himler
Global Investment Partner, Antler
Yousuf Khan
Partner, Ridge Ventures
Courtney Powell
COO & Managing Partner, 500 Global
Chris Schroeder
Co-Founder, Next Billion Ventures
Bilal Zuberi
Partner, Lux Capital
Ansaf Kareem
Partner, Light Speed Venture Partners
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