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 Ventures 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. Simultaneously, we accelerate the growth of founders by bench-marking their businesses and linking them to the developed markets in Asia.
Location: Pakistan, Punjab, Lahore
Employees: 11-50
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Seed
Portfolio 23
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 17.12.2025 | Abhi | abhi.co | - | Pakistan |
| 09.10.2024 | Qist Bazaa... | qistbazaar.pk | $3.2M | Pakistan, ... |
| 06.05.2023 | Intellia | intellia.io | - | Pakistan |
| 07.02.2022 | Truck It I... | truckitin.com | $19M | Russia, Ki... |
| 20.10.2021 | WithRider | withrider.com | $5.4M | - |
| - | Priceoye | priceoye.pk | $7.9M | Pakistan, ... |
| - | Tajir | tajir.app | - | Pakistan, ... |
| - | Udhaar Boo... | udhaar.pk | $6M | Pakistan, ... |
| - | Maqsad | maqsad.io | $4.9M | Russia, Ki... |
| - | Tazah | tazahtech.com | $2M | Pakistan, ... |
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Persons 6
| Date | First Name | Last Name | Title | Location | |||
| - | Munim | Hussain | Investment... | linkedin.c... | - | m***m@fati... | - |
| - | Ali | Mukhtar | Founder an... | linkedin.c... | - | a********r... | - |
| - | Kashaf | Jamal | Vice Presi... | linkedin.c... | - | - | - |
| - | Abraiz | Abdullah | Investment... | linkedin.c... | - | - | - |
| - | Imran | Z. | - | linkedin.c... | - | i***n@fati... | - |
| - | Naiel | Ikram | Partner | linkedin.c... | - | n***l@fati... | - |
News 27
| Date | Title | Description |
| 27.04.2023 | TaqwaTech Thursdays: Breaking the cultural taboo with Udh... | Nobody should miss out on precious family time because they were struggling to fill out a balance sheet. Seeing this happen year after year drove Fahad Kamr to create a… |
| 20.04.2023 | TaqwaTech Thursdays: Social selling made easy with Zarya | Fatima Gobi Ventures (FGV)’ TaqwaTech initiative allows aspiring tech startups to drive innovation and growth in Muslim economies like Pakistan. One such startup is Zarya which has simplified… |
| 13.04.2023 | TaqwaTech Thursdays: No one goes hungry during Ramadan an... | Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of financial wellness company Abhi, Omair Ansari, aspires to make Eid Mubarak a joyous occasion for all, by enabling them to access advances on… |
| 20.03.2023 | Internet Startup Maqsad Scores Pakistan’s Biggest Edtech ... | Pakistan’s Maqsad raised the nation’s largest funding round by an education technology provider, showing that some startups in the nascent market are attracting investors despite a global venture financing slump. |
| 02.03.2023 | Helping Millions Of Pakistanis Get Credit For The First T... | Pakistan’s banks face a chicken-and-egg problem when it comes to lending money to their customers. They lack the data on customers’ credit histories that they need in order to decide whether to lend; but until they start lending, they won’t... |
| 29.11.2022 | ADGM’s FSRA Grants the first Open Banking Third Party Pro... | Open Banking platform Lean Technologies today announced that it has received its Financial Services Permission (FSP) to carry out the regulated activity of providing Third Party Services from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSR... |
| 30.08.2022 | PriceOye.pk Raises US$7.9 Million in Seed Funding Round | Investment in one of Pakistan’s leading B2C eCommerce platform will enable the startup to acquire customers, add new products and expand its network of partners ISLAMABAD, August 30,… |
| 24.08.2022 | Saudi Central Bank approves Lean Technologies | Saudi Arabia recently launched a fintech strategy with the goal of becoming a regional hub for financial technology. |
| 16.08.2022 | Karachi-based fintech Safepay secures pilot licence from SBP | The pilot approval is the second step towards receiving a full payment service provider licence and was granted based on Safepay fulfilling the SBP’s stringent criteria. |
| 28.07.2022 | DealCart is focused on price-conscious Pakistani consumers | Founded by Haider Raza and Ammar Naveed, DealCart wants to address the low usage of e-commerce among middle and lower-income segments in Pakistan. |
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Mentions in press and media 11
| Date | Title | Description |
| 20.04.2023 | TaqwaTech Thursdays: Social selling made easy with Zarya | |
| 13.04.2023 | TaqwaTech Thursdays: No one goes hungry during Ramadan and Eid with Abhi | |
| 06.04.2023 | TaqwaTech Thursdays: Celebrating Pakistan’s Most Promising Startups | |
| 22.11.2022 | Supporting Pakistan in Its Time of Need: Taraec Hussein | |
| 25.03.2022 | COLABS Raises US$3 Million Seed to Empower Entrepreneurs and Freelancers Through Its Spaces and Tech Platform Across Pakistan | LAHORE, PAKISTAN (25 March 2022): COLABS, the Lahore-based startup that enables SMEs, entrepreneurs and freelancers to build and grow their businesses through its spaces and tech platform, has raised US$3 million in a seed round. |
| 27.01.2022 | Cloud based collaboration platform for hardware design raises investment to move hardware industry forward | Electronics product design collaboration platform. INVENTHUB A PLATFORM THAT FILLS THE GAP BETWEEN MANUFACTURING AND HARDWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAMS, RAISES PRE-SEED INVESTMENT SAN FRANCISCO (PRWEB) January 27, 2022 Inventhub, a secure web-based... |
| 20.10.2021 | Pakistani startup Rider bags $2.3 million in seed funding round led by Global Founders Capital, Fatima Gobi Ventures and Asian Development Bank, to drive Pakistan’s growing logistics and e-commerce ma... | Rider, a tech-led last-mile delivery partner for e-commerce retailers, has raised US$2.3 million in a seed round led by venture capital (VC) firm Global Founders Capital, Fatima Gobi Ventures, and Asian Development Bank. TPL E-Ventures and ... |
| 30.09.2021 | CDC Group backs Fatima Gobi Ventures’ Pakistan-focused fund | CDC Group (CDC), the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, has made an anchor investment in Techxila Fund I, a fund managed by local venture capital (VC) firm Fatima Gobi Ventures (FGV). CDC’s commitment will help to boo... |
| 30.09.2021 | CDC Group backs Fatima Gobi Ventures’ Pakistan-focused fund | CDC Group (CDC), the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, has made an anchor investment in Techxila Fund I, a fund managed by local venture capital (VC) firm Fatima Gobi Ventures (FGV). CDC’s commitment will help to boo... |
| 30.09.2021 | CDC Group backs Fatima Gobi Ventures’ Pakistan-focused fund | CDC Group (CDC), the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, has made an anchor investment in Techxila Fund I, a fund managed by local venture capital (VC) firm Fatima Gobi Ventures (FGV). CDC’s commitment will help to boo... |
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