GroundUp
groundup.pk Direct investor
GroundUp is a Pakistan-based venture investor providing seed capital and strategic guidance to early-stage startups. It backs technology-driven companies solving real-world problems in Pakistan and beyond.
GroundUp is a venture capital firm headquartered in Islamabad, Pakistan. It invests directly in companies, at seed, in technology, real estate, mobility and agriculture. 11 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“We provide seed capital and the expertise startups need to scale successfully and make a lasting impact.”
— GroundUp, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Venture capital
- Stage
- Seed
- Invests in
- Pakistan
- Sectors
- technology, real estate, mobility, agriculture, education, logistics
- Portfolio
- 11 companies
Team, as GroundUp publishes it
- Anees Khawaja CEO & Managing Partner
- Shoaib Zahid Malik Partner
- Kashif Shakoor Partner
- Taimur Malik Partner & Legal Advisor
- Usman Bin Khalid Head Strategy & Investments
- Hamza Zahid Lead Investment Analyst
- Omaima Irfan Investment & Startegy Analyst
- Sarosh Yasin Investment & Startegy Analyst
Names and roles exactly as listed on groundup.pk. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Most shared portfolio companies with
Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 12 investors with a shared portfolio company. A shared company is not proof they invested together in the same round.
- i2i Ventures 3 shared companies: tazahtech.com, ezbike.pk, edkasa.com
- Fatima Gobi Ventures 2 shared companies: tazahtech.com, inventhub.io
- Alter Global 1 shared company: tazahtech.com
- Kinnow Capital 1 shared company: tazahtech.com
- LoftyInc Capital Management 1 shared company: tazahtech.com
- Nuwa Capital 1 shared company: tazahtech.com
- Jabbar Investment Group 1 shared company: grocerapp.pk
- Saned Equity Partners 1 shared company: grocerapp.pk
- Wamda Capital 1 shared company: grocerapp.pk
- Accelerate Prosperity 1 shared company: ezbike.pk
and 2 more — the graph.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page GroundUp publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://groundup.pk/name, is_investor, layer, type, hq_country, hq_city, invests_in_geographies, stage_min, sectors, thesis_quote, description, portfolio_count, people, status, confidence
Record 21159 · added 2026-11-10 · link last verified 2026-11-10 · confidence medium
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