1.
Deal Flow Analysis
(2015-2020)

2.
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3.
This deal flow tracker created by Invest2Innovate's research arm, i2i Insights, is an open
source and adjustable tool and will be updated as new deals and/or information is reported.
It covers investment made in startups in the Pakistan startup ecosystem from 2015-2020
(July).The data was collected via both primary and secondary sources (and was thoroughly
vetted and checked).We encourage founders, investors, and entrepreneurship support
organizations to continue to provide us with any information that would help improve this
tracker.
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4.
Number of Deals
2015-2020

5.
25
15
20
28
30
23
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
NUMBER OF INVESTMENTS
(2015-2020)
9%
75%
15%
STARTUPS THAT RAISED
INVESTMENT BY FOUNDERS'
GENDER
Female
Male
Mixed-Gender
Founding Team
Undisclosed
$178 Million (2015-2020) 122 Deals 19 Deal Amounts Undisclosed
41%
59%
STARTUPS THAT RAISED INVESTMENT &
THEIR ASSOCIATION WITH AN
INCUBATOR/ACCELERATOR
Not Associated Associated
9
19
83
9
13
1
1
6
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
Angel Round
Seed
Series A
Series C
NUMBER OF DEALS BY STAGE OF INVESTMENT
(2015-2020)
1
11
34
12
42
23
4
7
7
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45
Friends & Family
Local Investor (Angel)
Local Investor (VC)
Local Investor (Syndicate/Family Office/Other)
Undisclosed
NUMBER OF DEALS BY TYPE OF INVESTOR (2015-2020)

6.
Deal Flow Overview
• Pakistani startups raised investment via 141 deals from 2015 –
2020 (as of July 2020)
• Out of these deals, amounts for 19 deal amounts remain
undisclosed
• Therefore, a total of $178 million is attributed to 122 deals
• Out of the 122 deals (that accounted for $178 millions), 3 deals
added up to $7 million but the distribution of this amount across
these 3 deals remains undisclosed. Due to this, any amount
related analysis discounts this $7 million and uses $171 million as
the total amount raised.
• The areas of this analysis that refer specifically to the amounts
raised in investment, do not factor in the $7 million as the
individual amounts are unknown

7.
Amounts Raised
2015-2020

8.
$23 Million (2020) $57.8M – Series A 90% Remain Active
74,585,000
7,790,000
6,187,768
11,560,289
47,570,641
23,335,024
0
10,000,000
20,000,000
30,000,000
40,000,000
50,000,000
60,000,000
70,000,000
80,000,000
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
AMOUNT RAISED IN USD (2015 - 2020)
2%
81%
16%
1%
AMOUNT RAISED IN INVESTMENT BY
FOUNDERS' GENDER
Female
Male
Mixed-Gender
Founding Team
Undisclosed
1%
90%
8%
1%
STARTUPS THAT RAISED INVESTMENT
& THEIR OPERATING STATUS
Acquired
Active
Closed
Undetermined
750,000
865,000
4,001,091
19,380,000
42,457,672
91,975,000
1,305,000
2,869,959
7,425,000
0 20,000,000 40,000,000 60,000,000 80,000,000 100,000,000
Friends & Family
Local Investor (Angel)
Local Investor (VC)
Local Investor (Other)
Undisclosed
AMOUNT RAISED (USD) BY TYPE OF INVESTOR (2015-2020)
375,237
6,779,178
31,329,307
4,615,000
57,850,000
55,000,000
6,500,000
8,580,000
0 20,000,000 40,000,000 60,000,000
Angel Round
Seed
Series A
Series C
AMOUNT RAISED (USD) BY STAGE OF
INVESTMENT (2015-2020)

9.
• 2020 has already seen a total of 23 deals, worth over $23
million
• While the number of deals made by female-founded
businesses amounted to 9% of the total, it made up only
2% of the total investment amount raised from 2015-2020
• 90% of the startups that raised investment during this time
have remained active, while 8% have shut down.
• A total of $57.85 Million was raised in Series A stage funding
(13/141). On the other hand, seed stage funding while
making up 58% of the total deals accounted for only $31.3
Million over the past 6 years.
Deal Flow Overview

10.
Gender Disparity in Investment

11.
Female-founded Startups Often Raise from Local Angels, Local VCs, &
Accelerators/Incubators
3
4
3
2
7
22
12
32
18
3
5
7
1
1
8
5
5
1
2
0 10 20 30 40 50
Friends & Family
Accelerator(s)/Incubator(s)
Local Investor (Angel)
International Investor (Angel)
Local Investor (VC)
International Investor (VC)
Local Investor (Other)
International Investor (Other)
Undisclosed
NO. OF STARTUPS THAT RAISED INVESTMENT BY
FOUNDERS' GENDER & TYPE OF INVESTOR (2015-2020)
Female Male Mixed-Gender Founding Team Undisclosed
0 50,000,000 100,000,000
Friends & Family
Accelerator(s)/Incubator(s)
Local Investor (Angel)
International Investor (Angel)
Local Investor (VC)
International Investor (VC)
Local Investor (Other)
International Investor (Other)
Undisclosed
AMOUNT (USD) RAISED IN INVESTMENT BY FOUNDERS'
GENDER & TYPE OF INVESTOR (2015-2020)
Female Male Mixed-Gender Founding Team Undisclosed

12.
Findings
• Local VCs invested the second highest total amount in
startups from 2015-2020, preceded by international VCs
who accounted for $91.97 Million in the past 6 years.
• Interestingly, international VCs only accounted for 23 deals,
while local VCs accounted for 42 deals – establishing that
the former often lead fewer but larger sizes of investmen

13.
Rounds raised by female-
founded startups are
considerably smaller than
those raised by male- &
mixed-gender founded
startups.
Female-founded startups
predominantly raise early
stage investment (i.e.
pre-series & earlier).They
have not been part of a
Series A or any other
later stage deal as yet.
1
9
1 1
7
12
61
8 11
1 1 51 5
13
2
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
AngelRound
Pre-Seed
Seed
Pre-SeriesA
SeriesA
SeriesB
SeriesC
Undisclosed
NO. OF STARTUPS THAT RAISED INVESTMENT BY
FOUNDERS' GENDER & STAGE OF INVESTMENT (2015-
2020)
Female Male Mixed-Gender Founding Team Undisclosed
50,000 1,969,761
800,000
303,809 5,133,400
23,831,659
3,815,000
35,850,000
55,000,000
6,500,000
8,580,000
21,428 445,778
5,527,887
22,000,000
0
10,000,000
20,000,000
30,000,000
40,000,000
50,000,000
60,000,000
AngelRound
Pre-Seed
Seed
Pre-SeriesA
SeriesA
SeriesB
SeriesC
Undisclosed
AMOUNT (USD) RAISED IN INVESTMENT BY FOUNDERS'
GENDER & STAGE OF INVESTMENT
(2015-2020)
Female Male Mixed-Gender Founding Team Undisclosed

14.
Sector-wise Analysis
2015-2020

15.
E-commerce  30 Deals  $76.6M Mobility  11 Deals  $31.5M
2
5
1
2
30
1
11
4
2
3
10
1
3
18
2
2
8
11
1
7
1
11
1
4
0 10 20 30 40
AgriTech/Agriculture
CleanTech
E-commerce
EdTech/Education
Entertainment
Fintech/Finance
Gaming
Housing/Construction/Coworking/…
MarTech/Marketing
Online Community/Portal
Social Media
Travel/Tourism/Hospitality
SECTOR * DEALS MADE (2015-2020)
1,871,400
1,400,000
Undisclosed
115,000
76,674,761
2,000,000
4,015,778
2,500,000
2,450,000
100,000
8,545,000
142,700
494,000
4,975,024
7,500,000
2,675,000
2,000,000
6,769,291
6,500,000
1,374,959
1,600,000
31,530,809
800,000
4,995,000
0 40,000,000 80,000,000
AgriTech/Agriculture
Automotive
CleanTech
Content
E-commerce
E-Tourism/Tourism
EdTech/Education
Energy
Entertainment
Fashion/Lifestyle
Fintech/Finance
Food/Foodtech
Gaming
HealthTech/Health
Housing/Construction/Coworking/Real…
IoT
MarTech/Marketing
On-Demand
Online Community/Portal
Other
Social Media
Transportation/Mobility
Travel/Tourism/Hospitality
Web-based apps
SECTOR * AMOUNT (USD) RAISED (2015-2020)

16.
0 10 20 30 40
AgriTech/Agriculture
CleanTech
E-commerce
EdTech/Education
Entertainment
Fintech/Finance
Gaming
Housing/Constructio…
MarTech/Marketing
Online…
Social Media
Travel/Tourism/Hosp…
Number of Deals
Startup Sector * Stage of
Investment
Angel Round Pre-Seed
Pre-Series A Seed
Series A Series B
Series C Undisclosed
E-commerce, mobility, edtech, fintech, healthtech & gaming
particularly have made more deals through local VCs than any other
commerce & healthtech accounted for 33% of the seed investments.

17.
Types & Stages of Investment
2015-2020

18.
$91.9M was invested
in Pakistani startups
by International VCs
Deals Made = 23
$42.4M was invested
by
Local VCs
Deals made = 42
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45
Friends & Family
Accelerator(s)/Incubator(s)
Local Investor (Angel)
International Investor (Angel)
Local Investor (VC)
International Investor (VC)
Local Investor (Other)
International Investor (Other)
Undisclosed
Number of Deals
TYPE OF INVESTOR & STAGE OF INVESTMENT
Angel Round Pre-Seed Seed Pre-Series A Series A Series B Series C Undisclosed
0 40,000,000 80,000,000
Friends & Family
Accelerator(s)/Incubator(s)
Local Investor (Angel)
International Investor (Angel)
Local Investor (VC)
International Investor (VC)
Local Investor (Other)
International Investor (Other)
Undisclosed
Amount (USD)
TYPE OF INVESTOR & STAGE OF INVEStMENT
Angel Round Pre-Seed Seed Pre-Series A
Series A Series B Series C Undisclosed

19.
Where is This Data From?
Due to the major information asymmetry in the startup ecosystem in
Pakistan, it is difficult to find accurate information through reliable sources.
Although our team has made a significant effort in checking our current
data, we know this tracker might be missing deals or may have
inaccuracies.We will continue to adapt it as we receive additional
information.
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