This Infographic Shows National Incubation Centers’ Impact on Pakistani Startups

There’s no discounting the fact that a thriving ecosystem of startups and entrepreneurs has the potential of catapulting Pakistan to the future. It is, however, important to understand how things stand on the entrepreneurial front right now, and what the country’s policymakers are doing to ensure that Pakistani society comes up with innovative solutions to some of the longstanding problems that we face in our daily lives.

Yusuf Hussain, CEO of Ignite, recently released a comprehensive infographic that gives us an idea about Pakistani startups and their growth so far. The government is taking active steps in establishing National Incubation Centers throughout the country so that budding entrepreneurs and professionals can take advantage of expert mentorship, resources and world-class facilities that can help Pakistan compete with the best of the best out there.

With National Incubation Centers established in Islamabad, Lahore, Peshawar, Karachi and one currently being constructed in Quetta, here are some interesting facts and figures regarding their efforts so far:

Region-wide Breakdown

We take a look at how the National Incubation Center program has done so far country-wide:

  • 5 fully-featured incubation centers established in 15 months
  • 121+ startups currently incubated.
  • about 39 startups have graduated.
  • Rs 2.84 billion has been raised.
  • Rs 319 million earned as revenue.
  • About 890+ jobs created so far.

Now we take a look at each of the NICs individually:

NIC Islamabad (Established in February 2017):

  • Startups Incubated – 74
  • Female Founders – 23
  • Jobs created – 450+
  • Investment raised – Rs 194 million
  • Revenue – Rs 212 million

NIC Lahore (Established in December 2017):

  • Startups Incubated – 61
  • Female Founders – 18
  • Jobs created – 359+
  • Investment raised – Rs 2.64 billion
  • Revenue – Rs 95.8 million

NIC Peshawar (Established in January 2018):

  • Startups Incubated – 17
  • Female Founders – 6
  • Jobs created – 82+
  • Investment raised – Rs 6.5 million
  • Revenue – Rs 11.7 million

NIC Karachi (Established in May 2018):

  • The first batch of startups are currently being incubated:
    • 252 startups applied
    • 156 pitches heard
    • 31 startups shortlisted.

NIC Quetta (Established May 2018):

The Quetta chapter of the National Incubation Center is currently selecting its first batch of startups and entrepreneurs.

NIC Pakistan



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