Silicon Valley Veteran Dr. Naveed Sherwani Joins PNIP’s Board of Advisors

The Pakistan National Investor Portal (PNIP), which is the only equity crowdfunding platform operating under the SECP sandbox, has announced the addition of the Silicon Valley veteran Dr. Naveed Sherwani to its Board of Advisors.

Dr. Sherwani brought over 30 years of experience in entrepreneurship, technical engineering, and general management to his role as the Chairman of Silicon Federation. He is the founder and co-founder of nine companies, including Open Silicon and Brite Semiconductor (a leading solution provider in China/APAC). He has also served as the General Manager of Intel.


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Dr. Sherwani is joining the PNIP as a strategic advisor to ensure that startups and entrepreneurs are aware of the benefits of equity crowdfunding. In addition to encouraging portfolio companies to raise funding through the PNIP, he will advise its community of entrepreneurs and will extend the PNIP’s brand to his own community and followers.

He said, “With the coronavirus pandemic causing economic uncertainty, startups and small businesses are having an incredibly hard time accessing capital, so you’re going to see a material increase in interest in crowdfunding companies like PNIP that are solving that problem. We’re going to look back on this period as the start of the rise of equity crowdfunding, and I think it’s a new industry that PNIP is going to help create for Pakistan”.

In this regard, the CEO of the PNIP, Omar J. Ghani, remarked that the government “saw huge growth in crowdfunding during the last economic downturn globally when entrepreneurs needed to find alternative capital sources”.

He also stated that the board is “ready to provide a funding solution now, in what is shaping up to be another challenging period”.

Ghani added that many interesting and mature enterprises across several sectors have expressed tremendous interest in crowdfunding on the Investor Portal, which might also help to address a major local market failure by ultimately catalyzing capital for impact and innovation.


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As the only equity crowdfunding platform in Pakistan, the PNIP brings startup investment opportunities to the public by allowing everyday people to buy shares and invest in early-stage companies and startups. It enables entrepreneurs and small businesses to raise capital directly from both their own customers and the PNIP’s growing community of investors.

The PNIP is also working in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to connect Pakistan’s diaspora with local startups either as Advisors or Investors.



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