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Lakson Venture Capital (LVC)

Lakson Investments Venture Capital (LIVC) invests in Pakistan based opportunities. The firm concentrates on investments where technology can be leveraged to enable, enhance and disrupt existing business models or create new ones. LIVC's investment focus is at the stage in the start-up lifecycle where the company is less than 36-48 months away from a successful Series A round or potential exit. The firm also invests in select Seed rounds through its Incubation and Accelerator ecosystem relationships as well as overseas partners in Silicon Valley and Europe where it seeks to bring proven foreign technology to Pakistan. The firm's team comprises of a diverse set of investors, domain experts, operators, and entrepreneurs with a successful track record of bringing big ideas to fruition. LIVC invests alongside entrepreneurs and local businesses to build new enterprises and through investing seed capital, take ideas to the next stage. It works with Lakson Investments’ (“LI”) team of over 50 experienced professionals while at the same time, leverage the operational experience of the Lakson Group. Over 14,000 people are employed by Lakson in Pakistan in businesses across sectors such as: Technology (CyberNet & Sybrid), Broadcast and Print Media (Express Media Group), FMCG (Colgate-Palmolive Pakistan), Insurance, and QSR (McDonald’s Pakistan). LI is one of the largest private sector asset managers in Pakistan with over US$300mn under management with a rating of AM2+.
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Noor Lalani

Managing Partner

12 past transactions

Befiler

Seed Round in 2023
Befiler is a financial services company that offers an online tax preparation and filing application aimed at facilitating the tax return process for individual taxpayers and salaried individuals. The platform simplifies various tax-related tasks, including business registration, sales tax registration, tax return calculation, and tax claiming. Additionally, it provides comprehensive management of tax and legal compliance services, enabling users to register their National Tax Number (NTN) and file income tax returns efficiently. By streamlining these processes, Befiler eliminates the need for users to engage costly tax consultants, making tax filing more accessible and straightforward.

Udhaar Book

Funding Round in 2022
Udhaar Book is a digital ledger application designed to assist small businesses in managing their financial transactions. The platform enables users to maintain an online ledger that records outstanding debts and facilitates communication with customers and suppliers. By providing automated reminders for payments, Udhaar Book aims to enhance cash flow and streamline the credit management process. This user-friendly solution allows businesses to efficiently track their financials and improve their overall collection efforts.

Bagallery

Series A in 2021
Bagallery is an e-commerce platform established in 2017, specializing in fashion, beauty, and lifestyle products. Based in Karachi, the company offers a diverse selection of branded items, including clothing, bags, shoes, skincare, makeup, and body products for both men and women. With a focus on providing a comprehensive shopping experience, Bagallery features a mix of local and imported brands, making it a popular destination for consumers seeking quality and variety. The company has cultivated a strong influencer network in Pakistan, contributing to its success and visibility in the market. Bagallery aims to be the preferred choice for individuals looking for fashion and beauty products online, providing customers with attractive offers and discounts across its extensive product range.

Bookme.pk

Series A in 2021
Bookme.pk is a prominent online ticketing platform in Pakistan, established in 2012 and headquartered in Lahore. It serves as a comprehensive solution for users to book tickets for movies, transportation, and events, catering to over 4.6 million registered customers. The platform features a user-friendly interface that enables customers to easily browse upcoming movies, check showtimes, review bus schedules, and reserve seats. Bookme.pk has integrated with major payment platforms in Pakistan, including JazzCash and Easypaisa, ensuring a cashless and seamless checkout experience. Additionally, it boasts partnerships with over 50 bus companies and 200 airlines, making it one of the largest e-commerce platforms in the country in terms of digital transactions.

Roomy

Seed Round in 2020
Roomy is a promising startup in Pakistan focused on transforming the mid-tier accommodation sector by enhancing the quality of service for budget travelers. The company operates a hotel booking agency that manages a diverse selection of hotels, guest houses, and resorts in prime locations such as Islamabad, Batakundi, Minapin, and Gulmit. Roomy offers a carefully curated portfolio of properties, emphasizing a personal touch to ensure guests experience a warm and comfortable stay. By standardizing service quality and providing valuable information about accommodations, Roomy aims to make travel more accessible and enjoyable for its customers.

Bagallery

Seed Round in 2020
Bagallery is an e-commerce platform established in 2017, specializing in fashion, beauty, and lifestyle products. Based in Karachi, the company offers a diverse selection of branded items, including clothing, bags, shoes, skincare, makeup, and body products for both men and women. With a focus on providing a comprehensive shopping experience, Bagallery features a mix of local and imported brands, making it a popular destination for consumers seeking quality and variety. The company has cultivated a strong influencer network in Pakistan, contributing to its success and visibility in the market. Bagallery aims to be the preferred choice for individuals looking for fashion and beauty products online, providing customers with attractive offers and discounts across its extensive product range.

Bookme.pk

Convertible Note in 2020
Bookme.pk is a prominent online ticketing platform in Pakistan, established in 2012 and headquartered in Lahore. It serves as a comprehensive solution for users to book tickets for movies, transportation, and events, catering to over 4.6 million registered customers. The platform features a user-friendly interface that enables customers to easily browse upcoming movies, check showtimes, review bus schedules, and reserve seats. Bookme.pk has integrated with major payment platforms in Pakistan, including JazzCash and Easypaisa, ensuring a cashless and seamless checkout experience. Additionally, it boasts partnerships with over 50 bus companies and 200 airlines, making it one of the largest e-commerce platforms in the country in terms of digital transactions.

MandiExpress

Seed Round in 2020
MandiExpress is a grocery delivery platform that specializes in providing fresh produce and premium quality products directly to customers' doorsteps. The company offers an extensive range of items, including vegetables, herbs, local and imported fruits, meats, export-quality seafood, organic products, honey, juices, granola bars, and dry fruits. MandiExpress focuses on ensuring that customers receive fresh and hygienic products efficiently, with services that include next-day delivery. By offering a diverse selection of quality goods at reasonable prices, MandiExpress aims to meet the grocery needs of its clientele effectively.

Knowledge Platform

Series A in 2019
Knowledge Platform is one of Asia-Pacific’s leading ‘next-generation learning solutions companies. They provide holistic learning solutions for their clients in the form of strategy, content, technology and support. They specialize in learning and instructional design. They bring to their work substantial domain knowledge and experience in meeting the unique learning requirements of their clients. They have developed e-learning and blended learning training programs on a wide range of subjects in the educational, corporate and government sectors. They believe powerful learning is immersive, personalized and social. their mission is to create meaningful learning experiences and to promote sharing and collaboration amongst learners and teachers.

Bookme.pk

Seed Round in 2019
Bookme.pk is a prominent online ticketing platform in Pakistan, established in 2012 and headquartered in Lahore. It serves as a comprehensive solution for users to book tickets for movies, transportation, and events, catering to over 4.6 million registered customers. The platform features a user-friendly interface that enables customers to easily browse upcoming movies, check showtimes, review bus schedules, and reserve seats. Bookme.pk has integrated with major payment platforms in Pakistan, including JazzCash and Easypaisa, ensuring a cashless and seamless checkout experience. Additionally, it boasts partnerships with over 50 bus companies and 200 airlines, making it one of the largest e-commerce platforms in the country in terms of digital transactions.

Bookme.pk

Pre Seed Round in 2015
Bookme.pk is a prominent online ticketing platform in Pakistan, established in 2012 and headquartered in Lahore. It serves as a comprehensive solution for users to book tickets for movies, transportation, and events, catering to over 4.6 million registered customers. The platform features a user-friendly interface that enables customers to easily browse upcoming movies, check showtimes, review bus schedules, and reserve seats. Bookme.pk has integrated with major payment platforms in Pakistan, including JazzCash and Easypaisa, ensuring a cashless and seamless checkout experience. Additionally, it boasts partnerships with over 50 bus companies and 200 airlines, making it one of the largest e-commerce platforms in the country in terms of digital transactions.

Chrysalis ITS

Venture Round in 2000
Chrysalis-ITS, Inc. was a provider of encryption subsystems for the network security industry focused on Certification Authority, Secure Virtual Private Network and SSL/SET hardware. Through its Luna technology, the company was uniquely positioned to deliver hardware encryption products which enhanced the trust and performance of enterprise networks. Chrysalis-ITS offerings included the leading certificate authority hardware security product, Luna CA, a secure digital signature and authentication encryption token, Luna 2, and the industry’s top performing IPSec accelerator, Luna VPN. Chrysalis-ITS’ advanced cryptographic technology is used in some of the most widely known enterprise security solutions from IBM, Netscape, Verisign, Digital Signature Trust, Entrust and Checkpoint Technologies Inc.
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