Investor directory

Lakson Investments

Founded in 2008, Lakson Investments is a Pakistan-based asset management firm with a presence in Dubai. Specializing in early-stage and mid-market investments across Pakistan, Lakson Investments Venture Capital (LIVC) focuses on leveraging technology to enhance existing business models or create new ones. With a team of diverse investors, domain experts, and operators, LIVC invests in startups less than 36-48 months away from a successful Series A round or potential exit, as well as select Seed rounds. Working alongside local businesses, LIVC aims to build new enterprises and bring proven foreign technology to Pakistan. With over 14,000 employees in various sectors like Technology, Media, FMCG, Insurance, and QSR, Lakson Investments is one of the largest private sector asset managers in Pakistan, managing over US$300mn with a rating of AM2+.
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Haider Abbas

Corporate Vice President, Business Development

Jahanzeb Agha

Investment Professional

Shahbaz Ashraf

Chief Investment Professional

Omar Imtiaz Hasan

Managing Partner, Private Equity

Shahzaib Hashmi

Vice President, Business Development

Amin Mohammad Lakhani

Director, Private Equity

Ana Mateen

Head of Investor Relations

Usman Mirza

Partner, Private Equity

Mustafa Pasha

Chief Investment Officer

16 past transactions

Knowledge Platform

Private Placement in 2019
Founded in 2000, Singapore-based 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.

Bagallery (Private) Limited

Private Placement in 2020
Bagallery (Private) Limited is a beauty and fashion ecommerce company that sells beauty and fashion products for women, men, and kids in Pakistan. Its catalog features products ranging from beauty, skincare, haircare, and perfumes to clothing, shoes, bags, and accessories. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Karachi, Pakistan.

Bookme.pk

Convertible Note in 2020
Bookme.pk is Pakistan’s leading e-ticketing platform with over 4.6 Million registered customers in the transportation and entertainment industry. Bookme is also among the largest e-commerce platforms in the country, in terms of digital transactions. It is completely cashless and has already integrated with major payment platforms in Pakistan including JazzCash, Easypaisa, Habib Bank Limited, Alfalah and Askari Bank to ensure a seamless checkout experience for end-users. Furthermore, Bookme.pk has a vast portfolio of 50+ bus companies and 200+ airlines integrated on its platform.

Bookme.pk

Private Placement in 2019
Bookme.pk is Pakistan’s leading e-ticketing platform with over 4.6 Million registered customers in the transportation and entertainment industry. Bookme is also among the largest e-commerce platforms in the country, in terms of digital transactions. It is completely cashless and has already integrated with major payment platforms in Pakistan including JazzCash, Easypaisa, Habib Bank Limited, Alfalah and Askari Bank to ensure a seamless checkout experience for end-users. Furthermore, Bookme.pk has a vast portfolio of 50+ bus companies and 200+ airlines integrated on its platform.

Bagallery

Seed Round in 2020
Bagallery is a Fashion, Beauty and Lifestyle e-commerce shopping destination with a very strong mix of local and imported brand portfolio. Founded in 2017, the company has had immense success with one of the best influencer network in Pakistan. Our vision is to be the preferred fashion, beauty and lifestyle shopping destination for women and men alike. Our head office is in Karachi with a team of young and highly motivated individuals who have been instrumental in the success of the company.

MandiExpress

Seed Round in 2020
MandiExpress is a fresh produce and grocery delivery platform.

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.

Bookme.pk

Pre Seed Round in 2015
Bookme.pk is Pakistan’s leading e-ticketing platform with over 4.6 Million registered customers in the transportation and entertainment industry. Bookme is also among the largest e-commerce platforms in the country, in terms of digital transactions. It is completely cashless and has already integrated with major payment platforms in Pakistan including JazzCash, Easypaisa, Habib Bank Limited, Alfalah and Askari Bank to ensure a seamless checkout experience for end-users. Furthermore, Bookme.pk has a vast portfolio of 50+ bus companies and 200+ airlines integrated on its platform.

Bagallery

Series A in 2021
Bagallery is a Fashion, Beauty and Lifestyle e-commerce shopping destination with a very strong mix of local and imported brand portfolio. Founded in 2017, the company has had immense success with one of the best influencer network in Pakistan. Our vision is to be the preferred fashion, beauty and lifestyle shopping destination for women and men alike. Our head office is in Karachi with a team of young and highly motivated individuals who have been instrumental in the success of the company.

Bookme.pk

Series A in 2021
Bookme.pk is Pakistan’s leading e-ticketing platform with over 4.6 Million registered customers in the transportation and entertainment industry. Bookme is also among the largest e-commerce platforms in the country, in terms of digital transactions. It is completely cashless and has already integrated with major payment platforms in Pakistan including JazzCash, Easypaisa, Habib Bank Limited, Alfalah and Askari Bank to ensure a seamless checkout experience for end-users. Furthermore, Bookme.pk has a vast portfolio of 50+ bus companies and 200+ airlines integrated on its platform.

Bookme.pk

Seed Round in 2019
Bookme.pk is Pakistan’s leading e-ticketing platform with over 4.6 Million registered customers in the transportation and entertainment industry. Bookme is also among the largest e-commerce platforms in the country, in terms of digital transactions. It is completely cashless and has already integrated with major payment platforms in Pakistan including JazzCash, Easypaisa, Habib Bank Limited, Alfalah and Askari Bank to ensure a seamless checkout experience for end-users. Furthermore, Bookme.pk has a vast portfolio of 50+ bus companies and 200+ airlines integrated on its platform.

Mandi Express (Pvt.) Ltd

Private Placement in 2020
Mandi Express (Pvt.) Ltd operates an online business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) platform for providing online fresh produce and grocery delivery service. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Karachi, Pakistan. Mandi Express (Pvt.) Ltd operates as a subsidiary of Laborforce.pk (Pvt.) Limited.

Knowledge Platform

Series A in 2019
Founded in 2000, Singapore-based 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.

Macropak Solutions Ltd.

Private Placement in 2019
Macropak Solutions Ltd. provides technology solutions and software for clients worldwide. Its services include desktop applications design and development, Web based applications design and development, search engine optimization, graphic designing, technical writing, and branding. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Lahore, Pakistan with a representative office in the United Kingdom.

Udhaar Book

Funding Round in 2022
Udhaar App is an online ledger that helps manage credit (Udhaar) with customers and suppliers.