SOSV

Founded in 1995, SOSV is a global venture capital firm headquartered in New Jersey. It focuses on seed-to-growth stage investments in deep tech innovations, primarily in bio-tech/life sciences and hardware/robotics sectors, with a commitment to human and planetary health.

Michael Aberman

Partner

Lindsay Atkenson

Analyst

Hugh Bowen

Associate

Shawn Broderick

Venture Partner

Stephen Chambers

General Partner

Navin Danapal

Director, South East Asia

Cyril Ebersweiler

General Partner

Hiruy Ephrem

Analyst

Sheng Ge

Partner

Weichang Ge

Analyst

TR Harrington

Partner

Bradford Higgins JD

Venture Partner

Mohan S. Iyer

General Partner

Benjamin Joffe

Partner

Stephen McCann

CFO and General Partner

Carthach McCarthy

CFO

Yuan-Ting Meng

Analyst

Paul Monaghan

Principal

Brian Murphy

Finance Director

Sean O'Sullivan

Managing Partner

Oscar Ramos

General Partner

Eric Ramsay

Analyst

Susan Schofer Ph.D

Partner

Parikshit Sharma

Principal

Sabriya Stukes Ph.D

Partner

Duncan Turner

General Partner

Pae Wu

General Partner

Past deals in Pakistan

KalPay

Seed Round in 2022
KalPay is the largest Shariah-compliant Buy Now Pay Later service in Pakistan, facilitating financial inclusion by providing customers with easy access to credit. The platform allows users to purchase products from a diverse portfolio of hundreds of brands across various segments, offering the option to pay in three equal monthly installments. Additionally, KalPay's technology supports user account management and data protection, enhancing the overall shopping experience while promoting responsible spending.

PriceOye

Seed Round in 2022
PriceOye is an e-commerce platform based in Islamabad, Pakistan, that enables users to compare prices for consumer electronics across online retailers. The platform aggregates product specifications, reviews, photos, and pricing from multiple sources to help buyers find the lowest price and make informed purchasing decisions, while aiming to reduce counterfeit products and build trust.

Dastgyr

Series A in 2022
Founded in 2020, Dastgyr operates a B2B e-commerce platform connecting small retailers directly with suppliers in Pakistan. It streamlines the supply chain by enabling businesses to source merchandise from manufacturers, brands, and wholesalers on a single platform.

Nearpeer.org

Seed Round in 2022
Nearpeer is an Ed-tech platform that aims to provide high-quality education at a low price through technology in Pakistan and the Middle East. Having started with the vision of improving the educational landscape of Pakistan, Nearpeer has already been expanding globally within the first few years of its journey. Students get highly customized and engaging video lectures, a lot of practice material, 24/7 community access, and assignments to solve, once they enroll in the online courses. With 90% students from Pakistan, Nearpeer has crafted a distinguished brand in the test prep market by offering full preparation program of MCAT, CSS, SAT, CA, ACCA, and others - and then it expanded into other domains like Intermediate and high-school secondary tuition market, skill-based courses, and B2B partnership. After Pakistan, the company aims to expand into middle eastern countries with similar opportunity and market dynamics in place. It is a BYJUS from Pakistan with even better content production speed and Blitzscale in its core DNA.

Moveit Technologies

Seed Round in 2022
Moveit Technologies operates an intra-city logistics platform connecting shippers with movers for medium to large goods transportation. It aims to formalize and streamline Pakistan's fragmented logistics sector by providing standardized pricing, cargo tracking, and insurance services.

Insta World

Seed Round in 2022
Insta World founded a few months ago by a team comprising a computer scientist with Ph.D. from Cornell University and an ex-Citigroup investment banker, both with an extensive background and domain experience in e-commerce space is fixing two chronic pain points of Pakistan’s broken e-commerce: delayed fulfilment and deliveries which result in cancellation rates as high as 35% and long cash-on-delivery (COD) payments cycle which cripple the vendors cash-flows. With our tech first approach, we have outperformed our competitors in delivery and fulfillments and with our fintech component, we are solving the chronic cash-flow problem of vendors by offering advance cash-on-delivery payments enabled through our tech stack.

High Street Pakistan

Seed Round in 2022
High Street Pakistan operates an e-commerce marketplace that brings authentic international health, beauty, and fashion brands to consumers in Pakistan. By offering exclusive foreign brands through an online portal, the company makes premium products accessible domestically with fast, nationwide delivery, serving as a local alternative to global retailers. It emphasizes a strong customer experience and exclusive partnerships, including an ambassador program, to secure top brands and competitive deals. The business addresses a large unmet demand for genuine products and convenient access, targeting a multi-billion dollar market opportunity. By enabling seamless purchasing and reliable delivery, High Street Pakistan aims to deliver a broad catalog of products across health, beauty, and fashion, empowering millions of customers to acquire the items they want without long waits or high import burdens.

PriceOye

Seed Round in 2021
PriceOye is an e-commerce platform based in Islamabad, Pakistan, that enables users to compare prices for consumer electronics across online retailers. The platform aggregates product specifications, reviews, photos, and pricing from multiple sources to help buyers find the lowest price and make informed purchasing decisions, while aiming to reduce counterfeit products and build trust.

Dastgyr

Seed Round in 2021
Founded in 2020, Dastgyr operates a B2B e-commerce platform connecting small retailers directly with suppliers in Pakistan. It streamlines the supply chain by enabling businesses to source merchandise from manufacturers, brands, and wholesalers on a single platform.

PriceOye

Convertible Note in 2021
PriceOye is an e-commerce platform based in Islamabad, Pakistan, that enables users to compare prices for consumer electronics across online retailers. The platform aggregates product specifications, reviews, photos, and pricing from multiple sources to help buyers find the lowest price and make informed purchasing decisions, while aiming to reduce counterfeit products and build trust.

Smartchoice

Seed Round in 2021
Smartchoice operates an online platform in Pakistan that enables individuals and small businesses to compare and purchase insurance plans from over 15 providers. The platform offers transparency, simplifying the selection process for travel, car, bike, health, and other insurance types.

PriceOye

Seed Round in 2020
PriceOye is an e-commerce platform based in Islamabad, Pakistan, that enables users to compare prices for consumer electronics across online retailers. The platform aggregates product specifications, reviews, photos, and pricing from multiple sources to help buyers find the lowest price and make informed purchasing decisions, while aiming to reduce counterfeit products and build trust.
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