Name Ghulam Murtaza

Reg# SP18-BBA-116
Section ( C)
Subject: Entrepreneurship
Topic: Venture Capital Firm
Q1: Search for local venture capital firms in your home area and list the top 5?

Ans: My home area is Lahore and some local venture capital firms is here,

1: Saiban Associates ( Lahore, Panjab)

2: Gulf Venture (Lahore, Panjab)

3: Arazi Ventures (PVT) Ltd (Lahore, Panjab)

4: Conrad labs (Lahore, Panjab)

5:Cres ventures (Lahore, Panjab)

Q2: What public grants and funds are available for entrepreneurship on national level and on
municipality level in your country?

Ans: There are many public grants and funds are availability for entrepreneurship on national
level and municipality level in my country but not large scale but recently our government
launched the programs where people get loan from it based on their ideas. Our banks also
provide loan, but they charge high interest. Maybe there are many funds are available, but we
don’t know of it and how to capture this opportunity. There are also certain NGOs are available
that provide initial investment in small scale.

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Q3: Students are asked to list the top 5 venture capital firms in their area/city?

Ans: In Pakistan there are many venture capitals firms. Some top firm list is here,

1: 10Xc- seed fund venture capital firm (Karachi, Sindh)

2: Arazi Ventures (PVT) Ltd (Lahore, Panjab)

3: Central Depository company of Pakistan (Karachi, Sindh)

4: Conrad labs (Lahore, Panjab)

5: Cres ventures (Lahore, Panjab)

Reference:
venture capital firm. (n.d.-c). Saiban Associates. https://pk.linkedin.com/company/saiban-group

venture capital. (n.d.-d). Gulf Venture. https://pk.linkedin.com/company/gulf-ventures

Venture capital firm. (n.d.). Arezi Venture Firm. https://pk.linkedin.com/company/arazi.pk

venture capital firm. (n.d.-b). Conrad Lab. https://pk.linkedin.com/company/conrad-labs

venture capital. (n.d.-c). Cres Venture. https://pk.linkedin.com/in/humayun-mazhar-042a7b3

Venture capital. (n.d.). Linkdin. https://pk.linkedin.com/company/10xc---startup-accelerator-

seed-fund
Venture capital firm. (n.d.). Arezi Venture Firm. https://pk.linkedin.com/company/arazi.pk

venture capital. (n.d.-b). Central Depository Comapany. https://pk.linkedin.com/company/central-

depository-company-of-pakistan-limited

venture capital firm. (n.d.-b). Conrad Lab. https://pk.linkedin.com/company/conrad-labs

venture capital. (n.d.-c). Cres Venture. https://pk.linkedin.com/in/humayun-mazhar-042a7b3