Deal focus: Glimmer in a dormant Pakistani ecosystem
Pakistan’s Trukkr quietly spent a hardscrabble pre-seed period building infrastructure while competitors leveraged a short-lived VC boom to grow quickly. The patience appears set to pay off
Pakistan’s start-up scene enjoyed good years from 2021 to 2022, maybe too good. Annual VC investment in the country has historically averaged less than USD 30m, but it jumped to USD 193.3m in 2021 and...
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