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About NIC karachi

Housed in Karachi’s NED University Campus, NIC Karachi is an Ignite-funded and LMKT-operated incubation center dedicated to fostering economic development in Sindh and Pakistan. NIC Karachi is supported by leading organizations such as HBL, PTCL, PPAF, Founder Institute, and i2i, and started operations in May 2018. Since then, NIC Karachi has successfully inducted over 250+ startups into its Incubation and Acceleration programs.

As a startup accelerator, we provide a comprehensive range of resources and support to talented entrepreneurs and promising startups from the Sindh region. We offer mentorship, training, access to funding, and technical resources to help create high-growth and sustainable businesses. We incubate tech and tech-enabled startups from various industries, including education, agriculture, commerce, waste disposal, robotics and more.

Our goal is to establish a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem in Pakistan where startups can connect and grow. Join us on our road to prosperity and contribute to our endeavor to bring innovation and wealth to Pakistan.

Our Mission

Our ultimate aim is to help people establish strong businesses, with the potential of impacting the economy significantly. To achieve this goal we will incubate over 200 next-gen businesses in the first 5 years.

Our Journey

February 2018

LMKT along with its partners wins contract for National Incubation Center Karachi.

May 2018

National Incubation Center Karachi is formally launched by PM of Pakistan.

June, 2018

The first cohort is inducted comprising 17 tech startups.

December 2018

The second cohort is inducted comprising eight startups.

Aug 2019

Graduation ceremony for the first two cohorts comprising 17 startups is held.

May 2020

National Education Challenge 2020 where top 3 edtech startup won 1.5 million.

August 2020

Graduation ceremony of 19 Startups from cohort 2nd and 3rd.

Sep 2020

NIC Karachi Startup Bykea raises $13 million in Series B funding

June 2022

NIC Karachi Startup Farmdar raises $1.3 million in Seed Funding

May 2022

Investor summit 2022

Jan 2023

Induction of 10th cohort

Dec 2023

Pakistan Investor Summit 2023