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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 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.
LMKT along with its partners wins contract for National Incubation Center Karachi.
National Incubation Center Karachi is formally launched by PM of Pakistan.
The first cohort is inducted comprising 17 tech startups.
The second cohort is inducted comprising eight startups.
Graduation ceremony for the first two cohorts comprising 17 startups is held.
National Education Challenge 2020 where top 3 edtech startup won 1.5 million.
Graduation ceremony of 19 Startups from cohort 2nd and 3rd.
NIC Karachi Startup Bykea raises $13 million in Series B funding
NIC Karachi Startup Farmdar raises $1.3 million in Seed Funding
Investor summit 2022
Induction of 10th cohort
Pakistan Investor Summit 2023