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The company has plans to become the Stripe of Pakistan.

Dubai- and Beirut-based edtech firm Geek Express has raised USD 520,000 in a pre-Series A round, the company said on Monday. The investment came from Saudi Arabia’s National Talents, Lebanon’s I

The company is starting with Karachi, but has plans to expand across Pakistan, including Lahore.

The company has developed a stock trading platform that is similar to Robinhood.

The company offers over 250 electronic payment services, and is the only tech company traded publicly in Egypt.

Noon Academy is stepping into a market with some of the largest edtech companies in the world.

Pakistan’s many accelerators and incubators typically rely on government grants, which are insufficient for local startups’ runways.

Cairo-based payment startup Paymob has raised USD 3.5 million investment in a round led by Dubai’s Global Ventures and Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank FMO, with the participation of existing in