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E-commerce is the activity of buying or selling of products on online services or over the Internet. 

E-Commerce

The company said it has logged a spike in sales since the start of the pandemic in February.

Pakistani baby products e-commerce platform Baby Planet raises USD 250,000 led by High Output Ventures | KrASIA

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Pakistani baby products e-commerce platform Baby Planet raises USD 250,000 led by High Output Ventures

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Safepay's founders. Courtesy of Safepay via MENAbytes.

Y Combinator is an American seed accelerator, started in March 2005. Y Combinator is consistently ranked at the top of U.S. accelerators.

Y Combinator

Fintech is the new applications, processes, products, or business models in the financial services industry, composed of one or more complementary financial services and provided as an end-to-end process via the internet.

Fintech

The company has plans to become the Stripe of Pakistan.

Pakistani fintech firm Safepay receives Y Combinator’s backing | KrASIA

Pakistani fintech firm Safepay receives Y Combinator’s backing

Edtech

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

Dubai’s Geek Express raises USD 520,000 to provide STEAM education to children in MENA | KrASIA

Dubai’s Geek Express raises USD 520,000 to provide STEAM education to children in MENA

Dubai's Trukkin is launching in Karachi, Pakistan. Courtesy of Trukkin via MENAbytes.

Logistics is generally the detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation. In a general business sense, logistics is the management of the flow of things between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet requirements of customers or corporations. 

Logistics

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

Dubai’s Trukkin launches trucking marketplace in Pakistan | KrASIA

Dubai’s Trukkin launches trucking marketplace in Pakistan

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

Y Combinator-backed Thndr receives first new Egyptian brokerage license in ten years | KrASIA

Y Combinator-backed Thndr receives first new Egyptian brokerage license in ten years

Fawry currently offers over 250 electronic payment services through its network of over 105,000 service points across 300 cities in Egypt. Courtesy of Fawry via MENAbytes.

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

Egypt’s Fawry is now a billion-dollar company | KrASIA

Egypt’s Fawry is now a billion-dollar company

Noon Academy's founders. Courtesy of Noon Academy via MENAbytes.

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

Saudi edtech Noon Academy launches social learning platform in India | KrASIA

Saudi edtech Noon Academy launches social learning platform in India

Venture capital is a type of private equity, a form of financing that is provided by firms or funds to small, early-stage, emerging firms that are deemed to have high growth potential, or which have demonstrated high growth.

Venture Capital

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

Singapore’s High Output Ventures launches early-stage fund for Pakistani startups | KrASIA

Singapore’s High Output Ventures launches early-stage fund for Pakistani startups

Paymob's founders. Courtesy of Paymob via MENAbytes.

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