Lakson Venture Capital (LVC)

Lakson Investments Venture Capital (LIVC) invests in Pakistan based opportunities. The firm concentrates on investments where technology can be leveraged to enable, enhance and disrupt existing business models or create new ones. LIVC's investment focus is at the stage in the start-up lifecycle where the company is less than 36-48 months away from a successful Series A round or potential exit. The firm also invests in select Seed rounds through its Incubation and Accelerator ecosystem relationships as well as overseas partners in Silicon Valley and Europe where it seeks to bring proven foreign technology to Pakistan. The firm's team comprises of a diverse set of investors, domain experts, operators, and entrepreneurs with a successful track record of bringing big ideas to fruition. LIVC invests alongside entrepreneurs and local businesses to build new enterprises and through investing seed capital, take ideas to the next stage. It works with Lakson Investments’ (“LI”) team of over 50 experienced professionals while at the same time, leverage the operational experience of the Lakson Group. Over 14,000 people are employed by Lakson in Pakistan in businesses across sectors such as: Technology (CyberNet & Sybrid), Broadcast and Print Media (Express Media Group), FMCG (Colgate-Palmolive Pakistan), Insurance, and QSR (McDonald’s Pakistan). LI is one of the largest private sector asset managers in Pakistan with over US$300mn under management with a rating of AM2+.