Currently, the university has funding of half a million dollars in venture capital to help its student entrepreneurs and young start-ups to expand their business. This announcement was made at a virtual online launch event of Iqra University’s Business Incubation Centre.
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The event encompassed panel discussions about the challenges young entrepreneurship are currently facing such s copyrights, seed financing, and the importance of venture capital investors for pioneers. The vice-chancellor of Iqra University, Dr. Waseem Qazi said, The launch event was attended by Zouhair Khaliq, member of the Prime Minister’s Task Force on IT and Telecom; Jehan Ara, founder, and CEO Katalyst Lab; Asim Sheryar, CEO Ignite, Misbah Naqvi, co-founder Invest 2 Innovate; Omer Ghani, head of commercialization and startups HEC; Omer Abedin, director National Incubation Centre; and Zeeshan Hasib Baig, CEO Careem. Waseem Qazi further said, As per a 2019 global entrepreneurship survey conducted by Gallup Pakistan, about 55% of people from Pakistan agreed that there were good opportunities for starting a business in their region. Check out? Majority of the Pakistani Universities Lack Resources for Online Education: HEC Also See: Highest Paying Jobs in Pakistan and Top Companies To Work For in Pakistan
