The company shared an infographic on Twitter, showing that e-commerce is the most funded industry in the country, with a reported transaction flow of US $ 39 million. This figure is 30% of the total funds raised during the period in question. Additionally, industries affected by COVID19 are leaders in Pakistan, with e-commerce, fintech, healthcare and education startups having the highest number of transactions. Health and financial technology each accounted for 5 transactions, while educational technology recorded 3 rounds. Since January 2021, Pakistani startups of internet financial and trading platforms or fintech companies have received approximately US $ 22 million in funding, most of which is external financing, including recent transactions from TAG Innovation, KTrade and Abhi. They raised $ 12.1 million in the round. Transport, edtech and healthtech and “others” have shares of 16pc, 10pc, 7pc and 14pc respectively. The average ticket price per transaction remained at US $ 3.5 million, three times higher than a year ago. The Series A financing raised by a company after establishing a performance record contributed 57% of the total, followed by seed funds with 36%, and pre-allocated funds with 6%. Also Read: Best ZERO Investment Business Ideas in Pakistan and 35 Best Small Business Ideas with Low Investment
