Discovery tool, not advice. Every figure is the published rule, not a decision on your case.

Grants

Pakistan Startup Fund (PSF)

Status

Status not published

Launched with an initial allocation announced by the Ministry of IT and Telecommunication; applications are received through Ignite's calls. No live deadline was published at the time of verification.

Check with the funder

Amount

Not published

Government-backed, equity-free grant support designed to help Pakistani startups close or bridge funding rounds. Award ceilings are set per call by Ignite.

Funder

Ignite - National Technology Fund, Ministry of IT and Telecommunication

public · national

Deadline: annual_call — Launched with an initial allocation announced by the Ministry of IT and Telecommunication; applications are received through Ignite's calls. No live deadline was published at the time of verification.

Your odds

Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort

moderate

Moderate — a form and supporting documents.

Who can apply

Sectors: ai, fintech, health, deeptech, any
Stage: pre_seed, seed, series_a
Locally registered entity required

Pakistan-registered technology startups. Confirm current call criteria on the Ignite portal - the PSF sub-page returned an access error at verification time.

How to apply

Register on the Ignite portal when a PSF call is announced.
Submit the application with the startup's traction, cap table and funding round details.
Evaluation by the Ignite review panel.
Equity-free grant disbursed against agreed milestones.

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://ignite.org.pk/pakistan-startup-fund/ — checked 2026-08-14 · not human-checked