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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.

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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: One call a year — 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

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

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

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work

Apply on the funder's site

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

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: ignite.org.pk

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