Country guide

Startup credits in Pakistan

A startup registered in Pakistan can apply to 1316 programs we track: 931 credit programs and 385 accelerators. 132 more are restricted to other countries, and they are named below.

Most credit lists are written for founders in San Francisco. They show you the same twenty programs everyone else sees, and you find out a US entity was required after an hour of reading and a rejected application.

This page is the other way round. It shows what a company registered in Pakistan can actually apply for, and it names the programs that are closed to you so you do not waste an evening on them.

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What your entity needs to be

A Pakistani private limited company registered with SECP is enough for most of the programs below. A handful of the largest tiers want a US or UK entity, and those are listed separately. Incorporating in Delaware purely to chase credits is rarely worth it before you have revenue or a US customer base: the filing and compliance cost usually exceeds the credits you unlock.

Open to Pakistani startups

The largest programs with no country restriction blocking you.

Closed to Pakistani startups, and why

These set a country allowlist that does not include Pakistan. We list them so you do not spend an evening on an application that cannot succeed.

Accelerators based in Pakistan

Questions founders here ask

Yes. The self-serve tiers of both are open worldwide and need only a registered company and a working product. The largest tiers, the ones quoted at $100k and above, generally require a referral from an accelerator, incubator or VC partner rather than a specific country.

For most programs, no. A minority of the biggest tiers do require a US or EU entity, and this page lists which. Where a program is closed to Pakistan we say so plainly rather than letting you find out at the end of a form.

Partner referral, not country. Many of the headline amounts are only reachable through an accelerator, incubator or VC introduction. Getting into any recognised local or remote programme is usually the fastest way to unlock the larger tiers.

Looking for accelerators instead?

Credits and accelerator programs are judged on different rules, so they have their own list.

Startup accelerators in Pakistan

Other countries

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