We build and grow companies in Pakistan .
It is hard to start companies in Pakistan .
Pakistan ranks 108th of 190 on the World Bank’s ease-of-doing-business index, and raises a fraction of the venture capital its neighbours do: 15× less per person than Bangladesh, 200× less than India.
Alt Ventures exists to change that. We start new ventures from scratch, creating jobs and upward mobility for people.
We’re founders, consultants and operators who care about projects that solve hard problems and businesses that are net-positive for the country.
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We take founders from 0 to 1. Turning an idea into a real company is the hardest step, so we back and build alongside founders from the very first day.
Natural, plant-based supplements for everyday health and vitality.
Pakistan’s natural supplements brand ↗Helps small businesses across Pakistan manage credit, bookkeeping and payments.
Tiger Global’s first investment in Pakistan ↗Instant snack delivery — chips, drinks and ice cream at your door in 30 minutes.
One of Pakistan’s largest pre-seed rounds ↗Connects farmers directly to retailers, digitising Pakistan's farm-to-retail supply chain.
$2.5M pre-seed to digitise farm-to-retail ↗Quick-commerce grocery built for price-conscious Pakistani households.
Raised $4.5M months after launch ↗A LinkedIn for blue- and grey-collar workers, connecting them with employers across Pakistan.
Thousands hired across Pakistan ↗We help big organisations build outside their walls. The most ambitious projects rarely happen inside a large company. We build them hands-on, across product, engineering and AI.
PSL Sponsorship Intelligence
We built a custom computer-vision model to measure Clear Men’s sponsorship exposure across Peshawar Zalmi’s PSL 2025 matches. Trained on annotated footage, it scanned every frame to detect the logo and scored each appearance for size, clarity and prominence.
Those detections rolled up into an Exposure Quality Score and were mapped to estimated media value, turning full match broadcasts into a clear read on what the sponsorship was worth.
Operations ERP
Adam Smith International is a global advisory firm working across nearly 100 countries to make economies stronger. We built them a custom ERP that brings finance and operations into a single system.
It is designed to automate manual workflows and give their teams one place to run, track and report on operations across markets.
Our culture was built on transparency. We shared our experiments and values openly, and you can read them below. That autonomy and openness made Alt genuinely unique.