Meet the Team
Our team is comprised of a diverse set of investors, operators, and entrepreneurs with
a successful track record of bringing big ideas to fruition.
Our team is comprised of a diverse set of investors, operators, and entrepreneurs with
a successful track record of bringing big ideas to fruition.
LIVC invests in Pakistan based opportunities, concentrating on investments where technology can be leveraged to enable, enhance and disrupt existing business models or create new ones. Our investment focus is at the stage in the start-up lifecycle where the company is less than 36-48 months away from a successful Series A round or potential exit.
We look for seasoned founders with previous experience in successful businesses and ventures, who are able to take advantage of the large population and capitalize on the changing nature of the Pakistani consumer.
Our broad investment filters include an array of sectors:
We also have keen interest in emerging themes such as Blockchain, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence/Algorithms, and Internet of Things. Moreover, we actively seek out other technologies and investment opportunities where our investor capital can make market history.
And last, we expect the market to continue to evolve. LIVC is in the perfect position to identify emerging sectors and technologies, because our team is looking at companies that are not too early (pre-seed), and not too late (Series A round), and can identify clusters of companies that are passionate about a promising new technology, with a market demand, and an interested community and investors. The most recent example is technologies relating to the Blockchain, where as recently as two years ago, most people outside the space could not predict when (or if) it would break out.
Pakistan is entering a high growth phase of the investment cycle; economic expansion and high GDP growth will improve FDI, employment and investor confidence. Among the leading emerging markets, Pakistan offers tremendous value arbitrage and a robust case for Venture Capital Pakistan investment.
A significant opportunity exists to provide growth venture capital Pakistan to innovative ideas and to help businesses execute their expansion plans. Pakistan is globally the most exciting market for digital adoption. It is the fastest growing market for internet adoption globally with more than 1m people getting connected via mobile broadband every month.
Pakistan has a population of 207 million with 111 million adults. 82 million Pakistanis are considered Middle Class, making this sub-group greater than the entire population of either Italy, Germany, the UK or Turkey. Pakistan is home to over 50 million smart-phone users and close to 60 million broadband users.
Pakistan has a large, young and growing middle class with more than 70% of the population below the age of 30. Digital adoption is therefore rapid as younger people are more adept at picking up and making use of digital solutions in various markets. The demography of Pakistan is primed to enter the high growth phase of digital adoption.
Pakistan is globally the most exciting market for digitization. It is among the fastest growing markets for internet penetration, which has increased from 133,000 in the year 2000 to over 51 million in 2017. With another 50 million users expected to move to 4G in the coming years, Pakistan is ready to enter the High Growth Phase of the Investment Cycle and emerge as a digital powerhouse by 2025.
This shift to the digital economy will lead to transformational changes in sectors such as retail, financial services, healthcare, education and logistics, driven by 135 million Millenials. During FY17, 1.2 million transactions were processed through e-commerce. Pakistan’s e-commerce market surpassed $600 million in 2017 and is projected to exceed $1 billion by 2020.
Act as a soundboard and help our portfolio companies build a business plan that works.
Connect our portfolio companies with our vast network of business partners, advisors and investors.
Provide support to our portfolio companies in any area of the business that they need.
Investors can participate in aiding deal-flow and due-diligence process.
Investors can co-invest in their favorite companies when opportunities arise.
Investors can engage in open dialogue with us as well as portfolio companies.
All investments in Mutual Funds are subject to market risks. The NAV of units may go up or down based on the market conditions. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. The investors are advised in their own interest to carefully read the Offering Document in particular the investment policies in Clause 2.2 and risk disclosures and warning statements in contained in Clause 2.11 and part 11 in the respective Offering Documents.