With the vision of ingraining the culture of technical school entrepreneurship and achieving property growth for early-stage startups by providing opportunities to form commercially viable technology startups from Pakistan. Plan9 was introduced by Punjab info Technology Board in 2012. With quite one hundred eighty startups graduated and thirteen cycles later we've got created a control with our startups of rising more than $5.3m investment, making quite 1200+ jobs and $75m accumulated analysis of all the startups.
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With Launch pad 14 round the corner, we have a tendency to are promoting a maxim of #makeideashappen. we have a tendency to are perpetually on the lookout for the ‘Futurepreneurs’ to require half within the platform. All those that have a viable business plan and are trying to kick-start their technical school start-up; Plan9 is that the platform for you.
Launchpad takes place across 3 major cities of Pakistan as well as Karachi, Lahore, and Islamabad alongside Multan, Faisalabad. this point around we have a tendency to are introducing Gujranwala as our station. it's hospitable all Pakistani voters who are ready to meet the eligibility criteria. The event provides a legitimate platform to aspiring startups who want to urge incubated and avail access to mentorships, screenings, workshops, talks, displays and a lot of. At the tip of the event, the qualified and shortlisted startups become a part of a six-month-long incubation at Plan9.
Today, the platform receives over 5 hundred applications out of that fifteen are elite for incubation. unnecessary to mention, the competition is hard and gets harder every year as a lot of and more Pakistanis become tuned in to the chance to urge their startup off the bottom.
Only one week is left to apply!
Apply now at http://Plan9.pitb.gov.pk/thelaunchpad/
The last date to submit applications is 3rd November 2019
Event Details:
Launchpad may be a four-day event command at Lahore and a two-day event in Karachi and Islamabad. Moreover, one-day event can turn up in Multan, Faisalabad, and Gujranwala. (you will opt for your most popular town within the application form).
On Day 1, a two-minute pitch beside a brief Q&A session can verify your choice for Day two. On Day 2, elite groups can receive in depth steerage & mentoring to re-vamp their proposals. Our mentors can tweak your product and add quality to that. sensible groups can filter what's relevant and take the most effective recommendation. The second-day pitch are going to be harder and you must be ready to be cross-examined by our formidable judges. Start-ups are going to be presenting an entire business model in an exceedingly seven-minute pitch, followed by 3 minutes of Q’s n A. the highest marking 15 groups are going to be chosen for incubation at Plan9.
Eligibility Criteria:
Teams from everywhere Pakistan are referred to as to participate. On choice, the team has got to re-locate to Lahore for six months. Plan9 is an civil rights platform. The eligibility criteria are:
• Be a Pakistani national.
• the required age is eighteen years or higher than.
• a brilliant plan and keenness.
• present a mock-up/wire-frame/prototype of the merchandise on the Pitching Day.
• The business plan ought to be supported any technology domains mentioned below.
• mandatory attendance from ten am – half-dozen pm for six-month incubation at Plan9.
• Having a Chief executive officer (CEO) and a professional Chief Technical Officer (CTO) is obligatory.
• One video of your pitch is important to be shared (make a pitch video (demo)– transfer it on YouTube and share the link). it's the last question and your form can't be submitted while not it
Please Note:
• Plan9 is associate civil rights platform.
• Startups and/or founders who are incubated in Cycle 11 don't qualify for Cycle 12. However, they'll apply for the next cycle(s).
• One founder will solely apply to at least one idea/product/startup.
Technology Business Diversity:
Plan9 may be a technology setup, thus it's necessary that your business plan is product-based and has a technical school component. Your startup can be in any domain-related to technology such as:
• consumer technical school (e-commerce)
• EdTech (Education Tech)
• FinTech (Finance Tech)
• HealthTech
• AdTech
• IoT (Internet of Things)
• SaaS (Software as a Service)
• Mobile App
• Web App
• Hardware
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