Laiba Ahmad, Program Design and Innovation Lead at Invest2innovate (i2i)
Laiba Ahmad is the Program Design and Innovation Lead at invest2innovate (i2i), a leading Entrepreneurial Support Organization in Pakistan. At i2i, Laiba has guided over 100 early-stage startups on growth readiness and directly worked with 22 startups through the flagship i2iScale accelerator, as accelerator lead and coach, focusing on growth, fundraising, and scaling. Prior to i2i, Laiba led her social enterprise, wecamp, promoting digital inclusion for marginalized artisans. Through projects with the United States Institute of Peace and Adam Smith International, she trained 850+ women in digital entrepreneurship, launched 21 women-owned e-businesses, and established 150+ women-led e-stores through hands-on e-commerce coaching.
About Invest2innovate (i2i)
Invest2innovate supports startup communities in growth markets and has been working in Pakistan since 2011. We provide support to entrepreneurs via our various verticals. i2i Accelerator has graduated 47 startups that have gone on to raise over $7.5M and create over 2000 jobs since 2012. i2i also designs and launches programs for entrepreneurs via partnerships with players like Facebook, Karandaaz and the World Bank, and has so far provided capacity-building support to 92 incubators & and accelerators in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Vietnam, Cambodia, and more. i2i also releases comprehensive data and briefings on Pakistan’s startup ecosystem via Insights, our research arm, and i2i’s sister entity, i2i Ventures, is our venture capital fund for Pakistan, investing in high-growth early-stage startups in the country.