Team

Our Team

Kalsoom has 15+ years of experience in emerging markets, Pakistan & startups. She is also the Founder of Invest2Innovate, i2i Ventures' sister company that she established in 2011. She has trained entrepreneurs & worked with ecosystem players globally, including in Nepal, Cambodia, Bangladesh & Vietnam. She has spoken on entrepreneurship & investing in Pakistan on a number of forums, including SXSW, Aspen Ideas Festival and the World Economic Forum.

Kalsoom Lakhani
Cofounder & General Partner

Misbah has 20+ years of global experience in finance, development, fintech and impact investing. She was previously Head of Market Development at Boloro Global Limited, a US-based fintech startup. While at Boloro, she led the company’s expansion to a number of markets, including South Africa, Kuwait, Pakistan, India, UAE, Nigeria, and Jordan. Misbah spent a number of years at Acumen Pakistan & USA and at Citibank Pakistan.
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Misbah Naqvi
Cofounder & General Partner

Ailia has 5+ years of work experience in Pakistan’s equity market, during which she was associated with some of the leading local brokerage houses as an Equity Research Analyst. Over the last five years, she has identified several alpha generating stocks and pitched investment ideas to local and foreign clients. She has a graduate degree in Business Administration from the Institute of Business Administration, Karachi.
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Ailia Naeem
Senior Investment Associate

Farwa has 4+ years of work experience in finance & strategy. Prior to joining i2i Ventures, she was Chief of Staff and Senior Investment Analyst at Dastgyr, a fast-growing b2b e-commerce startup that raised USD $37 million in Series A funding in 2022. Farwa holds a Bachelors in Finance & Accounting from the Institute of Business Administration, Karachi.
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Farwa Sajjad
‍‍Investment Associate