Beautiful Partnerships
Zayn Capital “Zayn” is an investment platform with two funds providing capital to startups in Pakistan - 1) an Equity VC Fund (BitRate Fund) led by seasoned Venture Capitalist Faisal Aftab and 2) a Credit Fund led by ex-Goldman Sachs executive Faisal Chowdhry. Zayn is considered to be the leading VC Fund in Pakistan and has a total AUM of $65M.
We know what good looks like and provide experienced capital to help
Product
Partnership
Fundraising
Strategy
Networking
Financing
Compliance
Governance
Our experiences across investing, lending, regulation, advisory and operations have given us the privilege to work with some of the world's best FinTechs, financial institutions, and startups totaling over 2000+ transactions globally, and 10,000+ actionable areas of improvement we have helped our clients with.
Capital, Experience, and Impact
BLOCKED CAPITAL
As experienced local partners, we help connect global capital and investor interest to high-quality startup investment opportunities.
NO ALTERNATE FUNDING
Early-stage ventures in frontier markets often face limited and sub-optimal funding options. We provide experienced alternate capital on founder-friendly terms.
GROWTH FUNDING DEBT
We provide a variety of debt and equity options to give founders greater flexibility and reduce equity dilution during growth funding.
Team
Faisal Chowdhry
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Zayn Debt Fund
Faisal Aftab
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Zayn BitRate Fund
Zeshan Gondal
Investor & Head of Strategy
Zainab Ruhail
Legal Consultant
Zayan Faiyad
Chief of Staff
Shakaib Naqvi
Investment Associate
Kumail Rizvi
Investment Analyst
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We don't just write a check and disappear. Our goal is to partner with promising founders building ambitious companies within the early and growth stage life cycle.
In our ethos of creating beautiful partnerships, we utilize our experience to act as a sounding board for our portfolio companies and leverage our advisory network to help founders achieve their milestones.