Around 20 Pakistani tech firms pitch to US investors at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco
A Pakistan Pavilion ran at Moscone West from 13 to 15 October, and the ambassador urged exhibitors to turn their Silicon Valley visit into lasting commercial ties.
About 20 Pakistani technology companies exhibited at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 in San Francisco, looking for customers, partners and investors. They shared a Pakistan Pavilion at Moscone West, where the three day conference ran from 13 to 15 October.
Pakistan's ambassador to the United States, Rizwan Saeed Sheikh, visited the pavilion on Thursday 15 October, according to a statement from the Pakistan Embassy in Washington. He urged the companies to build long term commercial relationships and to look at investment opportunities in the US, and said Pakistan's diplomatic missions would help them make American business contacts.
He also called for closer cooperation in IT, innovation and digital entrepreneurship, and asked the exhibitors to present Pakistan as a competitive and reliable partner in the global digital economy. Company representatives briefed him on their products and their plans to expand in the American market.
The 20 exhibitors
The firms were Adam Technologies, AlphaRages, Arcana Semiconductors, Big Entities, Denovers, Developers Hub, FlexLab, Geek Solutions, Geeks of Kolachi, Global Prep Service, InfoTech Group, JP Tech Communication, KoderLabs, MYTM Technologies, Noor Ahmed Ecommerce Solutions, PieCyfer, Sanctum Ops, Spadasoft, Synergy Hub and TAG Solutions.
Their work ranges widely. Arcana Semiconductors designs chips and intellectual property for edge AI in drones and autonomous systems. MYTM Technologies builds fintech infrastructure such as digital wallets, payments and lending software. InfoTech Group sells enterprise technology to capital markets, banks and government, and FlexLab builds AI agents and workflow automation. PieCyfer works on generative AI, computer vision and predictive analytics. Others on the list offer software as a service, cloud, ecommerce, healthtech, outsourcing, product engineering, UI and UX design and custom software.
The American market
The United States is already Pakistan's largest market for ICT exports. Tech Destination Pakistan, which presented the figures, puts the country's ICT exports at $4.6 billion in FY2026. For the exhibitors, the pavilion was a pitch to Pakistan's largest ICT export market, with the ambassador's offer of help from the country's missions aimed at turning that familiarity into contracts and investment.
Ignite's sponsorship call
Ignite, the government's National Technology Fund, had separately invited Pakistani startups to apply for sponsorship to attend Disrupt, with applications closing on 5 September. Applicants had to be operating in Pakistan's startup ecosystem and be less than five years old, and the fund gave preference to founders holding a valid US visa. Startups that had already received international sponsorship from Ignite were not eligible for a second. Only shortlisted startups would be considered, subject to final selection and approval. The fund's Disrupt page was last updated on 21 October.
