Chimera
Chimera's Sadoon Javaid and his team.
Chimera, which is a Greek word for ‘vision’, offers users a unique virtual dressing room experience.
It already has five to six major clients on-board, including the likes of Charcoal, Splash Dubai, Breakout, Nishat Group and Servis Shoes.
The website uses a 3D model, which allows its customers to rotate an image fully and see how a certain item (shoes/clothes) looks on them. It earns revenue via a deployment fee and is expected to reach break-even within a year.
Auto Genie
Auto Genie's Abdullah Cheema with his team.
Auto Genie is a car repair service which has raised 10 million rupees from PakWheels. The CEO, Hamza Abbas Baksh plans on utilising these funds to tap into the Karachi and Islamabad markets, after Lahore.
This isn’t just a useful service for car enthusiasts, but also for a lot of people who don’t know much about the technical aspect of automobiles, except for how to drive one.
Rabbit Drop
Rabbit Drop's Aitizaz Khan with his team.
Rabbit Drop helps deliver grocery anywhere in Lahore within 60-90 minutes. Its name comes from a twist on the words 'Rapid Delivery'.
The start-up earns revenue via commissions from retailers. While it currently has only 70 registered users, it is expected to expand its user base once the website is officially launched.
Patari
Patari's Humayun Haroon with a team member.
Patari is simply the
Gaana (song) of Pakistan and seeks to become a hub for the local music scene.
While Tune.pk and Zemtv.com have done the same for Pakistani dramas and talk shows, there was hardly a platform where one could get high-quality Pakistani music and SoundCloud's song remixes didn't make the situation any easier.
This is where Patari comes in. It boasts of more than 50,000 registered users with 750,000 tracks streamed per month. Its mobile app has been downloaded by 20,000 people already.
Beauty Hooked
Sahr Said, the CEO of Beauty Hooked.
Beauty Hooked allows you to find and book salons and parlours near your location and avail exclusive discounts for their services.
Labelled a beauty with brains, Sahr Said, the CEO of Beauty Hooked, aimed to create an online platform for Pakistani women to compare the services of various beauty salons.
The website currently offers discounts in over 30 salons in Lahore and plans to sign up a lot more in the next few months. What's more, all of its subscribers are top-tier salons.
Mango Baaz
MangoBaaz's Ali Gul with his team.
Put simply,
MangoBaaz is the Mashable of Pakistan. It is an online channel for news, information and entertainment that highlights stories for Pakistani youth that are not picked up by mainstream media.
It portrays a very lively, and fun-loving image of Pakistanis to the international audience. The website also plans to redefine digital advertising in the country by analysing user data, and using it to generate stories that are more meaningful and connect brands with an engaged audience.
Ges-Drive
GesDrive' S. Saghir Hussain with his team.
Ges-Drive is a start-up that creates a gaming experience for special children. These children can play video games through it via simple gestures. It is a proven fact that video games relieve chronic stress.
The Al Umeed Rehabilitation Association (AURA) Karachi is using the prototype to test how this might work. The system costs $850 per package and will be sold for $1,200 per piece to hospitals and medical institutions.
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