Pakistan startups’ hunt for angel funds


AFTER banks in Pakistan turned down loan applications for his fledgling advertising company seven years ago, Faraz Khan found plenty of private investors willing to back his vision – with a catch.

A lot of the cash was illicit and accepting it would have turned his Gizelle Communication Ltd. into a money launderer.

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