PakStraw by PakVitae - Introduction
PakStraw by PakVitae
Founder Name: Shayan Sohail
Domain/Area: Water, Hardware/Health
Problem statement: Water Pollution
Solution: PakVitae provides life-time affordable filters that can purify water to 99.9999% without any power requirement. The company is currently working with NGOs, Government organizations, Army, educational and health institutes, and micro-entrepreneurs to bring clean affordable water to the people. The current target is Pakistani market via B2B sales for one year and then the company plans to launch the product in retail market. We are currently working on following solutions.
USP: Nanotech based Filter very small in size and extremely low in cost
Potential Customers: People from all the demographics, particuluarly the inhabitants of underprivillged areas forced to drink filthy water
Achievments: Won several international competitions and grants from donor bodies.
Have raised around $6.5 Million from Hashoo Group, followed up by another 7 figure round coinvested by another firm.