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Neem

The Hive at Nishat, 3rd Floor, 19-C Khayaban e Nishat, Ittehad Commercial DHA Phase 6, Karachi, Sindh, 75600, Pakistan

Overview

Neem offers an integrated payments platform that consolidates collections, disbursements, and branded enterprise wallets and ledgers, addressing the fragmentation that forces Pakistani businesses to juggle multiple payment providers. Commercially launched in January 2025, the company has scaled quickly, registering transaction-volume growth of more than 30% month-on-month and serving over 50 B2B clients across logistics, insurance, healthcare, e-commerce and agriculture. By embedding deeply into enterprise workflows, Neem aims to become the financial operating system for Pakistan’s digital economy and create high switching costs for large customers. Its near-term roadmap centers on enhancing technology infrastructure, fortifying cybersecurity and data protection, and expanding enterprise partnerships within Pakistan. The team is also selectively exploring cross-border remittance rails that extend naturally from its existing platform. Founded by Vladimira Briestenska, Nadeem Shaikh and Naeem Zamindar, Neem is backed by both local and international investors who view its full-stack approach and experienced leadership as key differentiators in a large, under-digitized market.

Total raised
$3M
Funding rounds
2
Latest round
Seed
Latest activity
Sep 2022

Industries

  • Finance
  • Financial Services
  • FinTech
  • Payments
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Recent funding

  1. Seed

    Sep 2022

    $3M

Team