How Social Causes Lead to Innovation -the Birth of ModulusTech Almost 2 years ago I completed my degree in civil engineering from NED University in Karachi. Right after graduating I went on to do something I had never thought I would do. I say this because, as engineers, we seem to appreciate having a lot of… Continue reading How Social Causes Lead to Innovation -the Birth of ModulusTech
Pakistani Startup Modulus Tech Represents at Commonwealth Summit Modulus Tech is representing Pakistan at the Pitch@Palace event at the Commonwealth Summit where entrepreneurs from 52 Commonwealth countries are competing Pitch@Palace equips entrepreneurs with a credible platform to pitch their businesses to monarchs, business angels, business investors and potential partners at St. James’s Palace, London. The… Continue reading Pakistani Startup Modulus Tech Represents at Commonwealth Summit
ModulusTech to represent Pakistan at the Global Manufacturing & Industrialization Summit, Germany ModulusTech has been selected by the Pakistani office of United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) to represent the country at the world’s first Global Manufacturing Industrial Summit (GMIS) scheduled to be held in Germany in the coming month. This comes after the… Continue reading ModulusTech to represent Pakistan at the Global Manufacturing & Industrialization Summit, Germany
Positive Planet: Green Innovation From the Global South – ModulusTech After watching the video and googling Modulus Tech, I found that the guitar-playing Nabeel that I knew, founded a start-up that produces low cost flat-packed houses that can be setup in a mere 3 hours using minimal energy and sustainable materials. The products have a… Continue reading Positive Planet: Green Innovation From the Global South – ModulusTech
Hello Tomorrow Summit, Paris 2017: ModulusTech selected in the Top 100 Deep-tech startups globally. Hello Tomorrow is the world’s leading nonprofit to accelerate science and tech entrepreneurship. Their mission is to catalyze the intersection of top researchers, entrepreneurs, industry experts and financiers to build the next generation of companies that can really solve humanity’s big… Continue reading Hello Tomorrow Summit, Paris 2017: ModulusTech selected in the Top 100 Deep-tech startups globally.
FOR PAKISTAN’S STARTUPS, CHALLENGES LINE THE ROAD AHEAD When fresh college graduate Nabeel Siddiqui launched a startup in Karachi in January 2017 with two of his friends to build low-cost, portable housing, his parents thought he was just “experimenting,” and assumed he would turn to a 9-to-5 job sooner or later. Nine months later,… Continue reading FOR PAKISTAN’S STARTUPS, CHALLENGES LINE THE ROAD AHEAD
GREEN INNOVATION FROM THE GLOBAL SOUTH For most of us, we escape high school with a small group of close friends and a long string of acquaintances that litter our Facebook page. I’m not one to be too concerned with the lives of others, but one high school acquaintance recently caught my eye. Nabeel… Continue reading GREEN INNOVATION FROM THE GLOBAL SOUTH
ModulusTech builds house in 3 hours for under Rs250,000 (via The Express Tribune) Can you imagine building an entire house in only three hours? Or constructing large cost-effective colonies with proper plumbing and electricity within a month? A house that can be assembled and disassembled like Lego blocks? A house that can be transported anywhere… Continue reading ModulusTech builds house in 3 hours for under Rs250,000 (via The Express Tribune)
The opportunity in tackling the affordable housing challenge (via McKinsey & Company) ModulusTech selected in the Top 100 Deep-tech startups globally.March 30, 2017 ModulusTechThe opportunity in tackling the affordable housing challenge (via McKinsey & Company)Experts in housing and urban development weigh in on ways that countries are addressing or plan to take on the $650… Continue reading The opportunity in tackling the affordable housing challenge (via McKinsey & Company)
Tackling the world’s affordable housing challenge (via McKinsey & Company) A third of urban dwellers–1.6 billion people–could struggle to secure decent housing by 2025. Here are four approaches that could help. Decent, affordable housing is fundamental to the health and well-being of people and to the smooth functioning of economies. Yet around the world,… Continue reading Tackling the world’s affordable housing challenge (via McKinsey & Company)
