Mohammad Azeem Email & Phone Number

Acquired by FreeWill, GrantAssistant.ai is an AI-powered platform designed to streamline the grant proposal process for international development organizations, nonprofits, and INGOs. It offers an end-to-end toolkit that automates tasks from opportunity discovery to proposal drafting, significantly reducing the time and effort required. With specialized training models, preloaded templates, and tools to capture the unique tone of an organization, it enhances proposal accuracy and compliance, ultimately increasing the chances of winning grants.

Karāchi, Sindh, Pakistan

● Spearheaded the product team as the first member, scaled up to 9 people in two months. ● Crafted quarterly product roadmap, user personas, and mobile app flow to successfully launch in 2 months. ● Partnered with CDC Pakistan to devise a back-office system (KYC, FinOps), to manage the investment portfolio.● Partnered with SECP and tech partners to bring down the account opening cycle from 3 days to real-time. ● Achieved and maintained 12% WoW growth in weekly active investors with a $28 median investment per user per week. ● Garnered and maintained 28% WoW growth in Total Invested Amount through Trikl since Feb 23.● Implemented Metabase and UX Cam which resulted in a 100% increase in the signup to active investor ratio on October 23.● Integrated generative AI finance bot to reduce post-KYC drop-off rate from 70% to 45%.● Pioneered instant settlements via payment gateways in Pakistan through collaboration with "Abhi payment gateway." ● Collaborated with the CEO to prepare financial plans for a user base of over 100,000.

At bSecure, we develop checkout solutions for e-com businesses to increase their conversion rates.● Launched Product Catalog after developing user stories to enable 100+ customers to sell without making a website.● Developed deep integration with Bykea Logistics based on the JTD framework to allow customers to offer same-day delivery.● Championed RICE framework in Sprint Designs to bring down the development lead time from one month to 2.5 weeks.● Analyzed transaction data set of 5,000 unique customers resulting in the elimination of failed transactions and a 75% reduction in checkout load times.● Increased the customer base by 100% in 3 months by launching integrations with NIFT, Qisstpay, and HBL payment gateway

• TapTap is an audio note-taking app that saves only the most important parts of conversations.• Developed User Personas by Design-Thinking, conducted 25 surveys, distilled the competition and survey data into a Market Report which led the development cycle of an MVP.• Recruited a team of 4 people and led them through the product development (Android + Extension) with the help of the Kanban System. Launched the app and extension after 6 weeks and 5 weeks of development, respectively.• Raised $4200 from various angels including Daniel Gross (Ex YC Partner) and Pioneer.• Acquired more than 500 organic downloads in 3 months and maintained a 73% MoM growth rate.• Maintained 11.6% weekly retention and 8.58% monthly retention by automating weekly feedback cycles based on usage.

Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

FINJA is a new-age financial services platform for professionals, merchants (Karyana shops) and SME businesses solving their payments, collections, and credit needs.

Quetta, Pakistan

● Co-founded an IOT based startup which produces data-driven safety helmets for coal miner’s safety● Secured a grant of PKR 14 million from HEC Technology Development Fund by co-authoring the proposal and solving bureaucratic problems● Prepared a comprehensive budget of PKR 14 million which was approved by HEC TDF● Led the startup’s marketing across multiple channels resulting in 13 international and local media publications, two interviews on Dawn News, and wide recognition from public figures on social media

Lahore, Pakistan

Pak-Vitae aims to improve the water conditions of the third world countries and contributes towards their bright future. We are working tirelessly to achieve the goal of global access to clean drinking water by building cutting-edge membrane technology. My role in the team is to identify and remove the obstacles in the way of achieving our mission.

Lahore, Pakistan

We founded Qayaam to make travel seamless in Pakistan and around the globe. Travel is one of the most ancient and profound sources of learning and growing, and we are making it accessible for everyone by building an end-to-end mobile application that takes care of booking and paying for accommodation rentals. • Established Qayaam’s operations in Lahore, Islamabad, and Gilgit Baltistan which enabled the startup to acquire 300 hosts and handle 200+ transactions in a year.• Raised more than 1 million rupees through different startup competitions to fund the operations• Set up a CRM system and designed Facebook marketing campaigns with a 7/10 minimum relevancy score and Rs 14 as cost per lead.• Tourist Assistance Program (TAP), a project by Akhuwat, Government of Gilgit Baltistan and Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund, was aimed at the social uplift of Gilgit Baltistan by enabling short-term renting.• Handled government bureaucracy to acquire project owned 130 hosts data across Gilgit Baltistan.• Helped all the hosts to pay off their loans in just one season