There is an increased global awareness that a modern economy cannot reach its full potential without nurturing the innovation of its entrepreneurs, and that realization enhances the prospects for venture capital. I am very passionate about using investment strategies combined with leveraging political and corporate support to create radical social transformation and new markets in the developing world. Since past year I have been compiling a set of ideas that IF implemented with the right partnerships - can turnaround the fate of any developing country. Please note that in this document we take the example of Pakistan. However the thesis underlying the suggestions embedded in this document holds true in the author's opinion for other developing countries/regions as well. Some of the ideas listed here are inspired from my work of consulting governments and large corporations across LatAm and China. In my years of being an investor in the U.S venture capital industry, I have had the privilege to meet entrepreneurs, Venture Capitalists, innovation thought leaders etc. from 50+ countries (Germany, UK, Israel, India, Singapore,Turkey, France, China, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Iran, etc. etc.). I can safely conclude that the secret recipe to the success of U.S. economy and military might lies, to a major credit, in the thought leadership and effective capital market of venture capital. Most smart countries I have worked with have figured out tailored cross border investment strategies to be involved in the U.S innovation ecosystem. Developing countries can learn from some these examples and replicate to achieve great outcomes

1. 24 IDEAS TO
REVIVE ANY
DEVELOPING
COUNTRY
WRITTEN BY
Mamoon Ismail Khalid
Venture Partner @ ROKK3R
VC Scout @ Clearbanc
Mentor · NUMA New York, StartED Network, Expara Ventures
Ambassador, Center for Advancing Innovation
Former · Investor @ Quake Capital Partner & Principal, Accathon Capital

2. There is an increased global
awareness that a modern
economy cannot reach its full
potential without nurturing the
innovation of its entrepreneurs,
and that realization enhances
the prospects for venture capital.
2

3. 3
AUTHOR’S
NOTE
I am very passionate about using investment strategies combined with leveraging political and
corporate support to create radical social transformation and new markets in the developing world.
Since past year I have been compiling a set of ideas that IF implemented with the right
partnerships - can turnaround the fate of any developing country.
Please note that in this document we take the example of Pakistan. However the thesis underlying
the suggestions embedded in this document holds true in the author's opinion for other
developing countries/regions as well. Some of the ideas listed here are inspired from my work of
consulting governments and large corporations across LatAm and China. In my years of being an
investor in the U.S venture capital industry, I have had the privilege to meet entrepreneurs, Venture
Capitalists, innovation thought leaders etc. from 50+ countries (Germany, UK, Israel, India,
Singapore,Turkey, France, China, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Iran, etc. etc.). I can safely conclude that the
secret recipe to the success of U.S. economy and military might lies, to a major credit, in the
thought leadership and e
ff
ective capital market of venture capital. Most smart countries I have
worked with have
fi
gured out tailored cross border investment strategies to be involved in the U.S
innovation ecosystem. Developing countries can learn from some these examples and replicate to
achieve great outcomes.
PAKISTAN

4. 4
PLASTICS TO
BIOFUEL PLANTS
01
We have invested in a company called Fulcrum BioEnergy, which has developed a process to
turn certain types of household waste, such as paper, textiles, wood, plastics and food
products, into transport fuels, such as synthetic jet fuel. Proprietary catalyst gas-to-liquids
technology licensed by BP and our partner Johnson Matthey plays a key role in this process.
Transportation fuels produced this way can have up to 80% fewer lifecycle greenhouse gas
emissions than traditional transportation fuels. As well as diverting waste from land
fi
ll, Fulcrum
also recovers recyclable materials, displacing the production of new metals and plastics. The
process also produces ash that can be used in cement kilns.
The
fi
rst Fulcrum facility is currently being constructed in Nevada and the company has
announced a second facility to be built in Indiana. The Nevada plant is expected to convert
around 175,000 tonnes of household waste into approximately 11 million gallons of fuel every
year – the equivalent of more than 180 return
fl
ights between London and New York.
https://www.bp.com/en/global/corporate/news-and-insights/press-releases/bp-announces-investment-of-30-million-in-
biojet-producer-fulcrum.html
AGILYX,GE PARTNER TO RECYCLE PLASTICS
The companies seek to increase chemical
recycling from the current 10% to 95%

5. 5
USING MOTION OF ARABIAN
SEA COASTLINE WATER,
FRESHWATER LAKES AND
GLACIAL RIVERS TO GENERATE
ELECTRICITY (WAVE POWER)
02
According to the World Energy Council, the total global
potential of wave energy is about 32 PWh/yr (petawatt hour
per year), approximately double the world’s electricity supply
in 2008. Homewer, wave power has major challenges to
overcome for it to be deployed: Mainly harnessed through
o
ff
shore devices, it su
ff
ers from very high costs, both for
installation and for maintenance.
• https://www.arrecifesystems.com/
• https://www.ecowavepower.com
• https://www.turbulent.be/
• https://www.nationalgeographic.com/
magazine/2020/04/waves-are-generating-
power-just-one-of-many-signs-of-hope-for-
our-planet/

6. 6
NATIONAL INCOME SHARE
AGREEMENT PROGRAM
03
We started Lambda School because we believe that the “traditional” model of
higher education is broken. Every year, people as young as 17 years old take on
tens of thousands of dollars in student debt and pray that the education they are
investing in will land them on a job on the other side.
Unfortunately, traditional colleges and universities have no incentive to ensure their
graduates get hired – they get paid regardless.
At Lambda School, we believe there is a better way to approach education.
Instead of asking our students to bet on us, we bet on them
fi
rst. Lambda’s model
is built on Income Share Agreements (ISAs) – our students pay no tuition upfront,
and agree to pay back 17% of their income post-graduation for two years, but only
once they’re making $50,000 or more. And if they don’t
fi
nd a high-paying job after
60 months of deferred payments? They pay nothing. This paradigm-shifting model
allows us to align the incentives of the school with the incentives of our students –
and we all win when our graduates succeed.
100k students; $10BN a year revenue machine
About Lambda School concept

7. 7
DISTRIBUTED
CHICKEN FARMS
04
Wherever there are Sikhs, there is langar. Langar is the free communal
kitchen service that is part of every single gurdwara (Sikh place of
worship and education) in the world. Langar is also served on the
streets to ensure it reaches those that may need it most. Through this
completely voluntary service funded entirely by donations (of both food
and money), Sikhs serve an estimated seven million meals a day all
over the world, according to estimates from the Sikh Press Association.
https://www.hu
ffi
ngtonpost.ca/harman-singh/langar-sikh-free-meals_a_23556757/
A network of free food locations spread evenly across major cities
(Funded by government and citizen donations)

8. 8
3D PRINTED HOUSING SCHEMES
TO END HOMELESSNESS
05
Robots, drones, and now 3D printers. Automation is coming for the
construction industry, and as I've written, the $15.5 trillion global industry
is long overdue for an e
ffi
ciency-minded technological intervention.
A startup called Mighty Buildings is taking the concept to the extreme
plans to automate up to 80% of the building process in its factories
using 3D printing. It claims it can produce structures with 95% fewer
labor hours and twice as fast as conventional construction.
3D printed houses for 45% less?
https://youtu.be/PbgCu0aUobE

9. 9
06
A NEW SERIES OF
PARAMILITARY LAW
FIRMS THAT WORK
WITH EQUITY MODEL
IN LEGAL CASES FOR
MASS POPULATION
In developing countries there is a big room in the legal
model of equity legal representation - whereby law
fi
rms
take equity in the cases of mass population and go after
big interest groups where civil liberties have been
violated. This is fairly common in the United States of
America. Why we add the paramilitary angle is because in
developing countries - big money and big politics has
tremendous amounts of power and can employ barbaric
means to crush individuals who take up matters against
them. If a new legal
fi
rm tries to do the same - chances are
things will get ugly as well. Hence we need to begin with
this realization and cater to the cost and possibilities of
bringing retired military and in
fl
uentials with a good
conscience to employment into the proposed new legal
fi
rms in order to be able to go after legal pursuits in a way
where you actually stand a chance of winning because
you have leveled the power dynamic playing
fi
eld.

10. 10
INDOOR FARMING (BOWERY FARMS
EVERYWHERE) - WITH LOCAL MARKET
CONNECTIVITY TO SELL PRODUCE
07
https://www.towergarden.com/
Plant these at rooftops patios etc and provide revenue share to space owners.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/the-economist_growing-vegetables-below-the-streets-of-london-activity-6725316120804380673-P2Fs

11. 08
SUSTAINABLE
AGRICULTURE -
GROWING FRESH
FRUITS AND
VEGETABLES USING
RENEWABLE INPUTS.
Sundrop Farms in Port Augusta, South Australia is a pioneer of sustainable agriculture, with the
ability to grow fresh fruits and vegetables in a place previously considered too barren to grow
anything.
Given the lack of freshwater and its harsh climate, traditional horticulture isn’t feasible in this area.
Using technology, they have been growing delicious produce using seawater and sunlight instead.
Their 20-hectare greenhouses require no soil to grow the food and since there is no freshwater, the
company has built a 115m high solar tower with 23,000 mirrors pointing to it to power up a
desalination plant.
The facility processes over 1,000,000 liters of water per day, turning the Southern Ocean seawater
into fresh irrigation water, to produce 17,000 tons of tomatoes, accounting for 15% of Australia’s
annual produce.
The hydroponic farm with the desalination plat is ideal for places with no freshwater, inhospitable
land or harsh climate. It requires
fl
at land, access to seawater and sunlight to grow tomatoes,
cucumbers, peppers, and more.
https://www.sundropfarms.com/sundrop-system/
Huge potential in bringing to Thar, South Punjab, etc

12. 12
09 CREDIPESA
(Easy access to credit for businesses and individuals)
Giving store owners credit lines that can used only to purchase
goods from partner network of CPGs. Shopkeepers pay back the
loan once they have sold the inventory of goods - repayments
come from pro
fi
ts; essentially de risking the capital of the
shopkeepers who live on daily wages (meagre as $2 per day).
By creating an ecosystem around small merchants this proposed
solution eventually moths into a b2c payments solution and a new
fi
n-tech ecosystem itself that leads to provision of value to
individuals, businesses alike.
More details and case study (Ecuador)
(Produced by Rokk3r · Author: Mamoon Ismail Khalid)
https://drive.google.com/
fi
le/d/1X4NP-e-1ihtrmp-F5Ghn9eF4Cq8M7fwW/view?usp=drivesdk
CPG/Telco/
Branch Network
Partner

13. 13
10
https://dronecoria.org/en/main/
DRONES THAT PLANT
50 BILLION TREES

14. 14
ELECTRICITY GENERATING
WALKWAYS
11
Pavegen is the global leader in converting footfall into o
ff
-grid power
and data. We supply both permanent installations and experiential
activations and can power o
ff
-grid applications such as lighting, data
capture and transmission, and environmental monitoring. Each
footstep on a Pavegen walkway generates 2 to 4 joules of o
ff
-grid
electrical energy or around 5 watts of power for the duration of a
footstep. Bluetooth beacons in the system connect to smartphones,
rewarding users for their steps and generating permission-based
analytics. The tech can operate as a standalone or be embedded
simply into existing web platforms.
(All over Islamabad and Lahore)
About Pavegen
https://youtu.be/VD15-2Uriyc

15. 15
HEAVY PAYLOAD DRONES IN
INDUSTRIAL + DISASTER
MANAGEMENT USAGES
12
“Drones are transforming how
fi
eld workers safely and
accurately survey job sites across industries in construction,
agriculture, energy, and more, “ Added Cowan. “At Bessemer,
we see drone solutions as a major opportunity in a $6 Billion
global market and DroneDeploy is the clear software category
leader. The world’s largest drone deployments rely on their
technology, and we’re excited to help bring the value of their
platform to companies around the world.”
“

16. 16
13
STRUCTURED PROGRAMS TO TRAIN
INDIVIDUALS WITH SKILLS NECESSARY TO
PERFORM DEALSOURCING, VETTING, AND
ESTABLISH DEAL MAKING CREDIBILITY
WITHIN GLOBAL VENTURE CAPITAL AND
ENTREPRENEURSHIP ECOSYSTEM
To create the next generation of investors, venture capitalists and to promulgate a culture
which prioritizes fundamental principles of investor education by experiential learning.
Remember: The country which produces the best entrepreneur and venture capitalist duo
always wins. I would argue the secret to global dominance of U.S can largely be attributed to
it’s venture capital industry (think: Google, Intel, Uber, and practically all companies mentioned
in this document)
https://www.venture.university/

17. 17
14
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/01/how-a-circular-approach-can-turn-e-waste-into-a-golden-opportunity/
EXTRACT VALUABLE RESOURCES
FROM ELECTRONIC WASTE

18. 18
15
A NETWORK OF TRASHBOTS
THAT SORT WASTE
Circular ecosystem solution in collaboration with biggest CPG companies
More details and case study (Ecuador)
(Produced by Rokk3r · Author: Mamoon Ismail Khalid)
https://drive.google.com/
fi
le/d/1Ei4mKAlY8TKJQm_o3iWqzWoDdaNcLJhz/view?usp=drivesdk

19. 16
NATIONAL HEALTH
INSURANCE PROGRAM
(6000 RS per month per citizen)
Forward is a revolutionary preventive healthcare membership that
puts you in control of your health, with world-class doctors supported
by technology.
We bring advanced testing like genetics and skin cancer screening
into the primary care setting because we believe in giving you more
information, and more control. The membership is all-inclusive to
make it easy for you to request the care you need, when you need it.
All-Inclusive Care For One Flat Fee
https://goforward.com/how-it-works

20. 20
WAVE POWERED
DESALINATION
17
The technology, Wave2OTM, was developed by
start-up company Resolute Marine Energy. Chief
Operating O
ffi
cer Olivier Ceberio says it “targets
‘o
ff
-grid’ coastal communities in developing
nations where a solution to persistent water
shortages is urgently needed”.
Wave-Powered Desalination Promises
To Deliver Clean Water To Developing
Countries And Island Nations
https://www.forbes.com/sites/natalieparletta/2019/07/10/wave-powered-desalination-promises-to-deliver-clean-water-to-developing-countries-and-island-nations/#63afa8dd1b01

21. 21
18
INTRODUCE EDUCATION
TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS AT
PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO ENHANCE
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES,
QUALITY OF EDUCATION
And save millions of $$$’s on cost of running public schools
as well as enhance outcomes by 10x (retention, critical
thinking, employment prospect, communication skills,
entrepreneurial education)

22. 22
INVENTORY MANAGEMENT AND
(SMART) HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
SOLUTIONS AT ALL PUBLIC HOSPITALS
19
In order to save doctors time (more patients served) and save millions of $$$’s on cost of running
public hospitals to taxpayer

23. 20
It is necessary to move toward greater precision
of each individual plant to improve yield and
sustain growth in feeding an ever-expanding
population. Using the intelligence of technology,
we plan to continue to help growers make the
most of every drop of water from the most
structurally sound machine in the
fi
eld. The result
– optimized data for greater plant health reducing
inputs for greater gains.
https://thriveagrifood.com/startups/thrive-top-50-agtech-and-foodtech-companies/
A.I OPTIMIZED IRRIGATION/AG-TECH
TO IMPROVE AGRICULTURAL YIELD
(Prospera: https://home.prospera.ag/row-crops)

24. 21
We believe virtual care has reached an in
fl
ection point, with signi
fi
cantly increased
adoption levels, and that Doctor On Demand is well positioned to capture the
sustained growth of the broader industry,” said Robbert Vorho
ff
, managing director
and global head of health care at General Atlantic, in a written statement.
Doctor On Demand said it will use the new capital to invest in growth and expansion
of its virtual care model. The company says it saw an increase in utilization in urgent
care and behavioral health services during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Virtual care provider Doctor On Demand secured $75 million in a Series
D round of funding Wednesday, led by General Atlantic and undisclosed
existing investors.
The San Francisco-based company provides on-demand and scheduled
visits with U.S.-licensed health care providers, in both medical and
behavioral health, and said it currently covers more than 98 million lives.
A NEW MODEL FOR HEALTHCARE FOR
DEVELOPING WORLD - LEVERAGES
TELEMEDICINE TO EXTEND HEALTHCARE
TO RURAL AREAS

25. 22
Our biodigester technology+service model can be used to save
money at a variety of facilities that have waste food including:
A new service for business and rural/farming communities
that leverages organic waste to biofuel technology
HOMEBIOGAS/BIODIGESTER
TECHNOLOGY
(For rural and urban applications)
• Hotels and resorts
• Corporate and university cafeterias
• Restaurants and highway service centers
• Theme parks, convention centers, and stadia
• Hospitals and nursing homes
• Military canteens
• Bakeries and caterers
• Supermarkets and food distribution centers
• Cruise ships and oil tankers
• Remote camps for mining and humanitarian aid
• Island properties

26. 26
23
Using technology to drive environmental innovation, the company helps
turn businesses into more sustainable enterprises, and neighborhoods
into greener and smarter places to live and work. Rubicon’s mission is
to end waste, in all of its forms, by helping its partners
fi
nd economic
value in their waste streams and con
fi
dently execute on their
sustainability goals.
Rubicon is a software company that
provides smart waste and recycling
solutions for businesses and
governments worldwide.
https://www.rubicon.com/video-partners-ramco-environmental/
TECH ENABLED
MUNICIPALITIES

27. 27
24
We offer municipalities, utilities, corporate/college
campuses and mobile operators, cost-e
ff
ective and
expandable network equipment for deploying Smart City,
broadband and Small Cell services on their existing
streetlight infrastructure.
SMART CITIES
Introduction of new technologies that skip
legacy infrastructure needs
Make your city smart overnight

28. 24 IDEAS TO
REVIVE ANY
DEVELOPING
COUNTRY
WRITTEN BY
Mamoon Ismail Khalid
Venture Partner @ ROKK3R
VC Scout @ Clearbanc
Mentor · NUMA New York, StartED Network, Expara Ventures
Ambassador, Center for Advancing Innovation
Former · Investor @ Quake Capital Partner & Principal, Accathon Capital