Ejad Foundation is a US-registered nonprofit, certified by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. Our mission is to democratize access to opportunity for people from all walks of life through the optimal use of technology.
We are the philanthropic sister organization to Ejad Labs, the San Francisco–based platform for global business access founded in 2018 by Mehroz Azam and team. Together we host a series of international summits and unique development programs across South Asia, North America, and Europe — partnering with governments, corporates, startups, and entrepreneurs to pioneer a new way of doing business across borders.
Our flagship programs — Future Fest, the Pakistan Tech Summit, and the Silicon Valley Tech Exchange — bring together technologists, innovators, and change-makers from around the world to explore new frontiers and create measurable economic impact for emerging-market ecosystems.
Every program is designed to lower the cost of entry to the networks that actually build companies.
We connect ecosystems that don't yet know each other — Silicon Valley and the emerging world.
One warm intro, one mentor, one investor — repeated at scale — is how ecosystems change.