Qaabil
Job-ready IT bootcamps in Lahore with income-share agreements and an 81% placement rate.
The business
Problem. Pakistan produces 25,000 CS graduates a year but companies still can't hire — degrees don't teach the stack employers actually use.
Solution. 16-week full-time bootcamps in web development and QA, taught by working engineers, paid via income-share after the graduate lands a job above PKR 60k/month.
Model. Income-share agreements of 12% of salary for 18 months, capped at PKR 350,000. Upfront-fee track for self-funded students is 30% of enrolment.
Market. Fresh graduates and career-switchers 20–28; roughly 400,000 people enter this pool annually.
Competition. Short-course academies with no placement accountability. Our incentive alignment is the difference.
Traction
Monthly revenue
PKR 1M–2M monthly
Customers
310 graduates, 81% placed within 90 days
Months operating
27
Growth
New cohort size up 20% each quarter
Hiring partnerships with 40 software houses. First QA cohort fully placed before graduation.
Team
Fahad Malik
Co-founder & CEO
Former engineering manager at a US-remote software house. Hired 60+ engineers and got tired of interviewing unprepared graduates, so he built the pipeline himself.
Team of 15 · LinkedIn
Use of funds
ISA financing pool (60%), second campus in Johar Town (25%), placement team (15%).