PROFILE

31 was born and raised in Gujranwala. He is a social entrepreneur, Business executive, and philanthropist. Mr. Zain graduated in 2011 from the University of Miami USA with a major in Entrepreneurship and returned to Pakistan to do something good for his country and its people. Upon his return, he worked on his vision of providing quality and no-cost microfinance services to the poor and vulnerable segment of society. Taking note of the death of financial services available for the poverty-stricken masses, Mr. Zain Ashraf started Seed Out.

Seed Out, a Non-Profit Organization, was founded in 2013. As the founder and President of Seed Out, Zain Ashraf works on providing interest-free loans to deserving individuals living below the poverty line. Seed Out is one of the first interest-free crowdfunding platforms in Pakistan to leverage technology to fulfill its developmental aims and as a result, it has established a unique nexus between financial inclusion and technological advancement. The main mission of Seed Out is to provide self-enabling and inclusive entrepreneurial opportunities in an attempt to alleviate poverty and enable beneficiaries to live their lives with dignity via developing micro-enterprises. To date, Seed Out has supported the establishment of 1450 micro entrepreneurs (60% males/40% females, including 43 differently-abled people & 4 trans persons) across 4 districts (Lahore, Faisalabad, Gujranwala & Bahawalnagar), while impacting 7040 lives overall. Not only has this but Seed Out also enabled these families to send 4224 out-of-school children to school.