KARACHI: Pakistani brothers Mohammed Amdani and Ammar Amdani have made it to this year's Forbes 30 Under 30 list, a litany of young investors who are putting their money to work in companies created by and for their immigrant, people-of-color and other minority peers.
Forbes 30 Under 30 is a set of lists of people under 30 years old issued annually by Forbes magazine and some of its regional editions.
"The Amdani brothers founded Adapt Ventures as an early-stage firm and venture studio investing across the US and Latin America, with $30 million in assets under management," Forbes said on its website.
"They were one of the first backers of unicorn Clara, Italic, Wander and several acquired companies. They've also helped incubate Pluto, a Middle East-focused spend management startup that announced a seed round in February."
The Pakistani-American cofounders lead a team of eight, most of whom identify as people of color, across New York and Miami.
Last year, 13 young Pakistanis have made it to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list which included startup founders and young innovators like Bazaar Co-founders Hamza Jawaid and Saad Jangda, Dastgyr Co-founders Muhammad Owais Qureshi and Zohaib Ali, CreditBook Co-founders Iman Jamall and Hasib Malik, ModulusTech Co-founders Yaseen Khalid, M. Saquib Malik and Nabeel Siddiqui, Visual artist and designer Misha Japanwala, Producer Abdullah Siddiqui, Eikon7 Managing Partner Shayan Mahmud, and Digital Pakistan Co-founder Hannia Zia.
