◆ Builder. Founder. Storyteller.
◆ Pakistan · Manchester · Glasgow · Milton, Ontario
◆ Backing Conviction Before Traction
◆ Hum Sab. Ek Fikar. Ek Mustaqbil.
◆ 6 Ventures · 1 Vision · 0 Compromises
◆ Builder. Founder. Storyteller.
◆ Pakistan · Manchester · Glasgow · Milton, Ontario
◆ Backing Conviction Before Traction
◆ Hum Sab. Ek Fikar. Ek Mustaqbil.
◆ 6 Ventures · 1 Vision · 0 Compromises

Milton, Ontario · Est. 1999

Subhan
Tahir

Builder. Founder. Storyteller.

Serial founder and CEO building category-defining companies from the ground up — for the brown kids who were told the table was full. We built our own.

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Who I Am
Subhan Tahir
Subhan Tahir Founder · Milton, Ontario

From Lahore
to LinkedIn.
No shortcuts.

I was born in Pakistan, raised in Manchester and Glasgow, and built my first brand — MST Enterprises — at 18 with nothing but conviction and a Crown logo I designed myself. No investors. No mentors. No roadmap.

Now based in Milton, Ontario, I run HUMARAS Ventures Ltd — a holding company named after my mother — and MST Labs, a venture incubator built for the founders who never got a seat at the table.

Six active ventures. Two nieces. Volunteer football coaching on the side. One book in progress. And a podcast that hasn't dropped yet — but will. Busy building. 😄

🇵🇰 Lahore
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Manchester
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Glasgow
🇨🇦 Milton, ON
6
Active Ventures
£1B+
Est. Portfolio Value
18
Age at First Brand
3
Countries Built In
∞
Years Thinking in Decades
0
Times We Looked Back

HUMARAS Ventures Ltd

The house of builders. Named after my mother Humara — the name misspelled on every government document. She never corrected it. That misspelling became our name. HUMARAS (humara — "ours" in Urdu/Hindi) is a long-term venture holding company. We create, acquire, support and compound exceptional businesses. Builders first. Investors second. Owners forever.

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The Portfolio

Building the Future.
One Venture at a Time.

Every company in this portfolio exists because someone said it couldn't be done, or more often, because it simply didn't exist yet. We build from conviction — not trend reports.

Active
Baand
Baand
World's First Joint-Consent Matchmaking App
The relationship institution for the South Asian diaspora. Both families consent. Both accounts match. Built on trust, not swipes. Est. Market Value £150M+
baand.app
Active
Sahaara AI
Sahaara AI
Home, in their language.
Multilingual AI voice companion for immigrant parents. Technology that speaks their language so they never feel lost. Est. Market Value £200M+
getsahaara.com
Active
Watchd
Watchd
Discover through people you trust
WhatsApp meets IMDb. Discover, rate, and discuss content through trusted close circles — not cold algorithms. Est. Market Value £100M+
watchd.watch
Active
SmashBall
SmashBall
A new sport. Built from first principles.
Built for the next generation. A sport designed from scratch with community at its core. Est. Market Value £300M+
Explore the Sport
Active
EidShare
EidShare
Making celebration accessible. No ads. Free forever.
Community giving reimagined. Share Zakat, Sadaqah, and celebration moments. A digital sadaqah for the ummah — no ads, free forever. Est. Market Value £80M+
eidshare.com
Active
NUJ
NUJ
Say Less. Mean More.
Gen Z messaging with a 30-character limit. Paragraphs are dead. Signals hit harder. The anti-essay messaging app for people who don't need to explain themselves.
nuj.wtf
MST Labs
MST Labs — The Founder Institution
Backing Conviction Before Traction
The VC that brown kids don't have. A venture incubator and mentor platform focused on underrepresented founders — built to empower visionary entrepreneurs with capital, mentorship, and a global network.
Est. Market Value £250M+
The One I'm Proudest Of

SmashBall

Not another app. A brand-new sport — designed from first principles for the next generation. Fast, accessible, and built to be played anywhere by anyone, with community at its core.

This is the venture I'm most proud of. Most people build inside the lines that already exist. SmashBall draws new ones — a game, a culture, and a movement built from scratch. Est. Market Value £300M+

🏐 A New Game

Original rules, original equipment, original feel — engineered from the ground up, not borrowed from another court.

🤝 Community First

Designed to be picked up in minutes and played together — accessible to every age, every background, every street.

🌍 Built to Scale

A sport with a brand, an identity, and a vision to grow into leagues, clubs, and culture worldwide.

NUJ — reaction-native messaging
◆ The One That Changes the Game

Meet NUJ.

Paragraphs are dead. NUJ is reaction-native messaging for Gen Z — say less, mean more. A 30-character world where signals hit harder than essays. This is the bet on the future of how we talk: less typing, more vibe.

The platform play. The one that doesn't just join the conversation — it rewrites it.

Say It Your Way →
The Record

Earned,
Not Given.

UK
⚖️
Won a Lawsuit in the UK
Took on a legal dispute in the British court system and won. No representation shortcuts. Stood in the fight and came out the other side. Conviction isn't just a business value.
YC
🚀
Y Combinator Application
Completed and submitted a full YC application for Baand — answering every question with the kind of founder clarity YC looks for. Building for the long game.
Age 18
👑
Founded MST Enterprises at 18
Built the original MST brand — the crowned silhouette, the monogram, the identity — entirely without external help. Created the logo himself. That brand became an empire.
Active
🏟️
Volunteer Football Coach
Coaching football in Milton, Ontario as a volunteer. The pitch is where discipline, identity and leadership all come together.
6 Live
⚡
6 Ventures Built & Live
Six active companies — each with a live website, brand identity, and real traction — built in parallel. Most founders take years to launch one. We built six simultaneously.
HUMARAS
🏛️
HUMARAS Ventures Ltd — Est. 2026
Formally incorporated the holding company under his mother's name. A generational institution. Built to outlast the founder. Built for the next generation of brown founders globally.
The Story
A Memoir · In Progress
My Name
is Subhan
SubhanALLAH — How an Immigrant Learned to Win Without Losing Himself
Subhan Tahir

The book
they weren't
expecting.

Pakistan. Manchester. Glasgow. Canada. Each chapter a different country. Each country a different version of the same impossible question: who are you, really?

This is not a self-help book. It's not an immigrant success story wrapped in a neat bow. It's the raw account of a man who went from being told his name was too hard to pronounce, to building a holding company named after his mother.

The Glasgow chapter — a policing application, a pivotal incident, a withdrawal — is the one that hits hardest. It's also the one that shaped everything that came after.

Publishing live on Substack. One chapter at a time.

📖 Read on Substack
The Conversation
🎙️ Episode 1 Dropping Soon

Smoke &
Ambition

Real talk for the South Asian diaspora — founders, dreamers, survivors, and everyone building a life between two worlds. No filter. No fluff. Just the conversation that needed to happen.

Been busy building six companies. The podcast got pushed. But it's coming. And when it drops — it's going to hit. 😄

▶ YouTube 📸 @smokeandambition
Giving Back
EidShare

EidShare & the
Zakat Project

EidShare started as a photo journal app. It became something bigger: a community giving platform — no ads, free forever. A digital sadaqah. A way to give Zakat, share celebration, and build real community in an increasingly transactional world.

If you've got it, share it. That's the only rule.

🌙 ZakatGive what's due. No platform cuts.
❤️ SadaqahVoluntary giving made frictionless.
🎉 EidShare your moments with the ummah.
🚫 No AdsFree forever. Built for community.
Visit EidShare.com
Get In Touch

Let's build
something.

Founder introductions. Partnership conversations. Investment discussions. Or just someone who wants to build the right thing for the right people.

subhan797@me.com