We keep what we build
Every platform in the portfolio still runs on our infrastructure. Nothing is handed over and forgotten, which means a shortcut taken this quarter is a support call we take ourselves next year.
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About Shape Ventures
An enterprise software company that stays after go-live.
Fifteen platforms across ERP, compliance, fleet and workshop, logistics, human capital, distribution, point of sale, tool rooms, EHS compliance, venue bidding and analytics — all owned, hosted and supported by the same team in Karachi.
17
Years building
15
Platforms in production
8
Countries served
100%
Built and supported in-house
How we got here
We kept the products.
Shape Ventures started the way most software firms do — building systems for other companies. What changed the business was deciding not to hand them over. An ERP written for one manufacturer became ErpXtreme. A gate log became BridgeLogX. A club owner's timing problem became a point of sale that venues now buy off the shelf.
Every platform we sell today started as a real problem in a real building, not as a product idea on a whiteboard. That history is why the portfolio is narrow rather than opportunistic: finance, stock, compliance, people and distribution, where one architecture and one team carry across every product.
We run what we build. That is the business model, and it is the reason we decline work we would not want to be operating in three years.
| Platforms owned | 15 |
|---|---|
| Live and supported | 15 |
| Product brands | ErpXtreme · BridgeLogX · QuePot |
| Delivery model | Build, host and operate |
| Markets | 8 countries · HQ Karachi |
| Deployment | Cloud or on-premise |
| Regulatory | FBR digital invoicing |
| Head office | Karachi, Pakistan |
How we work
Four things we hold to.
We build in a narrow band
Enterprise operations, tax and compliance, distribution, and the systems underneath a working business. Unglamorous and heavily regulated — exactly where staying around is worth more than moving fast.
The field decides the design
Order bookers lose signal. Gate staff wear gloves. Clubs close at 2am and the owner still wants the takings. Software that ignores those facts gets abandoned in week three.
One team, end to end
The people who scoped it wrote it, the people who wrote it deploy it, and the people who deploy it answer the phone. There is no handover layer to lose things in.
Capabilities
Delivered in-house, end to end.
Design, engineering, infrastructure and support are all ours. Nothing core is subcontracted, so there is no handover layer for work to get lost in.
ERP architecture
Multi-company, multi-currency systems with a shared ledger underneath every module.
Regulatory integration
FBR digital invoicing, tax treatment and the audit trail that has to survive a review.
Multi-tenant SaaS
Tenant-aware platforms serving many organisations from one deployment.
Point of sale
Counter terminals, tablets and offline-capable field applications.
Distribution & secondary sales
Order booking, van sales, route plans, distributor stock, claims and schemes.
Payroll & attendance
Hire to retire, with attendance feeding payroll without a manual export.
Fleet & access control
Gate passes, trip approvals, visitor check-in and site-wide movement logs.
Cloud infrastructure
Hosting, backups, monitoring and release management for everything we operate.
Support
Named contacts and a support desk staffed by people who know the codebase.
The portfolio
Fifteen platforms, all still ours.
ERP
ErpXtreme
Accounting, inventory, manufacturing and people on one ledger.
SUITE
BridgeLogX
Five platforms for the road, the workshop, the tool room, the gate and the route.
FMS
Fleet Management
Vehicles, drivers, fuel, trips and documents for a fleet of any size.
VMMS
Vehicle Maintenance
Job cards, parts, vendor bills and preventive schedules per vehicle.
TRMS
Tool Room Management
Fifteen thousand tools, who holds them, and what is due for repair.
VMS
Visitor Management
Pre-approval, gate registration, passes and vehicle movement.
POS · DMS
Retail & Distribution
Counter POS through to secondary sales in the field.
LMS
Logistics Management
Consignments, trips, freight costing and proof of delivery.
HRMS
HR Management
Records, attendance, leave, payroll and the employee lifecycle.
IR
IR Compliance & HR
Contractor labour, statutory registers and site compliance.
EHS · LIMS
EHS & Laboratory Compliance
Daily plant readings, lab results and the ISO evidence behind them.
BI
Data Analytics
Dashboards, reporting and analysis on data your systems already hold.
VENUE
QuePot
Table time, memberships, café orders and the till for snooker clubs.
MARKETPLACE
Wedlay
Post an event, collect bids from venues, book the best price.
TAX
FBR Digital Invoicing
Invoices filed and verified as they print.
Common questions
Before you get in touch.
Do you sell the software, or the service around it?
Both, and we do not separate them. Every platform is licensed with hosting, patching and support included, because we operate what we sell rather than handing it over.
Can we run it on our own servers?
Yes. ErpXtreme and BridgeLogX both deploy on-premise where policy or connectivity requires it. The support arrangement stays the same.
How long does implementation take?
A single-company ErpXtreme rollout with clean opening data typically runs six to ten weeks. Multi-company groups and manufacturing take longer. We scope it before quoting, not after.
What happens to our existing data?
Masters, opening balances and stock positions are migrated as part of implementation. Bulk import tooling is built into the product rather than written per project.
Do you build custom software as well?
Yes, where it sits in categories we already know. We take on builds we would be willing to operate for years, and decline the ones we would not.
Which markets do you support?
Eight countries, led by Pakistan. FBR digital invoicing, PKR and multi-currency handling at home; data residency and retention requirements abroad.
Leadership
Who you will work with.
Shape Ventures is still led by its founders. Every engagement has a named owner from this group, not an account manager passing your email to a team you never meet.
Khubaib Javed
Managing PartnerRuns the business and sits in the scoping conversation on every engagement.
Usman Chaudhry
Chief Technical OfficerOwns architecture across the portfolio and the standards every platform is held to.
M. Hassan Raza
PMO ConsultantScope, cadence and change control, and the single escalation point for a client.
Zafar Ahmed
ERP SpecialistImplementation and migration on ErpXtreme, from opening balances to go-live.
Nouman Tariq
MobilityThe field apps: gate, bay and route, offline-first and built for one hand.
Trusted by
Running in eight countries.
Energy, aluminium, automotive, food, construction, education, fuel, paper, retail and transport — built from Karachi, operated everywhere.
- Pakistan Head office and both delivery teams, across two Karachi sites
- United Kingdom Construction and infrastructure contracting
- United States Natural gas utilities and travel technology
- Germany Industrial and environmental technology
- UAE Aluminium smelting and heavy industry
- Japan Manufacturing and industrial supply
- Brazil Food service and multi-site retail
- Singapore Property technology and matching platforms
Ready to see it running on your data?
Send a short note about the systems you use today. We will come back with whether one of our platforms fits, or what building it would take.