 | Hameed Khan develops the idea for face2face. |
| Hameed shares his concept with Amer Rehman, a friend from his days at Yale. They actually shared a mobile phone back in 1997. Hameed still has the same number. |
| Over a cup of tea, Hameed shares his concept with Umair Aziz and Shakir Hussain, prominent software developers and the two principals of Creative Chaos (Pvt.) Ltd. He wants them to code a prototype for face2face.
All three love the idea – they decide to invest. |
| Proximate Global Inc. (PGI) is formed. The company is incorporated on May 29th, 2009 in Delaware, USA. |
| Umair and Shakir become part of the PGI team. |
| Discovery process and feasibility research completed. |
| PGI retains Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati to represent and advise them with respect to corporate governance and private funding opportunities. |
| PGI opens offices in Karachi, Pakistan. |
| Hameed and Umair assemble an initial team of 12 software engineers with expertise in mobile development. |
| Development begins on face2face - a multiplatform mobile social networking app with Proximity Awareness as its key feature. |
| Amer Rehman leaves the hedge fund world to join PGI as CFO. |
| PGI has a further agreement with WSGR to consult and represent the company in trademarks issues. |
| Sulaiman Ijaz postpones his MPhil program at Cambridge and leaves McKinsey to
join PGI as Employee No. 1.
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| Development of face2face alpha is completed for the iPhone, Blackberry and Android platforms.
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| Rabia Malik kick starts the marketing department at PGI. |
| Beta testing for face2face commences. |
| Another team heads development for the J2ME platform. |
| Retain Black, Lowe & Graham for to consult and execute on patent strategy. |
| PGI qualifies for business in New York State. |
| Headquarters are shifted to Manhattan. |
| Company strength crosses 45. |
