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BUET grad’s AI startup raises $4.1 million
AI startup Gray Matter Robotics, headed by BUET graduate Ariyan Kabir, has raised $4.1 million in seed round funding. Stage Venture Partners and Calibrate Ventures led the round, along with 3M Ventures, OCA Ventures, Pathbreaker Ventures and B Capital Group. The...
Truck Lagbe Raises $4 Million Series A, Aims to Transform Trucking Market of Bangladesh
Truck Lagbe, the Dhaka-based digital trucking startup that connects people and corporate customers with truck owners and drivers through an app and a website, has raised $4 million in Series A funding round led by International Finance Corporation, an investment arm...
Bangladeshi-American Durreen Shahnaz now on Forbes 50 Over 50 list
Earlier, the Asia Society had honored her with the Asia Game Changer Award in 2016 and she bagged the Oslo Business for Peace Award 2017 Amid the continuing recognition for her priceless role as a financial changemaker, Durreen Shahnaz, a Bangladeshi-American...
Chaldal Raises a $10M Series C, Eyes to Become the Online Grocery Leader in Bangladesh Through Dark Stores
Chaldal, a Dhaka-based grocery delivery platform, has raised $10 million in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Taavet Hinrikus (co-founder of Wise), Sten Tamkivi (CPO of Topia), and Xploration Capital, with the participation from Mir Group. Bangladesh is...
The Naxalite who founded Lazz Pharma
Mohammad Lutfor Rahman left the Naxalites after they asked him to kill his father. He arrived in Dhaka penniless, worked at a pharmacy, founded Lazz Pharma in 1974 and moved to Canada in 1992. Today, Lutfor owns four branches of Lazz Pharma and sold the brand name to...
Commerce platform ShopUp raises $75 million in Bangladesh’s largest funding
ShopUp, a startup that is digitizing neighborhood stores in Bangladesh, has raised $75 million in a new financing round that is also the largest in the South Asian market. Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures led ShopUp’s $75 million Series B round. Prosus Ventures as well as...
A Bangladeshi tech entrepreneur taking his country’s flag to the world
A Bangladeshi, inspired by his homeland, has taken it as an entrepreneurial mission to send waves across continents and carry his country's flagKaushik Basu, in his op-ed “Bangladesh at 50” puts a glowing remark – “Today, as Bangladesh celebrates a half-century of...
From actor to entrepreneur: Alisha Pradhan’s journey to make the most of herself
Once a model and actor, Alisha runs four companies including HerNetTv, HerNet Foundation, Ashben Tech LTD and Ashben Travels.In 2008, Alisha Pradhan shot to fame through a television commercial. The advertisement for Euro Cola was shot at Ramuji Film City in Mumbai...
Risalat Khan: When saving the climate is your career
Risalat Khan is an activist from Bangladesh who is passionate about addressing climate change, biodiversity loss and other existential challenges. He currently holds the position of Senior Campaigner in AvaazOne can find roots deeply grounded in Risalat Khan's odyssey...