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Maya: An AI-powered start-up that plans to become the go-to name in healthcare
Maya, an online health and well-being company, is working to take telemedicine to every screen across the country During her first pregnancy, Ivy, even though she was in the hands of a capable OB/GYN, had a hundred questions on her mind. Complications would arise, but...
Merchant Bay: In pursuit of creating a data-driven RMG industry
Why should the second largest RMG exporter in the world, Bangladesh, still depend on intuition based decision-making instead of data? This start-up is working to change that. Ever wonder why Bangladesh is so data-poor? When it comes to numbers and statistics, some say...
How a young girl from Khulna is tackling mental health in the city
Fairooz was honoured with the ‘Goalkeepers Global Goals Changemaker Award’ from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for her work with Moner School, making her the first Bangladeshi ever to receive the award for commendable work on mental health Fairooz Faizah Beether...
6 Agri-tech Startups to Watch
Agriculture remains the most important sector in Bangladesh. The sector contributes 40% of the total employment and 14% of the GDP. But the sector faces a long list of challenges. There are roughly about 20 million farmers. 80% of them are smallholders. The majority...
Hasnaeen Rizvi Rahman an Astute Leader committed to deliver innovative software solutions
Hasnaeen Rizvi Rahman is a first-generation entrepreneur at 25 years of age. He is the Founder and CEO of Astha IT which was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Astha IT is a custom software development company that specializes in building...
Travel-Tech Startup Go Zayaan Raises $2.6M in Seed Investment, Aims to Bring More Travel Services Online
Bangladeshi travel-tech startup Go Zayaan announced that it has raised US$2.6 million in a seed round investment led by Wavemaker Partners, one of Southeast Asia’s leading venture capital firms. This is Wavemaker’s second investment in Bangladesh. Previously, the...
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...
Woodpecker: Carving out a business from a leap of faith
Today Woodpecker is one of the largest F-commerce platforms in Bangladesh with 353,903 followers and an astounding user rating of 4.9. Moreover, the business recently reported Tk2.1 crore in yearly revenue and a 15.7 percent profit margin. In November 2014, Nasir...
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...