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The ones which are shining
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...
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...
Jatri Raises $1.2m in Pre-series A Funding, Eyes Nation-wide Expansion
Jatri, the Dhaka-based public transportation startup, announced today that it has raised US$1.2 million in a Pre-series A round of investment from Reflect Ventures, Brain-Too-Free Ventures, and SBK Tech Ventures. With the fresh funds, the company looks to expand...
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...
Prantojon Agro- Uplifting Root Level Farmers
The inspiration behind Prantojon Agro Enterprise came from my wish to work for the marginal people. It was 2004 when the Prantojon Trust was founded. Being a non-profit organization, we collaborated with different donors, organizations such as Oxfam, to support local...
Kludio Launches Incubator Program for Food Entrepreneurs Called Launchpad
Kludio, the Dhaka-based full-stack cloud kitchen startup, has launched an incubator program for food entrepreneurs in Bangladesh called Kludio Launchpad with a stated ambition to enable promising Bangladeshi food entrepreneurs to launch and expand their F&B...
Footsteps: Empowering communities for a brighter future
Over the course of eight years, Footsteps has designed and implemented numerous social ventures that have positively impacted the lives of 150,000 people in 17 districts across BangladeshA few years ago, Shah Rafayat Chowdhury, a co-founder and president of Footsteps,...
The Power of SMEs: Insights From IDLC’s Initiatives to Empower SMEs In Bangladesh
The Washington-based International Institute of Finance (IIF) ranked Bangladesh among the "fastest-growing economies" in 2021. Every year since 2009, the country has experienced a consistent growth rate of more than 6 percent. This growth has been driven by robust...
Shikho, an edtech startup focused on Bangladesh’s students, gets $1.3M seed
In Bangladesh, students often rely on after-school learning centers for study help or test preparation, but many of the best ones are concentrated in major cities. Edtech startup Shikho was created to make supplementary education more accessible and affordable. The...