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The ones which are shining
3 Bangladeshi Startups, Dana Fintech, Sohopathi, and Supply Line, Get Into the Latest Cohort of Accelerating Asia
Bangladeshi startups have been a regular presence in Accelerating Asia. For example, in last year's cohort 4, we saw 4 Bangladeshi startups out of 11. This year, out of 9 startups in cohort five, 3 are from Bangladesh. The companies are: Dana Fintech: Dana enables...
Let there be light
EcoVation, a social enterprise specializing in bringing non electrical light to the underprivileged in Bangladesh Volunteering on beach cleanup in 2010, Shanjidul Alam saw how little access people still had to electricity in rural areas of Bangladesh. In 2005, at the...
Pran RFL’s successful apparel venture
Top local conglomerate Pran-RFL Group, after grabbing sizable shares in various sectors, is now keen to put its global footprint in the apparel industry, by strengthening its apparel wing, Chorka Textile Limited. Visiting their factory at Danga area of Palash in...
iFarmer is Creating a New Model For Empowering Farmers
iFarmer was born from a simple but powerful idea: Democratizing agriculture financing and supply chain. All over Bangladesh, farmers routinely struggle to access finance, market, quality inputs, and information. As a consequence, farmers, while doing the most...
Dhaka-based Leading IoT Company Bondstein Raises $1 Million in New Investment, Looks to Invest in R&D and Expansion
Bondstein Technologies Limited, the Dhaka-based IOT company, announced that it has secured an investment worth of $1 million. The strategic investment is led by Runner Trading Limited, a subsidiary of Runner Group and is participated by other unnamed investors. The...
Ayat Education: An organisation addressing the skills gap of our workers
A way to solve the “low-skilled” Bangladeshi migrant problem is with more training organisations, say experts. This is how Ayat is becoming part of the solution. Anjana (not her real name) had taken the toughest decision of her life – abandoned her three-year-old son...
Re-commerce Startup SWAP Raises $1.25 Million In Seed Funding, Looks to Double Down On Growth
SWAP, Bangladesh’s first re-commerce platform, announced that it has raised $1.25 million in Seed Funding, led by Accelerating Asia with participation from ZA Capital Advisory, Bangladesh Angels and Southeast Asian angel investors. Bangladesh, being the 8th largest...
How Truck Lagbe Has Built a Distinct Culture Around Empathy, Empowering People, and Humane Values
“If you invest in your people, they will grow and if you care for your people, they will care for you and will walk with you and walk for you,” says Maksud Alam Rifat, Director of HR and Culture at Truck Lagbe. Based on that axiom and understanding, digital trucking...
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...