Startup

Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Ahsan H Mansur today said the central bank has taken an initiative to launch a special fund of about Taka 800 crore to Taka 900 crore to support startup, reports BSS. “This fund...

The Digital Democracy Challenge, a 72-hour online hackathon by Seedstars focused on developing innovative and viable digital solutions to strengthen the digital democratic space, has declared its winners: Divao (Hong Kong), SafeNow (Nigeria), and Crowd Journal...

A typical Startup often starts on a shoestring operation, with initial funding from the founders, more so, from their friends and families. So it’s pretty much crucial for a Startup to look for ways to start...

After almost a year-long virtual run, the Seedstars World Competition 2020/21 announced this year’s Global Winner, Malaysian FinTech startup Finology, a startup that enables seamless access to financial products via the use of proprietary technology and...

Avijatrik, a startup from Bangladesh, won the Social Innovation award at the 2nd Youth Co:Lab summit held in Hanoi, Vietnam from 2-5 April, 2019. Youth Co:Lab is the largest youth social entrepreneurship movement in Asia, supported...

Seedstars World, the largest startup competition for emerging markets and fast-growing startup scenes is coming to Bangladesh for the 4th time. Seedstars will be holding a dynamic pitch event on September 8th, at 12.30 pm. The...

CMED Health, the Dhaka-based preventive healthcare startup, has won the Innovation Prize by TAG Heuer at Seedstars Summit 2018 in Switzerland! “We are selected as the Most innovative and revolutionary startup in line with how revolutionary...

Seedstars World, the global seed-stage startup competition for emerging markets and fast-growing startup scenes brought its Bangladesh round to a successful close during Seedstars Dhaka. The event took place on Saturday at GP House in Dhaka,...

News Hour French yachtsman Alain Thebault wants to turn a boat design he used to break a world speed sailing record in 2009 into a clean, fast taxi service for the waterways of major cities, reports...

News Hour: The Grameenphone Accelerator has unveiled the new batch of startups beginning their 4-month long acceleration journey today at GP House in Dhaka, Bangladesh. After a rigorous process of reading through over 600 applications, face-to-face...