BASIS recently organised the Startup Conference during its 4-day long SoftExpo exhibition held at the Big Tent, Bangabandhu Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Center in Purbachal.
The Bangladeshi startup ecosystem has seen remarkable growth in the past few years with approximately 1,200 active startups across sectors, including fintech, logistics, healthcare, tourism, agriculture and education. In fact, startups like ShopUp, bKash, Pathao, Chaldal, Maya, Shajgoj, and iFarmer have innovated new products and processes to transform the market and have attracted millions of dollars in foreign investments for Bangladesh along with creating thousands of new jobs.
Online grocery platform Chaldal has raised Tk 5 crore in funding from Startup Bangladesh, the first government-backed and flagship venture capital fund.
E-commerce purchases through cards bounced back in March as the total transaction value crossed Tk 900 crore for the first time since July last year, when a number of scams were unearthed in the sector.
BASIS recently organised the Startup Conference during its 4-day long SoftExpo exhibition held at the Big Tent, Bangabandhu Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Center in Purbachal.
The Bangladeshi startup ecosystem has seen remarkable growth in the past few years with approximately 1,200 active startups across sectors, including fintech, logistics, healthcare, tourism, agriculture and education. In fact, startups like ShopUp, bKash, Pathao, Chaldal, Maya, Shajgoj, and iFarmer have innovated new products and processes to transform the market and have attracted millions of dollars in foreign investments for Bangladesh along with creating thousands of new jobs.
Online grocery platform Chaldal has raised Tk 5 crore in funding from Startup Bangladesh, the first government-backed and flagship venture capital fund.
E-commerce purchases through cards bounced back in March as the total transaction value crossed Tk 900 crore for the first time since July last year, when a number of scams were unearthed in the sector.
