land of tigers bangladesh startup report 2016

Land of Tigers : Bangladesh Startup Scene


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6.6%(Projected to rise above 7%

GDP Growth

$1.5 BillionFDI Inflow

Agriculture: 15.33%

Industry: 31.28%

Services: 53.39%

GDP By Sector

Economy of Bangladesh


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$223.941 Billion (Nominal,2016)

$620.279 Billion (PPP, 2016)

GDP

130.9 MillionMobile Phone User

61.28 MillionActive Internet User

13.2 MillionActive Social Media User

11.6 MillionMobile Phone User

Digital Scene


Conducted by:

Bangladesh Startup Ecosystem● The notion ‘Startup’ is new in Bangladesh and it still requires to take

time to be completely accepted by the people in the country.

● A group of young entrepreneurs are leading the community in own way.

● Most important elements of the ecosystem, e.g. VCs, co-working spaces, networking events, media and etc, are on the right track to boost the newborn businesses and also to help the existing ones.

● 65% of Bangladeshi populations are under the age of 30.

● 47.6 million or 30 percent of the total 158.5 million people in Bangladesh are young (10-24 years)


Conducted by:

Bangladeshi Incubators

Connecting Startups- Government backed incubation project

GP Accelerator Accelerator by Grameenphone, country’s largest telco, empowers tech startups with the resources they need to build, grow, and go Beyond.

Founder Institute Dhaka Dhaka chapter of global Founder Institute

TechFounder.org A venture studio assisting entrepreneurs.


Conducted by:

Bangladeshi Startup CommunityChakri Khujbo na Chakri Debo- mantra of this initiative is to create jobs

Preneur Lab- believes in spreading the goodness of entrepreneurship and innovation in university students.

Team Engine- led by woman entrepreneur

Startup Dhaka or SD Asia- an online content platform for entrepreneurs

BetterStories- playing a vibrant role in the ecosystem

Hub Dhaka- a coworking space with a community of freelance entrepreneurs.

EMK Center- U.S. Embassy funded center to supporting many initiatives taken by local community members

British Council- focuses on “Social Good Startups”Land of Tigers : Bangladesh Startup Scene

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Bangladeshi Co-working Spaces

Hub Dhaka- Most successful coworking space in the country.

Moar- Founded by two female entrepreneurs

Regus- An international chain coworking space.


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Bangladeshi Startup Events

Digital World- premium tech. event organized by ICT Division

Innovation Xtreme- a tech startup summit in Dhaka.

Seedstars World- a Switzerland based startup competition that takes place in emerging markets.

Startup Weekend Dhaka- a global format to start a company in 54 hours.

National Entrepreneurs Summit- focuses on tech startups but open for other fields as well.


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Startup Grind Dhaka- A fireside chat event featuring investors and entrepreneurs powered by Google for Entrepreneurs.

Drink Entrepreneurs Dhaka- A global networking event format where entrepreneurs and investors can drop by have a drink and network.

Google Communities- Google Developer Groups and Google Business Groups are very active in the region. With regular monthly meetups on topics as innovation, growth hacking, digital literacy etc, the communities plays a major role as networking opportunities.

CXOHUB- A Hub for C-Suite leaders where executives from different startup sand companies network and share their experiences

Bangladeshi Startup MeetUps


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Bangladeshi Startup MediaSD Asia- Popular for its documentary, Startup Dhaka runs online blog on startups and tech.

Future Startup- Totally focused on entrepreneurship and startups. One of the finest articles entrepreneurs can follow.

Hifi Public- Tech lifestyle blog but also gives boost to startup ecosystem by articles, top lists and interviews.

Techshohor- Top technology news portal in Bangla language.

Traditional Media- Traditional media, mostly newspapers, are also very open to feature innovative minds. This is a huge advantage.

LightCastle Data- publishes reports on local market and predicted growth sectors of Bangladesh Land of Tigers : Bangladesh Startup Scene

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Venture Capital Firms operating in Bangladesh

BD Venture- huge financial backup by local financial institution. Regularly supports startup community by sponsoring events.

Fenox Venture- a Silicon Valley based investment firm.

500 Startups- US based accelerator and investor firm


Conducted by:

Bangladeshi Startups Funded by Foreign Entities

bKash Priyo.com

NewsCred SureCash

BDJobs Doctorola

Chaldal Chalo.com.bd.

Shohoz BDcabs


Conducted by:

Winners of Startup competitions in Bangladesh

Mobicon (Mobile Innovation Award) Rx 71Kanamachi StationEat Kit

Seedstar World Dhaka Madviser

GP Accelerator EnnovisionKandy ShareShebaREPTO


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Winners of Startup Competitions in Bangladesh

Startup Weekend Dhaka 2015 Funky-rideMagzShohoranno

Founder’s Institute Dhaka SmartKompare StylineHandymama


Conducted by:

Tech for Social GoodInnovation Hub

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