Interactive Cares, a Dhaka-based ed-tech startup, has $100,000 in funding from a seed round in the 9th cohort of Accelerating Asia's accelerator program.

One of the post-pandemic period’s top logistics firms, Paperfly is poised to close down having stopped accepting orders since last week, in a grim reminder of the current challenges faced by Bangladesh's e-commerce sector. .“The company has stopped taking new orders since last week. After

MedEasy, a Dhaka-based online pharmacy startup, has successfully closed a seed funding round, raising $750,000. The investment is aimed at expanding its services and bridging the healthcare gap for Bangladesh’s 30 million chronic patients. The funding round was led by Seedstars International Ventures, Doha Tech Angels, Startup Bangladesh Limited, Accelerating Asia, and nVentures, with additional participation from various angel investors.

Zatiq, a local startup, has recently raised $1.6 mil in a pre-seed funding round led by Dekko ISHO Venture Capital (DIVC), as per a press release. The round was also participated by local and foreign angel investors.

Bangladesh and India reiterated their commitment to strengthening collaboration in the startup sector, including expanding exchange programmes.

Despite being a relatively nascent concept in the country, digital health bears the potential to fundamentally redefine healthcare access for Bangladesh's 160 million residents, making healthcare available within the palm of their hands.

The top 52 startups received BDT 7 crore in the 3rd iteration of the Bangabandhu Innovation Grant (BIG) 2023,  organised by the Innovation Design and Entrepreneurship Academy (iDEA) Project of Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) under the ICT Division.

Relaxy, a locally-based mental health app, aims to provide instant, affordable, and personalised mental health care all over Bangladesh.

KhelaHobe is a sports-community platform that enables you to engage in sports activities throughout your daily life.

Fashol is a tech-enabled agri-startup that empowers farmers with direct access to markets and provides small holder retailers with last-mile delivery service.

Riseup Labs is also known internationally as a provider of IT solutions including Quality Assurance (QA), Mobile App Development, Solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT), Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR) Mixed Reality (MR), blockchain, web development, software development, game development and R&D services.

The opening ceremony of the Bangabandhu Innovation Grant (BIG) 2023 was recently held at the BCC Auditorium, Agargaon, Dhaka.

Shikho has raised US $6.5 million to date, the most by any edtech startup in the country.

BASIS SoftExpo 2023, one of the largest IT events in Bangladesh, kicked off on February 23 with a wide range of activities and events that spanned four days.

On Day 2 of BASIS SoftExpo 2023, a lively debate session was held, with each side discussing the importance of 'growth' and 'profitability' in startups.

In 2017, Sheba Platform Limited received The Daily Star ICT Awards in the ‘ICT Startup’ category.

ShopUp, a full-stack B2B commerce platform in Bangladesh, recently announced that it had received USD $30 million in debt funding, according to a report by Asia Tech Daily.

These issues arise in the context of startups due to a disorganised policy framework across various ministries.

With so many events taking place throughout 2022, we can hope that the coming year will provide more opportunities for the local startups to flourish further in the grand scheme of things.

According to the annual report, users of Dhaka were the busiest with most late-night trips and office-hour trips taken through Uber.