The Bangladeshi carpooling app, ZigZag Car, has recently been launched in Dhaka.

Amidst allegations, Byju's has recently taken the step to not sell their courses to poorer families.

The scribes of Augmedix Bangladesh are at the heart of the medical documentation operations in Bangladesh.

Bangladeshi transport-tech startup Shuttle has recently announced $1.5 million in new funding led by South Asia Tech.

Currently, around 2.5 million ready-made garment (RMG) workers of Bangladesh have been reported to use smartphones.

Bimafy enables customers to avail insurance services through an online platform in Bangladesh.

Gorillamove is currently serving over twenty thousand customers with a team of over 180 people, operating only in Dhaka City. The service is available on the web, as well as on Android and iOS devices.

The event by Bangladesh Women Investors Network (BWIN) featured four local women-led startups: Markopolo.ai, Wander Woman, Relaxy and CholPori.

HypeScout, the Bangladesh-based influencer marketing startup, has recently raised $280,000 pre-seed funding in a round led by Anchorless Bangladesh.

SWAP, the local re-commerce platform, has recently raised funding worth Tk. 5 crores in Pre-Series A round from Startup Bangladesh. 

Uber Bangladesh recently suspended hundreds of riders on its platform temporarily.

WeScale Accelerator Program is a cross-regional accelerator for local women entrepreneurs.

Dorik, a Sylhet-based startup, recently launched its white-label website-building platform and raised pre-seed funding from US-based investors.

Agroshift, a Bangladeshi agri-tech that enables businesses to source directly from farmers, has announced it has raised $1.8M in funding, making it the largest-ever pre-seed round for any Bangladeshi startup.  

WeGro is an agri-tech-based startup that links farmers and investors.

The senior healthcare startup ParentsCare is specifically aimed to provide elderly parents and senior citizens the help they need in their old age.

In an effort to helping innovative and ambitious startups across the globe, Microsoft has launched its Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub in Bangladesh. The global platform provides free access to resources such as productivity and technology tools to startup founders looking to launch their projects and materialise their ideas into reality.

Zatiq's Pocket Pay device is a portable card reader that can be used by delivery merchants for home deliveries.

In today’s world, many countries are now changing lanes and embracing electric vehicles (EVs). In the past decade, we have seen a tectonic shift in the automotive industry - we have seen brands like Tesla, Rivian and NIO take off. We have also seen conventional automakers like Volvo, GM, Nissan and Ford fast-track their EV product line. Globally, electric vehicle sales figures have soared to a record high. Countries like Norway, Germany and Netherlands have adopted electric vehicles swiftly. Even in China, the electric car market own consists of 28% now, which is a massive pie compared to just five years back. 

Startups! You probably come across this word everywhere, whether on television, in newspapers, or on the Internet. Thanks to the power of globalisation, the air of startup culture has reached Bangladesh as well. But is the business environment in Bangladesh hospitable enough to start and push a startup towards success? Do the start-up founders and their respective teams have a good support system to help them thrive?