Top 5 Consumer VC Funds in Bangladesh

Last updated: Apr 2024 A list of 5 VC funds that invest in Consumer startups based in Bangladesh. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Consumer companies from Bangladesh. We update this investor list every month.

Top 5 Consumer VC Funds in Bangladesh

Investor	Consumer Bangladesh investments
Astir Ventures	2
SBK	2
British International Investment	1
Standard Chartered Bank	1
Believe	1

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Astir Ventures is a leading investment firm, seeking out the best and most exciting investment opportunities. We are looking for the best entrepreneurial and business ideas to fund, mentor, and bring to market. Astir Ventures can provide you with the necessary funding and support, so your idea goes from business proposal to practice. Astir Ventureshas a rich history of finding excellent business opportunities; nurturing, guiding, and funding them for success.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Video, Fashion
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
India, Bangladesh, Pakistan

Portfolio highlights

Super Scholar — At Super Scholar, our mission is to make young Indians employable & independent. The one thing we are great at is providing high-quality placement opportunities to job seekers from all domains with Zero Financial risk.
VoiceClub — We provide 1-1 on demand audio calling facilities with experts from categories like Astrology, Love, Career & Legal. Download VoiceClub App Now!
Dastgyr Technologies — Making trade and capital seamless and reliable

SBK Tech Ventures is an impact technology fund focusing on early stage, tech-platform companies in emerging markets.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Information Technology, Internet
Seed, Pre-Seed
Bangladesh

Portfolio highlights

Hishabplus — Hishabplus operates Android and IOS based apps that enable businesses to keep track of their financial transactions, credit information and accept payments online from different payment gateways.
Digi Dokaan — DigiDokaan is a 100% free app that allows you to make your online store within thirty seconds. Set up your shop, upload your products, and start selling.
Shajgoj — Bangladesh’s number one beauty & personal care e-commerce is SHAJGOJ. Our mission is to inspire women to be inspirational, to feel confident & empowered. We have touched more than 20 million Bangladeshi women’s heart, either by our content, or by our service. We have a huge curation of more than 15,000 products, which are 100% authentic,from 400+ brands in shop.shajgoj.com. With a huge rate of 50% growth every month, and a 70% delighted returning customer rate, we have been launching exclusively big names like Mamaearth, Ossum & global beauty leader L'Oréal since the beginning. We have always wanted to make a difference in the Bangladeshi women’s lives, and sharing knowledge makes that difference. Our consumers always take an informed purchase decision with our guidance. With our unique packaging & confirmed gift on every purchase, our customers get into that kernel of delight where they become delighted from being satisfied. And for that, we have built all our assets including our app & website to be super user friendly. We have a big team of in-house beauty consultants who give free beauty consultation to any of our readers or customers over messenger, texts or phone calls. Free beauty consultation is available in our retail outlets too, where the customers can try out a wide range of color cosmetics testers as well along with the huge collection of 100% authentic beauty & personal care products. Our retail stores & social media handles have always given us better inspiration & ideas about product lines & consumer behavior. When the internet penetration got higher, and people were habituated in the social first internet culture, there were no good contents in Bangla about beauty & personal care. That’s when Shajgoj launched its first content site shajgoj.com, with its unique & dynamic contents back in the year 2013. Till date, our content is richest as they are made with knowledge, experience, and loads & loads of research. We also get our content inspiration from the queries & feedback of our valuable customers & readers, both online & offline. Our team members are a bunch of cool learners, who are always open to learn new things. We have created a culture where the entire #teamshajgoj feels empowered. From pulling out targets to celebrating occasions together, our young-hearted bunch of amazing team members do everything together. And that’s how we all are thriving together, working & improvising ourselves each & every day. We have 65% female team members, and this is the best workplace for any women out there in Bangladesh. Along with doing the regular practices like paid maternity leave, we have opportunities to work from home, flexibility of bringing the kids to the workplace, always working on menstrual health awareness & many more activities to nurture the mental health. We have a very strong emotional relationship with all our valuable customers. They are our biggest strength. And we believe it will grow only stronger in the coming days.

British International Investment is the UK's development finance institution. We've been at the forefront of supporting companies in developing countries for more than 70 years.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Banking, Finance
Debt Financing, Funding Round, Series B
India, United Kingdom, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

Skye Renewables — Skye Renewables is an energy-as-a-service solar company in Southeast Asia. We develop, finance, and operate on-site (captive) solar projects for commercial and industrial clients, allowing them to enjoy cheaper, cleaner electricity, without incurring any of the upfront capital expenditure.
Indorama Fertilizers — Indorama Fertilizers operates a world-class, 1.4 million metric tonnes per annum urea manufacturing facility based in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The plant has been developed to global environmental, social and construction standards. It plays a key role in supporting the agricultural sector in Nigeria by providing a reliable supply of fertilizers forlocal farmers, thereby enabling import substitution and supporting the diversification needs of the Nigerian economy. Indorama Fertilizers is also advantageously located to serve neighboring West African countries and key Western hemisphere markets, including North America, South America and Europe
Trade and Development Bank -TDB — Established in 1985, the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB), formerly the PTA Bank, is a multilateral, treaty-based development financial institution, with assets of over US$ 5 billion. The Bank’s mandate is to finance and foster trade, regional economic integration and sustainable development, through trade finance,project and infrastructure finance, asset management and business advisory services. In the past five years, TDB’s shareholder base has grown from 19 to 35 members, including 22 Member States from across COMESA, EAC and SADC, 2 non-African member countries and 11 institutional investors. During the same period, shareholder equity funds increased by 150%, annual net profits by 100%, and non-performing loans were halved. TDB currently has regional offices in Nairobi, Harare and Addis Ababa, and principle offices in Bujumbura and Port-Louis.

Standard Chartered Bank offers personal and business banking services. Their solutions for companies include transaction banking and financial markets solutions. They also offer current accounts, savings accounts, credit cards, loans, and mortgage services.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Telecommunications, FinTech
Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Funding Round
India, United Kingdom, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Ecopetrol — Ecopetrol is Colombia's largest integrated oil & gas company.
Climate Impact X — Climate Impact X is a global marketplace that provides carbon exchange and credits for investors.
Indorama Fertilizers — Indorama Fertilizers operates a world-class, 1.4 million metric tonnes per annum urea manufacturing facility based in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The plant has been developed to global environmental, social and construction standards. It plays a key role in supporting the agricultural sector in Nigeria by providing a reliable supply of fertilizers forlocal farmers, thereby enabling import substitution and supporting the diversification needs of the Nigerian economy. Indorama Fertilizers is also advantageously located to serve neighboring West African countries and key Western hemisphere markets, including North America, South America and Europe

Believe Pte Ltd. is a global, Singapore-based FMCG conglomerate that provides market-ready solutions for customers by listening to their needs and designing products that suit their culture and life choices. From breakthrough personal care essentials to beauty products surpassing global standards, our worldwide team of experts use cutting-edgetechnology, scientifically proven methodologies and ancient knowledge to gift our customers