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Top 50 Startup Investors in Bangladesh

Last updated: Jul 2024 A list of 50 angel investors and VC funds that invest in startups based in Bangladesh. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in companies from Bangladesh. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Startup Investors in Bangladesh

Investor	Bangladesh investments
Mohammad Maaz	9
Bangladesh Angels	8
Anchorless Bangladesh	6
SOSV	6
Ratio Ventures	5
Skycatcher	5
SBK	5
Nazmul Rupok	4
Sturgeon Capital	3
LearnStart	3
Flourish Ventures	3
Wavemaker Partners	3
Sketchnote Partners	3
SAJIDA Foundation	3
Aminur Rashid	3
Battery Road Digital Holdings	3
Julian Shapiro	3
IDLC Finance	3
Orbit Startups	3
Learn Capital	3
Black Kite Capital	2
The Osiris Group	2
Arun Gupta	2
South Asia Tech Partners	2
Alexander Rittweger	2
nVentures	2
EDP Ventures	2
Falcon Network	2
Shorooq Partners	2
innogy New Ventures LLC	2
Astir Ventures	2
1982 Ventures	2
Openspace	2
kaniz Almas khan	2
RC Ventures	2
Rezaul Karim	2
Reflect Ventures	2
Sabr Capital	2
Shahjahan Jewel	2
Epic Angels	2
International Finance Corporation	2
Gojek	2
Asymmetry Ventures	2
Jahangir Alam	2
One Bank Ltd	1
Brain-Too-Free Ventures	1
Believe	1
Hi2 Global Venture Fund	1
Runner Trading Ltd	1
Ankur Nagpal	1

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Mohammad Maaz

Investment focus

Payments, Information Technology, EdTech
Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
Bangladesh, Canada, United States

Portfolio highlights

Bonik — Bonik empowers small businesses with an easy-to-use app to create and run e-commerce stores independently. Download Bonik App and create your own online store for free today!
Travela — Travela is an accommodation-sharing platform.
Interactive Cares — Interactive Cares is a one stop virtual Edtech Platform for creating employability to 2.7 Million unemployed youth in Bangladesh & make them skilled through its integrated digital learning. Interactive Cares is working to create 1 M job placement by end of 2026.

Bangladesh Angels operates as an angel investing platform. Its mission to nurture innovation and entrepreneurship in Bangladesh, connecting them to both local and global investors. Bangladesh Angels was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Investment focus

Supply Chain Management, Fashion, SaaS
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
Bangladesh, India, Estonia

Portfolio highlights

Airwrk — We help founders hire, manage, & acquire vetted remote developers & distributed teams from offshore & nearshore countries in 24 hours. Try risk-free & flexibly.
Shuttle — Shuttle is a mass-transit startup based in Bangladesh that provides safe transportation at an affordable fare by moving more people with fewer vehicles and caters to both B2B and B2C customers.
Reverse Resources — The smartest way to deal with leftovers from fashion production

Anchorless Bangladesh is investing in a better Bangladesh by empowering the brilliant founders behind transformative ideas.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Mobile Apps, Supply Chain Management
Seed, Pre-Seed
Bangladesh, Canada, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Shikho — Shikho is a Bangladeshi education technology company on a mission to revolutionise the way Bangladesh learns today and democratise access to a high quality education. It is building a hyper-localised digital learning ecosystem designed specifically for the Bangladeshi national curriculum to serve a growing total addressable market of ~42 millionstudents. "Shikho - The Learning App" is available on the Google Play Store.
Agroshift — Agroshift helps farmers sell their produce to businesses and consumers by providing a tech-enabled supply chain.
HypeScout — Influencer Powered Marketing Platform! Find brand collabs and get paid!

SOSV is a global, deep tech venture capital firm that operates the HAX and IndieBio startup development programs focused on human and planetary health. SOSV invests $500,000 in startups at their inception as they onboard either HAX or IndieBio for a 4-6 month period designed to accelerate the raise of their next institutional round. SOSV joins thelater rounds of HAX and IndieBio graduates. HAX, based in a 35,000 sq ft facility in Newark, NJ, is equipped with machine tools, 3D printers, chemical, electrical and mechanical engineering labs, as well as on-staff engineering and design experts. SOSV's IndieBio has locations in NYC and San Francisco, both of which offer extensive services and facilities to founders including on-site BSL-2 labs, well equipped lab benches and hoods, and advanced lab equipment, such as chromatography equipment.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
United States, India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

NovoNutrients — NovoNutrients is working to turn waste CO2 into high-value, low-cost proteins and additives for food and feed by developing proprietary microbes and advanced gas fermentation systems.
OncoPrecision — We're developing personalized assays to determine the most suitable medication for cancer therapy at the patient level. Through our proprietary Drug Activity and Resistance Test, oncologists will be able to make data-driven decisions regarding cancer therapy selection based on patient-derived samples. Our goal is to democratize access toPrecision Oncology and improve cancer patients' lives.
Sodex Innovations — Sodex Innovations is a company which is specialized in developing assistance-systems and automating-kits for excavators

Ratio Ventures operates as a venture capital firm.

Investment focus

Supply Chain Management, E-Commerce, Agriculture
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Bangladesh, Pakistan, Vietnam

Portfolio highlights

Arogga — Arogga App is the first Bangladeshi app that brought healthcare system to your doorstep. Easy and efficient. With a click of a button, upload your prescription and we will ensure safe delivery of your medicine at earliest possible time.
HD — HD is a healthcare and surgery marketplace, powering over 1,500+ healthcare providers including some of the biggest hospitals. HD connects patients to hospitals, clinics, operating rooms, and surgeons while offering healthcare financing solutions to increase access to affordable care and surgeries. To date, over 250,000 patients have benefited frommore accessible and affordable healthcare and surgeries through the company's platform.
OpenDeepData.ai — SaaS

High-conviction investing in Internet and software companies globally

Investment focus

Online Games, Video Games, MMO Games
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Bangladesh, India, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Onmeta — Onmeta
Keyp — Improve onboarding and payments in your games & apps effortlessly with OAuth logins and debit card transactions. Use simple API calls to verify users, create, transfer & airdrop assets.
Stratosphere Games — Berlin-based Stratosphere Games is a mobile development studio formed by gaming veterans from Splash Damage, Riot Games, Smilegate, Huuge and Nexon. Stratosphere works with partners like Gearbox, Boombit and 505 Games worldwide to deliver AAA-quality games. Backed by our own development architecture, we create next-gen experiences for your pocket,with a strong focus on high-end production values, leading-edge multiplayer features, and innovate engagement and retention elements. For more information, visit http://www.stratosphere-games.com.

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.

Nazmul Hasan Rupok Chief Executive Officer of WPDeveloper

Investment focus

B2B, B2C, Grocery
Pre-Seed, Angel
Bangladesh

Portfolio highlights

SMEVai — Take your bookkeeping skills to the next level for your eCommerce or F-Commerce businesses using the ultimate accounting solution of SMEVai.
ChalkPencil — Chalkpencil.com is an online platform aiming to develop sustainable learning strategies for the young learners by altering the traditional education system.
Green Grocery — Green Grocery burst on the scene back in 2020 with a slogan - Quality That You Can Trust, Today the customers - most of who have turned into repeat customers with appreciation and love, publicly admire Green Grocery’s integrity and living up to its slogan. Green Grocery has brought you a wide array of products - rice of different types, handpickedfoods, ingredients, spices sourced from where they are produced best, oil, ghee, pickle, and more which have grown fondness among foodies for creating exotic explosions of flavor. Foods contaminated by unseen woes - harmful viruses, toxins, bacteria, parasites, and chemicals can leave our organs damaged, the body dysfunctional and our lives grappling with formidable challenges. However, these risks can be eliminated with a stringent food safety management system that can ensure the quality, safety, and nutrient value of food from the very beginning, when it’s in the early stage of farming. The trust Green Grocery has successfully built owes immensely to its close supervision and filtration system during the course of its products’ journey - farming, packaging, storing, delivery. Eating right is indispensable to stay strong and have a happy and normal life. Green Grocery has set a new norm by continuously delivering foods of the best quality with their safety and hygiene ensured. Checkout Green Grocery Website: https://greengrocery.com.bd

Unique investment funds for those who believe the best opportunities for profit, impact, and innovation can be found in frontier & emerging markets.

Investment focus

FinTech, Software, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh

Portfolio highlights

Cargon — A simple, fast and innovative industry leading service with powerful analytical tools.
zypl.ai — zypl.ai applies 'no data' AI at scale to advance financial inclusion in emerging and frontier markets. Our SaaS solution enables banks and microfinance organizations to instantly and accurate underwrite loans, both offline and digitally, to consumers with limited or no credit history.zypl's proprietary approach includes training AImodels on synthetically generated data with simulation of 'black swan' conditions, providing stable and adaptable SaaS in spite of macro volatility in developing markets. Apart from analyzing traditional variables such as social, demographic, and professional background of clients, our SaaS reviews device metadata, psychometrics, web trace, and macroeconomic factors to arrive at credit decisions.In the process, we fully customize AI models to risk appetite of each individual enterprise partner with the goal of reflecting their competitive market advantages. Additionally, we offer complete flexibility on mode of integration through either cloud or on-premise deployment based on enterprise preference. We only deploy explainable AI models with embedded 'weight-of-evidence' interpretation of each decision made by the software, complying with emerging regulatory requirements on credit scoring.Having launched our beta last year, we have scaled presence to 10 enterprise clients in 4 markets across Central Asia. In this time, we have underwritten >$9 million in consumer and small business (services, trade, agriculture) loans to over 12 thousand consumers with staggeringly low 0.7% portfolio-at-risk rate. Since booking first revenue earlier this year, we have surpassed 25% compounded monthly growth rate and reached financial break-even this month.As a complement to credit scoring, our product team has ventured into churn prediction in telecom sector through partnerships with 3 leading telcos in Central Asia. Our rapid product iteration and development is a result of an AI Academy that we have launched to nurture talent internally.zypl.ai was ideated at Stanford University's Startup Garage and recently completed the Silkway Accelerator by Google for Startups and Astana Hub. Our startup was launched with a grant from the Islamic Development Bank as part of the Transform Fund. With our pre-seed capital raise, we plan on globalizing our AI SaaS solution by expanding to new markets in MENA, Southeast Asia, and Eastern Europe.
Oasis — Oasis provide loans to small businesses and individual entrepreneurs.

LearnStart is a seed fund that focuses on the development of global education technology companies through seed funding.

Investment focus

Education, E-Learning, EdTech
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, United Kingdom, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

Neol — Neol is a decentralized and tokenized cohort-based learning and on-demand talent platform, powered by a curated global creative community.
Capybara — Enabling teens to on-ramp into the creative economy
Fluence — Training in psychedelic integration and psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. International workshops, conferences, and consultation related to and mental health, MDMA, Psilocybin, ketamine, Ayahuasca, and other compounds.

We are an early-stage global venture capital firm investing in fintech founders.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
Series A, Series B, Seed
United States, India, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Qoala — Asuransi online yang siap melindungi kamu dan orang tersayang, di mana aja, kapan aja. Premi murah, proses klaim mudah, dan 100% digital!
Zone — Zone is a regulated blockchain network that enables payments and acceptance of digital currencies.
Summer — Summer partners with employers help their populations navigate and reduce student loan debt. Summer is a certified B-Corp.

Wavemaker Group is a cross-border venture capital firm founded in 2003 and one of the most active early-stage investors across multiple funds.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Singapore, Philippines

Portfolio highlights

Beppo — Get the expertise of an accountant with our AI-driven bookkeeping app and team of experts. Beppo automates tasks and provides access to experts, freeing you up to focus on what matters most.
Vigo Retail — Vigo Retail is an e-commerce platform that provides retail services by connecting suppliers, brands, and distributors.
LiveIn — LiveIn is a hospitality company that offers long term room rental. Enjoy quality assured room, cleaning services, maintenance and community activities. Find out more!

Apply for funding on Sketchnote, a unique opportunity for exceptional first-time entrepreneurs building first-rate startups

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
Singapore, Indonesia, India

Portfolio highlights

Arogga — Arogga App is the first Bangladeshi app that brought healthcare system to your doorstep. Easy and efficient. With a click of a button, upload your prescription and we will ensure safe delivery of your medicine at earliest possible time.
ZenAdmin — Ambitious companies use the ZenAdmin Platform to manage their IT along the employee lifecycle without the pain of IT administration & security processes.
Trace+ — Our Comprehensive Health-based HR Solution enables workplaces like Factories, Offices, Universities to boost Safety, Wellbeing & Productivity

SAJIDA Foundation is a value-driven, non-government organisation. It embodies the principle of corporate philanthropy, with 51% shareholding of Renata Ltd, one of the fastest growing pharmaceutical and animal health product companies in Bangladesh. The organisation, founded in 1993, aims to empower communities, catalyse entrepreneurship, buildequity and establish enterprises for good with an overarching vision of ensuring health, happiness, and dignity for all. SAJIDA’s operations in Bangladesh have touched over 6 million individuals through its multi-sectoral development programmes which focus on poverty alleviation, community healthcare and climate change. It runs one of the largest financial service operations in Bangladesh and has specialised healthcare enterprises.

Investment focus

Education, Mobile Apps, EdTech
Pre-Seed, Seed
Bangladesh

Portfolio highlights

Relaxy — Relaxy is a GenZ-friendly mental healthcare startup on a mission to make mental health support radically more accessible, preventative & relatable, and stigma-free. Relaxy provides a safe space for sharing emotions with personalized services like- meditations, fun activities with friends, therapy based on moods, habits, content consumption, andeven tone of communication.
Shikho — Shikho is a Bangladeshi education technology company on a mission to revolutionise the way Bangladesh learns today and democratise access to a high quality education. It is building a hyper-localised digital learning ecosystem designed specifically for the Bangladeshi national curriculum to serve a growing total addressable market of ~42 millionstudents. "Shikho - The Learning App" is available on the Google Play Store.
CholPori — CholPori is a primary school learning tool for students of classes 4 and 5.

Aminur Rashid is a co-founder of Pickaboo.com.

Investment focus

Shopping, Cosmetics, E-Commerce
Seed, Pre-Seed
Bangladesh

Portfolio highlights

Pickaboo.com — Explore a wide range of authentic and quality products, including electronics, smartphones, cameras, kitchen appliances, mobile accessories and more. Get Official warranty, EMI facility and home delivery across Bangladesh.

Frontier Markets venture capital

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Payments, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Egypt, Singapore, India

Portfolio highlights

zypl.ai — zypl.ai applies 'no data' AI at scale to advance financial inclusion in emerging and frontier markets. Our SaaS solution enables banks and microfinance organizations to instantly and accurate underwrite loans, both offline and digitally, to consumers with limited or no credit history.zypl's proprietary approach includes training AImodels on synthetically generated data with simulation of 'black swan' conditions, providing stable and adaptable SaaS in spite of macro volatility in developing markets. Apart from analyzing traditional variables such as social, demographic, and professional background of clients, our SaaS reviews device metadata, psychometrics, web trace, and macroeconomic factors to arrive at credit decisions.In the process, we fully customize AI models to risk appetite of each individual enterprise partner with the goal of reflecting their competitive market advantages. Additionally, we offer complete flexibility on mode of integration through either cloud or on-premise deployment based on enterprise preference. We only deploy explainable AI models with embedded 'weight-of-evidence' interpretation of each decision made by the software, complying with emerging regulatory requirements on credit scoring.Having launched our beta last year, we have scaled presence to 10 enterprise clients in 4 markets across Central Asia. In this time, we have underwritten >$9 million in consumer and small business (services, trade, agriculture) loans to over 12 thousand consumers with staggeringly low 0.7% portfolio-at-risk rate. Since booking first revenue earlier this year, we have surpassed 25% compounded monthly growth rate and reached financial break-even this month.As a complement to credit scoring, our product team has ventured into churn prediction in telecom sector through partnerships with 3 leading telcos in Central Asia. Our rapid product iteration and development is a result of an AI Academy that we have launched to nurture talent internally.zypl.ai was ideated at Stanford University's Startup Garage and recently completed the Silkway Accelerator by Google for Startups and Astana Hub. Our startup was launched with a grant from the Islamic Development Bank as part of the Transform Fund. With our pre-seed capital raise, we plan on globalizing our AI SaaS solution by expanding to new markets in MENA, Southeast Asia, and Eastern Europe.
AwanTunai — AwanTunai seek to reinforce Indonesian needs and productivity by providing digital loan for a better financial freedom and capability to micro-entrepreneurs
IMAN — One-stop shop for Halal investing

Julian Shapiro is a Partner at Hyper and a Startup Investor at Julian.capital. He previously worked as the Founder of Demand Curve, a Columnist — Growth Marketing at TechCrunch, and VP of Marketing at Webflow. Julian attended Y Combinator.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
United States, Bangladesh, Pakistan

Portfolio highlights

DealCart — DealCart enables users to buy their favorite products in groups by allowing users to buy in groups and sharing deals on WhatsApp and other social media platforms.
Pogo — Unlock the power of your data to earn and save on shopping, finances and more. Download the Pogo app today to start earning and saving cash. 4.9 stars in the App Store.
Agroshift — Agroshift helps farmers sell their produce to businesses and consumers by providing a tech-enabled supply chain.

IDLC is the Largest Non-Banking Financial Institution in Bangladesh

Investment focus

E-Commerce, iOS, Apps
Seed, Series A, Series B
Bangladesh

Portfolio highlights

Arogga — Arogga App is the first Bangladeshi app that brought healthcare system to your doorstep. Easy and efficient. With a click of a button, upload your prescription and we will ensure safe delivery of your medicine at earliest possible time.
Chaldal — Order grocery and food online with same-day home delivery. Save money, save time
Truck Lagbe — Truck Lagbe network is the first and the largest online platform in Bangladesh. In this app based truck rental service you can hire trucks & pickups in a minutes.

Orbit Startups helps companies scaling breakthrough technologies across emerging and frontier markets to the regions with the most aggressive growth.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Information Technology, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
India, Singapore, Pakistan

Portfolio highlights

TAPPI — TAPPI is the leading association for the worldwide pulp, paper, packaging, and converting industries and publisher of Paper360º.
Braingaze — Braingaze solves major challenges around cognitive disorders of the brain. We use a patented neuro-biomarker based on small involuntary eye movements. These are triggered by functional games, the resulting signal is analysed using algorithms trained by Deep Learning based on actual real patient / control cases. We adress pre-symptomatic stagesof Alzheimer's disease and the most common child cognitive disorder ADHD. Our tools are on the market and covered by a CE Mark as a medical device. Our pipeline includes detection / diagnostic tools as well as digital therapy solutions that have shown to reduce symtoms by over 50%.
Tappi — Convert one-time customers into loyal ones by getting discovered, growing leads and building your business reputation.

LearnCapital is a venture capital firm focused exclusively on funding entrepreneurs with a vision for better and smarter learning. They believe that the future is shaped by the way we teach and learn in the present, and that we’re in the middle of one of the great revolutions in the history of education. New technology platforms, applications, andservices are not only amplifying and augmenting classroom learning, but creating a world in which any Internet-enabled device can become a classroom on demand.

Investment focus

Education, EdTech, E-Learning
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Denmark, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Modal.io — Modal is a Mastery Platform that gives every employee the skills they need to do better work by teaching them the technical skills to understand the context or the 'why' and the 'how'' in every step of the process.
Emergence — Emergence is technology company that advances science and development of AI agent systems for enterprise.
Superintelligent — Superintelligent's interactive video lessons help you learn and use Al tools for work and fun.

Black Kite Capital is a single-family investment office based in Singapore.

Investment focus

Software, EdTech, Retail
Seed
Singapore, Bangladesh

Portfolio highlights

Shikho — Shikho is a Bangladeshi education technology company on a mission to revolutionise the way Bangladesh learns today and democratise access to a high quality education. It is building a hyper-localised digital learning ecosystem designed specifically for the Bangladeshi national curriculum to serve a growing total addressable market of ~42 millionstudents. "Shikho - The Learning App" is available on the Google Play Store.
Pi-xcels — Eco-friendly NFC digital receipts solution for actionable shopper data and enhanced customer journeys. No App, Just Tap. With one-tap convenience, Pi-xcels unlocks omni-channel marketing opportunities and boosts performance for retailers with our customer intelligence platform.
TheGamingProject — Welcome to The Gaming Project. India's first cloud gaming service. Play any game you want, without having a gaming PC.

Emerging Asia private equity group enabling economic development and transformation with frontier infrastructure, PE and VC impact investments in Bangladesh, Myanmar, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

Investment focus

Logistics, Advice, Payments
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Bangladesh, Pakistan

Portfolio highlights

Oware — Powered by AI Performance Profitability, and Sustainability Real-time Visibility Enhanced Collaboration Exception Management Powered by Oware
Pathao — Pathao can move you forward. One app for your success, earning, betterment, comfort, easy going lifestyle and many more. Keep #MovingSafely
Maya — Maya is a mobile-based digital wellbeing assistant that directly connects to experts, doctors, and therapists.

Arun Gupta, the Founder and CEO of MoMAGIC is a technology veteran turned first generation serial entrepreneur, with 25+ years of experience and multiple patents to his credit, while donning the hat of Director MediaTek, for close to a decade. Arun Gupta is credited with being the architect of the 1st version of MediaTek handset MMI.

Investment focus

Shopping, Cosmetics, E-Commerce
Seed
India, Bangladesh

Portfolio highlights

Deciwood — Experience high quality sound, extended bass and your design with Deciwood Portable Bluetooth Speakers.We craft affordable, customisable speakers on etched wood
Pickaboo.com — Explore a wide range of authentic and quality products, including electronics, smartphones, cameras, kitchen appliances, mobile accessories and more. Get Official warranty, EMI facility and home delivery across Bangladesh.

South Asia Tech is a post-accelerator growth platform. We provide capital, counsel and connections that help startups grow revenues from $1M to $100M. We focus on logistics and e-commerce in South Asia.

Investment focus

Logistics, Transportation, B2B
Seed, Pre-Seed
Bangladesh

Portfolio highlights

Nuport — Cloud supply chain for e-commerce & enterprise
Shuttle — Shuttle is a mass-transit startup based in Bangladesh that provides safe transportation at an affordable fare by moving more people with fewer vehicles and caters to both B2B and B2C customers.
Red Basil Technologies — Redbasil allows you to Discover, connect and transact with top quality food suppliers in your area.

Alexander Rittweger is a Board Member & Lead Investo at ALOHA. He attended University of Mannheim.

Investment focus

iOS, E-Commerce, Business Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Series B
Bangladesh, United States, Greece

Portfolio highlights

Arogga — Arogga App is the first Bangladeshi app that brought healthcare system to your doorstep. Easy and efficient. With a click of a button, upload your prescription and we will ensure safe delivery of your medicine at earliest possible time.
GoZayaan — Welcome to GoZayaan, the ultimate online platform for next generation traveling! We aim to put you in charge of your travel plan. Your dream trip is just a few clicks away, with GoZayaan!
Frequenz — Frequenz empowers developers with innovative tools to orchestrate Decentralized Energy Resources (DERs) efficiently. Join us revolutionizing the way the world manages power.

Being founders ourselves, we know the pains of raising capital. We're a seed fund focusing on B2B Fintech startups in South & Southeast Asia.

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, E-Commerce
Seed, Pre-Seed
Sri Lanka, Singapore, Bangladesh

Portfolio highlights

Arediana — Arediana goal is to address the shortage of information regarding women's health and supplementation at all stages of their lives.
Hishabee — Empowering 300,000+ unbanked small businesses to access embedded finance Hishabee finances informal retailers to stock products at zero upfront cost so they can stock now, sell and pay later. Track your business records using Hishabee and get access to instant finance. Equipping MSME with the right tools for growth Small businesses are key to our
WealthOS — WealthOS is an cloud-native, enterprise, core wealth management platform. Launch and run superior digital wealth management value propositions faster and cheaper.

EDP Ventures is the venture capital arm of EDP. We invest in early-stage startups working in the energy space

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Energy
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United States, Portugal, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Captura — Captura mission is globally scalable carbon capture to support a sustainable future for the climate.
Splight — Enhance Grid Performance
Delfos Energy — Why did it Fail? Avoid unexpected failures across your assetsReduce the risk of unexpected failuresmoreOptimize Maintenance Windowsmoreretain and scale up operational knowledgemoreplatform real time monitoring, analysis and predictions for renewable energy and oil&gas assetsVIEW OUR APPLICATIONS customer and partnerssee what our customers say about our solutions TestimonialsYour failure prediction alarm, helped us avoid an

Falcon Network is a group of emerging markets-based angel investors.

Investment focus

Apps, iOS, Android
Seed, Pre-Seed
Bangladesh

Portfolio highlights

Jatri — Jatri is a public transport journey planner, digital ticketing and mobility marketplace, driving productivity by helping drivers to offer reliable transport to the commuters through our state-of-the-art technology.
Arogga — Arogga App is the first Bangladeshi app that brought healthcare system to your doorstep. Easy and efficient. With a click of a button, upload your prescription and we will ensure safe delivery of your medicine at earliest possible time.

Shorooq Partnersis the leading tech investor in the region, inspired by the best entrepreneurs, investors and practices from around the world.

Investment focus

Financial Services, E-Commerce, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United Arab Emirates, United States, Pakistan

Portfolio highlights

Baycon — Baycon is a telecom company that offers mobile network services.
Roamless — One eSIM, 60+ destinations. No plans, no expirations. Just easy, affordable, reliable mobile connectivity for travelers. Join the Roamless Revolution today.
Penny Software — Simple. Spending. Software.As above. But, more specifically, penny is a cloud-based Procure-To-Pay system. penny helps you digitize and manage your full procurement cycle from request to approval. Manage RFQs to vendors, compare quotations, send POs and even payment. penny was designed to make things easy and consolidate all of yourorganization’s spending needs into one intelligent system

innogy New Ventures LLC is a partner for the sustainable transformation of the energy system including data-driven business models.

Investment focus

Renewable Energy, Artificial Intelligence, Software
Series A, Funding Round, Seed
United States, Israel, Bangladesh

Portfolio highlights

Autogrid — Building a Resilient and Sustainable Grid with Distributed Energy Resources. Enabling a smarter, cleaner, more distributed electric power grid.
Solidified — Founded in 2017, we are one of the oldest smart contract auditing firms, with a stellar record and years of expertise. With a team consisting of computer engineers, cryptographers, economists, and blockchain experts, we provide in-depth and detailed audits to help secure your protocol and give you confidence in your contracts.
SOLshare — Sustainable, affordable energy access for low income rural people is possible right now. Their decentralised peer-to-peer microgrids deliver solar power to households and businesses, and enable them to trade their (excess) electricity for profit.SOLshare has created a revolutionary new approach to bring affordable solar electricity toeveryone in Bangladesh and beyond through its peer-to-peer solar energy trading platforms based on distributed ledger technology. They believe the smart peer to peer grids they are building in Bangladesh can be the future for utilities globally. SOLshare pioneers a micro-energy transition model 3.0 by interconnecting solar home systems in peer-to-peer networks, monetizing excess solar energy along the value chain in real time with mobile money and empowering communities to earn a direct income from the sun.

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, Lifestyle, Retail Technology
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
India, Bangladesh, Pakistan

Portfolio highlights

Trace — Trace is the simplest way ever to create AR content and experiences for your product and business.
VoiceClub — VoiceClub is an application platform that offers audio and chat consultation services.
Dastgyr Technologies — Making trade and capital seamless and reliable

Early stage venture capital investor focused on fintech in Southeast Asia

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines

Portfolio highlights

Luna POS — Luna POS provides cloud-based cashier, inventory management, and accounting solutions for SMEs in Indonesia. The company offers a seamless mobile cloud-based Point of Sale (POS) and accounting system, helping the retail industry with managing business activities such as checking the stock of goods, making a bundle menu, calculating sales, and tosee financial statements of the business.
bluesheets — Build a solid data foundation with Bluesheets, the all-in-one tool that connects, categorises and automates your finanical data. Set up once, automate forever.
Untukmu.AI — Dapatkan Untukmu.AI dari AppStore dan Playstore untuk hadiah yang sempurna! Temukan hadiah unik dan jelajahi kepribadian Anda dengan mudah. Asisten berbasis AI kami menyederhanakan pencarian hadiah, menawarkan rekomendasi yang dipersonalisasi. Ucapkan selamat tinggal pada stres memberi hadiah dan telusuri era baru pengalaman memberi hadiah yang dipersonalisasi bersama kami.

Openspace Ventures is a leading venture capital firm finding and backing Southeast Asian companies creating a transformative impact where tech meets life.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Financial Services, Information Technology
Series A, Series B, Seed
Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines

Portfolio highlights

Rukita — Cari Kost Eksklusif, Co-living, Sewa Apartemen, dan Corporate Housing bisa di Rukita! Jadikan kami solusi hunian untuk setiap fase hidupmu.
Thryve.Earth — Thryve Earth is a platform that unites multiple stakeholders to nature-based carbon projects in a scalable manner.
AMP — We make life simpler for merchants navigating the exponential growth of eCommerce with our suite of powerful software, global community, and educational resources.

Ceo

Investment focus

Legal, FinTech, Legal Tech
Seed
Bangladesh

Portfolio highlights

Uqeel — UQEEL gives you access to a wide range of Lawyers, Chartered Accountants and Company Secretaries within the comfort of your own home. UQEEL digitizes legal, accountancy, consultancy and company secretary services, so you can access the most efficient delivery of the solutions you need.
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.

RC Ventures is a seed and venture capital firm that invests in early stage companies in Bangladesh and neighboring high growth emerging markets. Our team consists of frontier investors, entrepreneurs, and corporate advisors with deep experience and personal ties in our target markets.

Investment focus

Logistics, E-Commerce, iOS
Seed, Pre-Seed
Bangladesh

Portfolio highlights

KajKey —
Pathao — Pathao can move you forward. One app for your success, earning, betterment, comfort, easy going lifestyle and many more. Keep #MovingSafely
Truck Lagbe — Truck Lagbe network is the first and the largest online platform in Bangladesh. In this app based truck rental service you can hire trucks & pickups in a minutes.

Rezaul Karim

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Information Technology
Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Bangladesh

Portfolio highlights

Deal Bazaar — A platform that simply enables people from around the world to shop beyond borders from the comfort of home. We eradicate multiple frictions that exist in cross-border shopping.

Reflect Ventures makes venture capital investments in high-potential startups at the seed and series A/B+ stages. We identify extraordinary founders, companies and opportunities around the world, including in emerging and frontier markets. Our LPs comprise family offices, institutional investors and HNWIs on six continents, along withrecognized sector experts who are instrumental to our portfolio companies' future growth.

Investment focus

Logistics, Information Technology, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Pakistan, United States, Peru

Portfolio highlights

TAPPI — TAPPI is the leading association for the worldwide pulp, paper, packaging, and converting industries and publisher of Paper360º.
Maad — Maad is Francophone Africa's fastest-growing B2B marketplace, based in Dakar, Senegal. Our tech-driven solution allows retailers to order products from our one-stop shop and benefit from working capital loans
Truckistan — How we do it

Sector agnostic early stage investment partner for Shariah Compliant ventures based in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Middle East and Africa.

Investment focus

B2B, Financial Services, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Pakistan, Bangladesh, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Agroshift — Agroshift helps farmers sell their produce to businesses and consumers by providing a tech-enabled supply chain.
Trikl Technologies — Trikl is a saving platform enabling young people to start their journey to build long-term wealth - without any prior technical knowledge or experience. Trikl helps build prudent financial behaviour, while making it fun.
Pattern Technologies — Pattern Technologies is allowing restaurants to retain customers through marketing and ordering platforms.

Md Shahjahan Jewel Chief Executive Officer at WPMangeNinja LLC

Investment focus

B2B, B2C, Grocery
Angel, Pre-Seed
Bangladesh

Portfolio highlights

Green Grocery — Green Grocery burst on the scene back in 2020 with a slogan - Quality That You Can Trust, Today the customers - most of who have turned into repeat customers with appreciation and love, publicly admire Green Grocery’s integrity and living up to its slogan. Green Grocery has brought you a wide array of products - rice of different types, handpickedfoods, ingredients, spices sourced from where they are produced best, oil, ghee, pickle, and more which have grown fondness among foodies for creating exotic explosions of flavor. Foods contaminated by unseen woes - harmful viruses, toxins, bacteria, parasites, and chemicals can leave our organs damaged, the body dysfunctional and our lives grappling with formidable challenges. However, these risks can be eliminated with a stringent food safety management system that can ensure the quality, safety, and nutrient value of food from the very beginning, when it’s in the early stage of farming. The trust Green Grocery has successfully built owes immensely to its close supervision and filtration system during the course of its products’ journey - farming, packaging, storing, delivery. Eating right is indispensable to stay strong and have a happy and normal life. Green Grocery has set a new norm by continuously delivering foods of the best quality with their safety and hygiene ensured. Checkout Green Grocery Website: https://greengrocery.com.bd
Protein Market — Protein Market is an agrotech startup that provides safe protein products to B2B and B2C customers and aims to build a safe and organic food chain and farming networks.

Our focus is early-stage startups in Asia across all verticals. We invest in pre-seed, seed, and Series A rounds. We are strong advocates of female leadership.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Software, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Singapore, United States, India

Portfolio highlights

Arogga — Arogga App is the first Bangladeshi app that brought healthcare system to your doorstep. Easy and efficient. With a click of a button, upload your prescription and we will ensure safe delivery of your medicine at earliest possible time.
Rebel Girls — Rebel Girls is a global, multi-platform empowerment brand dedicated to helping raise the most inspired and confident generation of girls around the world through content, experiences, products, and community. Originating from an international best-selling children’s book, Rebel Girls amplifies stories of real-life, extraordinary women throughouthistory, geography, and field of excellence. With a growing community of nearly 20 million self-identified Rebel Girls spanning more than 100 countries, the brand engages with Generation Alpha through its book series, award-winning podcast, events and merchandise. In 2021, Rebel Girls launched the Dream On app to re-imagine sleep routines by sharing empowering stories with a screen-free audio experience; and inspired girls everywhere to Celebrate Black Girl Magic with a new book, merchandise and events. To date, they have sold 7 million books in 51 languages and reached 14 million podcast downloads.
SpaceBasic Inc. — AI-driven campus automation, digital learning, and analytics platform from Space Basic helping you transform your University and institution digitally.

A strong and engaged private sector is indispensible to ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity. That's where IFC comes in - we have more than 60 years experience in unlocking private investment, creating markets and opportunities where they are needed most.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Finance, FinTech
Debt Financing, Funding Round, Series B
India, United States, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

ProNuvo — ProNuvo provide significant climate benefits compared to conventional animal feed suppliers. ProNuvo recognizes this and, by channeling the power of insects, has discovered a means to mend the cycle
Yondr — Meet the data center capacity and technical real estate needs of your growing business, faster and more elegantly than ever before
CapitaLand India Trust (CLINT) — CapitaLand India Trust (CLINT) is a property trust which owns seven IT parks and one logistics park in India with total floor area of 13.1 million sq ft spread across Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune and Mumbai.

Gojek is an app that providing a variety of services from payments, food delivery, transportation, and logistics.The app is used for food ordering, commuting, digital payments, shopping, hyper-local delivery, getting a massage, and other services. It aims to create a positive socio-economic impact on customers, driver-partners, business, andMSMEs. Gojek is backed by investors including Google, Facebook, PayPal, Sequoia Capital, and Tencent Holdings.The company was founded in 2009 in Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia by Kevin Aluwi, Nadiem Makarim, and Michaelangelo Moran.

Investment focus

Apps, E-Commerce, Transportation
Series A, Funding Round, Series B
Indonesia, India, Uganda

Portfolio highlights

Rebel Foods — Order food online and get delicious meals delivered to your doorstep from EatSure India's most recommended food delivery service. Fulfill your cravings for Pizzas, Biryanis, Burgers, Wraps, Desserts, etc. Avail free home delivery on all orders above Rs.249. Place your order now!
Safeboda — At the click of a button, SafeBoda provides a safe, more convenient, mobile-first alternative to urban transportation for Africa’s booming young population. They are working to improve the industry for both drivers and passengers by increasing the number of safe trips taken per day and by making travel around cities convenient andstress-free.Founded in the heart of Kampala Uganda, they are truly an African business, designed for the African context.
escapex — Usernesia situs slot deposit pulsa tanpa potongann terbaru di Indonesia. Daftar akun slot online di BO terbaik 2022, kami menyediakan rekomendasi slot gacor setiap hari.

Asymmetry Ventures invests in scalable early-stage companies with exceptional defensibility.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

TransCrypts — We all have that file box where we throw all our important documents. Our goal at TransCrypts is to make that box digital and have all the documents secured through the blockchain. We currently offer industry leading privacy and security standards on our file storage and sharing platform and have solutions for individuals all the way to enterprises.
SFA Therapeutics — SFA Therapeutics is a development-stage bio-pharmaceutical startup company focused on a new advancement in the treatment of chronic inflammatory disease - the use of microbiome-derived metabolites as drugs.
Rejuvenation Technologies — Rejuvenation Technologies is a biotechnology company that developed nucleoside-modified TERT mRNA to safely and rapidly extend telomeres. The company is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

Jahangir Alam COO of eFoli.

Investment focus

B2B, B2C, Grocery
Angel, Pre-Seed
Bangladesh

Portfolio highlights

Green Grocery — Green Grocery burst on the scene back in 2020 with a slogan - Quality That You Can Trust, Today the customers - most of who have turned into repeat customers with appreciation and love, publicly admire Green Grocery’s integrity and living up to its slogan. Green Grocery has brought you a wide array of products - rice of different types, handpickedfoods, ingredients, spices sourced from where they are produced best, oil, ghee, pickle, and more which have grown fondness among foodies for creating exotic explosions of flavor. Foods contaminated by unseen woes - harmful viruses, toxins, bacteria, parasites, and chemicals can leave our organs damaged, the body dysfunctional and our lives grappling with formidable challenges. However, these risks can be eliminated with a stringent food safety management system that can ensure the quality, safety, and nutrient value of food from the very beginning, when it’s in the early stage of farming. The trust Green Grocery has successfully built owes immensely to its close supervision and filtration system during the course of its products’ journey - farming, packaging, storing, delivery. Eating right is indispensable to stay strong and have a happy and normal life. Green Grocery has set a new norm by continuously delivering foods of the best quality with their safety and hygiene ensured. Checkout Green Grocery Website: https://greengrocery.com.bd
Protein Market — Protein Market is an agrotech startup that provides safe protein products to B2B and B2C customers and aims to build a safe and organic food chain and farming networks.

OBL is a Private Sector Commercial Bank

Investment focus

Telecommunications, Optical Communication
Debt Financing
Bangladesh

Portfolio highlights

Banglalink — Banglalink is a provider of telecommunication and internet broadband services.

Idling Minds at Their Best.

Investment focus

Internet, Apps, Software
Seed, Angel, Series A
Malaysia, Singapore, Bangladesh

Portfolio highlights

Jatri — Jatri is a public transport journey planner, digital ticketing and mobility marketplace, driving productivity by helping drivers to offer reliable transport to the commuters through our state-of-the-art technology.
The Recommend Group — Find reliable home improvement services, home maintenance services, home cleaning services, home repair services. Over 10000 trusted pros. From renovation contractors and interior designers to handyman and cabinet contractors. Get quotes, book online, fast response.
NodeFlair — NodeFlair aims to help tech talents make better career decisions through jobs, salaries, reviews, company insights, and more

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

Investment focus

Beauty, Medical, E-Commerce
Series B, Corporate Round
India, Bangladesh

Portfolio highlights

Ohsogo — Buy makeup, skincare & personal care products online in Bangladesh. Explore all the big brands at OHSOGO and get amazing Ramadan offers & deals
Iba Halal Care — Buy Beauty & Makeup Products Online from India's No.1 Vegan & Halal-Certified Brand. Shop Cruelty-Free & PETA-Certified Cosmetic & Skin Care Products from Iba Cosmetics.

Haitou Global is a global asset allocation platform providing asset management, investment banking, digital technology product, and services. Haitou Global manages a Registered Investment Advisor and a Broker-dealer in the U.S., with headquarters in New York and Beijing and operations in San Francisco, Hangzhou, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Jakarta.

Investment focus

Financial Services, E-Commerce, FinTech
Seed, Series A
Pakistan, United States, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

Finku — Aplikasi manajemen keuangan yang membantu mengelola transaksi keuangan kamu secara otomatis. Pelajari semua insight yang dipersonalisasi khusus untuk kamu! Download aplikasi beta nya sekarang !
Trukkr — Trukkr is Pakistan's First and Largest Online Logistics Platform. They make the process of booking commercial cargo fast by linking a shipper with transporters over a secure, intuitive and powerful platform. We ensure that shippers have complete transparency in price discovery, visibility, flexibility, and choice while at the same time givetransporters easy access to more jobs, whenever they want them. Founded in 2019, Trukkr is committed to reinventing the old school trucking industry in Pakistan by making it easier for millions of truckers to book a load and move at capacity, while ensuring shippers have access to the right truck, at the right time.
Dastgyr Technologies — Making trade and capital seamless and reliable

RML has organized its dealer network and well covered service supports countrywide and is now having around 20% market share in overall commercial vehicle industry and 35% market share in the Light and Medium (LMD) segment in Bangladesh.

Investment focus

Internet, Software, Logistics
Corporate Round
Bangladesh

Portfolio highlights

Bondstein — We help our customers save time and money through our wide range of products and services. We are an innovation driven company at the core. Our expertise with IOT enabled technologies have enabled us to create benchmarks for our clients in their respective industries. We solve problems that matter. We are creating a future with connected devices.

Ankur Nagpal Founder of Fedora and Co-Founder of Vibe VC. He attended University of California, Berkeley in 2006.

Investment focus

Software, Apps, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, India, France

Portfolio highlights

Phyllo — Easily access verified, creator-consented data such as identity, income, and engagement across hundreds of platforms through our API
beehiiv — Access the best tools available in email, helping your newsletter scale and monetize like never before.
Oxygen — Oxygen is a digital banking platform. It is the first and only challenger in the US that offers both personal and business banking. The bank of the 21st-century economy, serving consumers, small businesses, and freelancers.Available on iOS and Android, Oxygen users enjoy no monthly fees, no paperwork, early direct deposit, simple transfers,cashback rewards, savings accounts, as well as retail and travel benefits. Businesses can easily control their finances with solutions that are elegant, simple, and secure.

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