The State of Startup Funding In Bangladesh 2019 - A Collection Of Our Funding Coverage

• A good number of Bangladeshi startups raised investment in 2019.
• While the late-stage funding environment remains precarious for the best of tech startups in Dhaka, the overall startup funding environment in 2019 was better than that of in 2018.
• The overall angel and seed-stage funding environment have seen meaningful development.
• In terms of the number of deals, travel scores the top. In terms of deal value, ecommerce, ride-hailing, and logistics lead the pack.

Apart from companies mentioned below a handful of startups raised investment without a formal announcement such as ShareTrip (formerly TBBD), HandyMama, Gaze Technology, CutOutWiz, HungryNaki, among others.

In our upcoming state of Bangladesh startup report, we plan to give an expansive outlook into that.

If you know a startup that has raised investment and want us to include the data in the report, please email us at research@futurestartup.com

1. Bangladesh Angels and BD Venture Limited Invest In Esho Shikhi Limited
   • Bangladesh Angels, the pioneering angel investment network in the country, has closed a pre-seed investment round into Esho Shikhi Limited, an...
2. Sindabad, The B2B E-commerce Platform, Raises $4 Million
   • Sindabad, the B2B e-commerce marketplace that aims to build a friction-less experience for B2B customers and a platform for anything and everything that an office needs – usual operational and consumable items, announced that it has raised US$4.15 million in Series A funding.
3. eCourier Raises Investment From HongKong-based Private Equity Group, Eyes Further Growth
   • eCourier, an e-commerce based logistics company, today announced that it has closed a new round of funding led by a HongKong-China based private...
4. Avijatrik Tourism Closes Seed Round, Aims To Build The Largest Local Tourism Marketplace In Bangladesh
   • Avijatrik Tourism, the online travel platform that has been building the Airbnb of Bangladesh, has closed a new seed round led by Paragon Group...
5. Augmedix Raises $19 Million in Series B Funding
   • Augmedix, the medical note documentation startup that helps natural clinician-patient conversation into medical documentation, announced that...
6. Go Zayaan, The Online Travel Platform, Raises Investment
   • Go Zayaan, the online travel platform, has closed a new investment round from OS Ventures and BRAC Osiris Impact Ventures.
7. Parking Koi Raises New Investment
   • Parking Koi, the parking spaces marketplace that connects people with unused parking spaces founded by Rafat Rahman, has closed a BDT 1.25 crore...
8. GOWALA Raises Pre-series A Funding From UFS, Eyes Further Expansion
   • After raising pre-seed investment in September last year, consumer DailyTech company Gowala Holdings Limited (parent company of the popular dairy...
9. Loosely Coupled Technologies Raises Investment
   • Loosely Coupled Technologies, the Kuala Lumpur-based data analytics company that says it uses NLP and AI Tools in business applications, announced...
10. cWork Microjob Limited Picks Up New Investment From BD Venture
    • cWork Microjob Limited, a blockchain-based crowdsourced microjob platform, has raised a seed investment round from BD Venture Limited, the company...
11. Public Bus Ticketing Startup Jatri Raises Investment From Adventure Capital
    • Adventure Capital, a frontier markets-focused venture capital fund founded by Fahim Saleh, announced yesterday that it has made an undisclosed...
12. Truck Lagbe Raises New Funding, Plots Big Growth Push
    • Truck Lagbe, an online platform that connects truck owners/drivers and shippers for free, has raised around US$1 million in a pre-series A investment...
13. Deligram Raises New Investment, Eyes To Expand Its Omni-channel eCommerce Platform
    • Deligram, an omnichannel eCommerce startup that aims to operate at the intersection of online and offline, announced that it has raised US$2...
14. Meet 10 Top-Funded Startups And Tech Companies In Bangladesh (Updated)
    • Between 2016 and 2019, Bangladesh's startup ecosystem has seen some of the largest funding rounds so far. First, Pathao raised a US$10M round...
15. Shohoz Raises New Funding To Become Bangladesh’s Super App
    • Shohoz, the online ticketing, ride-hailing and food delivery startup that aims to become your everything app in Bangladesh, announced that it...