To elevate Bangladesh’s startup ecosystem to a higher level among the rapidly growing potential markets in Asia, the ‘Bangladesh Startup Summit’ is being organized for the second time this year under the theme ‘Smart Bangladesh, Endless Possibilities’. In this context, a Startup Founders’ Meet was held on June 27 at the office of Startup Bangladesh Limited in Dhaka, bringing together top representatives from eight significant startups in the country, along with several venture capitalists and ecosystem builder stakeholders. The attending startups included ShopUp, Chaldal, ME SOLshare Limited, AmarLab, iFarmer, Truck Lagbe, Ami Probashi and Pathao. Among the venture capitalists Rahat Ahmed, Founding Partner and CEO of Anchorless Bangladesh and Mustafizur Khan, Partner at IDLC VC Fund were present. And among the ecosystem builders Bijon Islam, CEO of LightCastle Partners and Erad Kawsar, Executive Director of Build Bangladesh were also present. From the organizers’ side Sami Ahmed, Managing Director of Startup Bangladesh Limited; Sabbir Rahman Tanim, Managing Director of the event partner Windmill Advertising Limited; Morshed Alam, Managing Director and Tusnuva Ahmed Tina, Managing Partner of the communication partner Asiatic Mindshare Limited, along with other key officials from the organizations were attended the event.
