1) Bangladesh has a growing startup scene, with incubators and coworking spaces supporting entrepreneurs. Over half the population is under 30 and 30% are young people aged 10-24. 2) Major events bringing together startups include Digital World, Innovation Xtreme, and Seedstars World. Popular coworking spaces are Hub Dhaka and Moar. Media outlets like SD Asia and Future Startup cover the ecosystem. 3) Some successful Bangladeshi startups include bKash, Priyo.com, NewsCred, and SureCash. Winners of competitions include Mobicon, Kanamachi Station, and Eat Kit from Startup Weekend and SmartKompare from Founder's Institute D

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2. 6.6%(Projected to
rise above 7%
GDP Growth
$1.5 Billion
FDI Inflow
Agriculture:
15.33%
Industry:
31.28%
Services:
53.39%
GDP By Sector
Economy of Bangladesh
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$223.941 Billion
(Nominal,2016)
$620.279 Billion
(PPP, 2016)
GDP

3. 130.9 Million
Mobile Phone User
61.28 Million
Active Internet User
13.2 Million
Active Social Media User
11.6 Million
Mobile Phone User
Digital Scene
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4. Bangladesh Startup Ecosystem
● The notion ‘Startup’ is new in Bangladesh and it still requires to take
time to be completely accepted by the people in the country.
● A group of young entrepreneurs are leading the community in own
way.
● Most important elements of the ecosystem, e.g. VCs, co-working
spaces, networking events, media and etc, are on the right track to
boost the newborn businesses and also to help the existing ones.
● 65% of Bangladeshi populations are under the age of 30.
● 47.6 million or 30 percent of the total 158.5 million people in
Bangladesh are young (10-24 years)
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5. Bangladeshi Incubators
Connecting Startups- Government backed incubation project
GP Accelerator Accelerator by Grameenphone, country’s largest telco,
empowers tech startups with the resources they need to build, grow, and
go Beyond.
Founder Institute Dhaka Dhaka chapter of global Founder Institute
TechFounder.org A venture studio assisting entrepreneurs.
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6. Bangladeshi Startup Community
Chakri Khujbo na Chakri Debo- mantra of this initiative is to create jobs
Preneur Lab- believes in spreading the goodness of entrepreneurship and
innovation in university students.
Team Engine- led by woman entrepreneur
Startup Dhaka or SD Asia- an online content platform for entrepreneurs
BetterStories- playing a vibrant role in the ecosystem
Hub Dhaka- a coworking space with a community of freelance entrepreneurs.
EMK Center- U.S. Embassy funded center to supporting many initiatives taken
by local community members
British Council- focuses on “Social Good Startups”
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7. Bangladeshi Co-working Spaces
Hub Dhaka- Most successful coworking space in the country.
Moar- Founded by two female entrepreneurs
Regus- An international chain coworking space.
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8. Bangladeshi Startup Events
Digital World- premium tech. event organized by ICT Division
Innovation Xtreme- a tech startup summit in Dhaka.
Seedstars World- a Switzerland based startup competition that takes
place in emerging markets.
Startup Weekend Dhaka- a global format to start a company in 54 hours.
National Entrepreneurs Summit- focuses on tech startups but open for
other fields as well.
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9. Startup Grind Dhaka- A fireside chat event featuring investors and
entrepreneurs powered by Google for Entrepreneurs.
Drink Entrepreneurs Dhaka- A global networking event format where
entrepreneurs and investors can drop by have a drink and network.
Google Communities- Google Developer Groups and Google Business
Groups are very active in the region. With regular monthly meetups on
topics as innovation, growth hacking, digital literacy etc, the communities
plays a major role as networking opportunities.
CXOHUB- A Hub for C-Suite leaders where executives from different
startup sand companies network and share their experiences
Bangladeshi Startup MeetUps
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10. Bangladeshi Startup Media
SD Asia- Popular for its documentary, Startup Dhaka runs online blog on
startups and tech.
Future Startup- Totally focused on entrepreneurship and startups. One of
the finest articles entrepreneurs can follow.
Hifi Public- Tech lifestyle blog but also gives boost to startup ecosystem
by articles, top lists and interviews.
Techshohor- Top technology news portal in Bangla language.
Traditional Media- Traditional media, mostly newspapers, are also very
open to feature innovative minds. This is a huge advantage.
LightCastle Data- publishes reports on local market and predicted growth
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11. Venture Capital Firms operating in Bangladesh
BD Venture- huge financial backup by local financial institution. Regularly
supports startup community by sponsoring events.
Fenox Venture- a Silicon Valley based investment firm.
500 Startups- US based accelerator and investor firm
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12. Bangladeshi Startups Funded by Foreign Entities
bKash Priyo.com
NewsCred SureCash
BDJobs Doctorola
Chaldal Chalo.com.bd.
Shohoz BDcabs
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13. Winners of Startup competitions in Bangladesh
Mobicon (Mobile Innovation Award) Rx 71
Kanamachi Station
Eat Kit
Seedstar World Dhaka Madviser
GP Accelerator Ennovision
Kandy
Share
Sheba
REPTO
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14. Winners of Startup Competitions in Bangladesh
Startup Weekend Dhaka 2015 Funky-ride
Magz
Shohoranno
Founder’s Institute Dhaka SmartKompare
Styline
Handymama
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15. Tech for Social Good
Innovation Hub
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