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Startup Bangladesh
Venture capital · Dhaka, Bangladesh · Asia Pacific
Startup Bangladesh Limited is a government-backed venture capital platform sponsored by the ICT Division of the Bangladesh Government. It invests in startups that address Bangladesh's challenges and aims to build the country's innovation economy.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces
In its own wordsgovernment-backedventure capitalinnovationbangladeshstartups
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Or find every investor that fitsStartup Bangladesh lists 30 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (19%), E-commerce & Marketplaces (16%) and Healthcare & Biotech (14%). 83% of its companies are based in Bangladesh. It invests most often alongside Accelerating Asia, Anchorless Bangladesh and Conjunction Capital.
No funding round on record names Startup Bangladesh yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not Startup Bangladesh's whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 30. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 19% | 18% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 16% | 6% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 14% | 15% |
| Mobility & Logistics | 9% | 1% |
| Consumer | 9% | 3% |
| Education | 7% | 7% |
| Legal & Compliance | 5% | 2% |
| Robotics & Hardware | 5% | 1% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Accelerating Asia | 7 |
| Anchorless Bangladesh | 4 |
| Conjunction Capital | 2 |
| Iterative | 2 |
| Orbit Startups | 2 |
| ADB Ventures | 1 |
| AVV | 1 |
| Agaeti Venture Capital | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 66th | 29 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 11th | 19% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 58th | 3 countries |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers30100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Accelerating Asia
Compare Startup Bangladesh head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
30 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portfolio page | ||||
| AmarLab provides diagnostic tests and services, including sample collection from customers' doorsteps and digital report delivery | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Arogga sells medicine, beauty, and healthcare products online in Bangladesh | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Bimafy provides various insurance services, including health, travel, accident, and life insurance, among others, through its online platform and mobile app. | FintechHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| The company allows users to buy, exchange, and sell books online. | E-commerce & MarketplacesEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Chaldal delivers groceries and other products to customers in Bangladesh | E-commerce & MarketplacesFood & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Dubotech Digital builds sovereign autonomous systems for critical missions across sea, land and air. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| HelloTask provides maid services in Dhaka. | Consumer | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides financial and technological services to farmers and agri-retailers | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Intelligent Machines builds AI-native products to help organizations operate with greater intelligence and scale | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Loop streamlines transport communication and accounting for shippers and truck vendors | Legal & ComplianceIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a customer engagement platform for ecommerce solutions. | E-commerce & MarketplacesAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| MedEasy sells medicine online and offers home delivery in Bangladesh. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Moner Bondhu provides online and in-person mental health counselling services. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides an AI sales agent for ecommerce businesses to sell products and manage customer interactions across various channels. | AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Parents Care sells various products for babies and kids online | E-commerce & MarketplacesConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Pathao provides various services including ridesharing, food delivery, and parcel delivery in Bangladesh. | Robotics & HardwareE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| PulseTech is Bangladesh’s #1 licensed digital pharmaceutical distributor, serving over 14,000+ retail pharmacies. | Healthcare & BiotechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- startupbangladesh.gov.bd
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 30
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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