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BANGLADESH NATIONAL FINALISTS

Best Accelerator or Incubator Program

YY Goshti

Description

YY Goshti was created in 2017 as the first independent social business incubator of Bangladesh. We are part of YY Ventures Limited that is established in partnership with Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus to build, accelerate, and invest in social businesses.

Startup Bangledesh
YGAP Bangladesh

Description

YGAP Bangladesh in the largest and only for-profit accelerator company in Bangladesh. Currently we are supporting 85+ enterprises with entrepreneurs aging from 18 to 46 (40% being women), who have impacted more than 450,000 lives in Bangladesh.

YSI Bangladesh

Description

To empower the youth of Bangladesh to solve sustainability challenges by creating measurable impact.

Best Coworking Space

Impact Hub Dhaka

Description

Impact Hub Dhaka is part of the global Impact Hub Network mobilising a vibrant community of entrepreneurs to create a Bangladesh where everyone thrives by creating a vibrant community by offering inspiring workspaces, events, network, to help create impact and drive change.

Locus

Description

Locus is the largest coworking space at Dhaka, Bangladesh. 7,100 SqFt of international standard furnished office space spanning three floors. You can rent the facility for an hour, day, week, month or years. We are located at Banani road 11, the new business location at Dhaka.

Best Newcomer

Krishi Shwapno

Description

“Krishi Shwapno” is Bangladesh’s first B2B & B2C (Block Chain) technology-based Agri. Supply Chain platform offering end-to-end agricultural services to farmers also ONE-STOP solution platform for farmers and consumers. We ensure fair price for farmer and safe food for consumer.

Shomonnoy Inc

Description

Shomonnoy is a local freelancing platform allowing work from home and self-employment for local workers and boosting the progress of local businesses through national transaction medium. It is a company built on trust and simplicity which currently has over 800 freelancers.

Ecosystem Hero of the Year

Nirjhor Rahman

Description

Nirjhor Rahman is the CEO of Bangladesh Angels, the country’s first angel investment network to connect innovative startups with smart capital via individual and institutional investors. Previously he was Country Director for ygap, a social enterprise accelerator where he helped build a national venture network. He started his career in Bangladesh by leading the scale-up of a social enterprise in urban sanitation called SWEEP, which is now in 4 cities and has served 100,000s with safe, affordable sanitation services.

Shidartho Goushami

Description

The DKC, started in 2016, that seeks to bring together the youth in forming and creating narratives as well as platform ideas that promote peace, tolerance and diversity to actively counter hateful and divisive narratives.

Bijon Islam

Description

“At LightCastle, we create data-driven opportunities for growth and lasting impact. Till date, we have consulted for 120+ corporations & development partners, collaborated with 300+ SMEs & startups and supported 25+ accelerator programs across Bangladesh.
Bijon is the CEO of LightCastle Partners which focuses on creating data-driven opportunities for growth and impact”

Founder of the Year

Sayed Zubaer Hasan

Description

“Krishi Shwapno” is Bangladesh’s first B2B & B2C (Block Chain) technology-based Agri. Supply Chain platform offering end-to-end agricultural services to farmers also ONE-STOP solution platform for farmers and consumers. We ensure fair price for farmer and safe food for consumer.

Adib Ahnaf

Description

Shomonnoy is a local freelancing platform allowing work from home and self-employment for local workers and boosting the progress of local businesses through national transaction medium. It is a company built on trust and simplicity which currently has over 800 freelancers.

Tazin Shadid

Description

AmarLab is on a mission to build a world where everyone has easy and affordable access to healthcare

Startup of the Year

GARBAGEMAN LIMITED

GARBAGEMAN LIMITED strives to work for the betterment of both the environment and the socio-economic status of waste-pickers in Bangladesh by introducing scientific approaches to the waste management system and converting organic & inorganic wastes into resources.