Startups from Dhaka

Following the Innovation Xtreme event in Dhaka

November 2014

#1 – LightCastle Data for fast market research

• LightCastle Partners ‘ new product, LightCastle Data is a self serving platform giving businesses access to insights from customers.

• Respondents register with LightCatsle Data to earn points each time they take a survey which they can monetize via reward partners like food franchises and coffee shops.

• 50% less expensive than a traditional market research, fast, access to a real-time dashboard to track responses.

#2 – Bongo, an on-demand entertainment platform

• Bongo offers on-demand video on the web and mobile through their world’s largest Bangladeshi entertainment catalog

• Over 30.000 videos, 125m mobile users in Bangladesh, + diaspora around the world. • Deals with major TV stations• Voted « Most Promising Startup » during the event Innovation Extreme 2014

#3 – Buckets Engineers, helping autist kids

• 1.5m autistic kids in Bangladesh. • Buckets Engineer brings subscription-based service to improve skills of kids with special

needs. • Allows parents, therapists and educators to create customized dynamic learning approaches

from a hub of applications and tools, making it more effetive for the child to learn• Won GIST Bootcamp competition in May 2014.

#4 – Parallax Logic, delivering e-commerce solutions

• Parallax Logic is a digital agency delivering e-commerce solutions• Statement: shopping is a social activity but e-commerce platform don't

offer any real social experience • Innovative project: a virtual social e-commerce shopping experience

#5 – Kokhon.com

• Kokhon.com is the Event Brite for Bangladesh with a social twist.

• Connect people with their favorite event and help event organizers.

• Collaborative venture from Infrablue Technology, one of the leading software company in Bangladesh, and PreneurLab, an Innovation startup, to collaborate

#6 – Biponee.com, e-commerce platform

• Biponee.com is an e-commerce website with 30k customers, $65k self-funded.

• Bangladesh retail market is $10bn.

• Internet 10x in the last few years.

• Venture of Brainstation-23, a renowned software company of Bangladesh.

#7 – SobjiBazaar.com for organic vegetables

• SobjiBazaar.com produces and distributes organic vegetables, chemical-free. • Launched in 2013. Thousands of customers. 10 years experience of marketplace

in Bangladesh. • 5 acres of land where they cultivate the products• Delivery free of charge thanks to an extremely active service network, cash payment upon

delivery

#8 – Lidia May, uplifting fashion with their bags

• Lidia May bags transform Bangladesh’s hand embroidery craftsmanship and contemporary art into global luxury fashion

• Real empowerment is when local talent is connected to the global market.

• Rich heritage of hand-made crafts and art scene

#9 – Dam.com.bd

• Dam.com.bd is a price comparison website to save money.

• 60% of customers pay too much, because of lack of information.

• Started in March 2014: 120 shops partners, 6000 unique users per day

#10 – Zuumzuum.com, an e-commerce platform

• Zuumzuum.com is an eCommerce platform for lifestyle shoppers seeking reputable brands products at competitive prices.

• Founded by an ex-Groupon veteran who returned to Bangladesh with domain expertise from the UK and Australia

#11 – Drinkwell to provide clean drinking water

• Drinkwell wants to transform the global water crisis into an entrepreneurial opportunity

• Founded in 2013 by USAID• Utilizes a micro-franchise model to develop its business in remote arsenic-affected

areas. • The inventor of the technology, Dr. SenGupta, was a 2011 Fulbright Scholar in India.

Over 200 implementations of arsenic removal units in remote villages in India.

Thanks!

Martin Pasquier, for Innovation is Everywheremartin@innovationiseverywhere.com