Bangladesh Startup Investment Report 2022: A Year In Review [Readable Version]

Top 30 Deals Of 2022

A Timeline Of 2022

Trends To Watch Out For Point Towards A Bustling Future For The Startup Ecosystem In Bangladesh

1. The global economic downturn is predicted to continue until 2023, resulting in a funding slowdown to continue. Yet, as the world recovers from the pandemic and local conditions stabilize, startup investments are projected to pick up at the beginning of 2024.
2. Climate change concerns are dominating as one of the key issues in the world. As such, climate and sustainability startups are predicted to become increasingly attractive to investors at home and abroad.
3. As Bangladeshi startups and the ecosystem gains national and international confidence, a significant number of global investors are investing in Bangladesh for the first time – a trend that is forecasted to increase in the coming years.
4. Against the backdrop of a global recession, new ventures by Bangladeshi professionals who are returning from abroad are on the rise. At the same time, Bangladesh is also seeing a rise of startups operating in a structure where an international holding company owns the majority in a Bangladeshi entity which acts as the operating company. 
5. With the Government of Bangladesh’s consistent focus on building a Digital Bangladesh, the ecosystem wants to create at least five unicorns by 2025