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LightCastle & The Legal Circle Act as Buy Side Partners at the Signing Ceremony of ‘ShotoBorshe Shoto Asha’ – VC Fund by Startup Bangladesh Ltd.

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March 31, 2021
LightCastle & The Legal Circle Act as Buy Side Partners at the Signing Ceremony of ‘ShotoBorshe Shoto Asha’ – VC Fund by Startup Bangladesh Ltd.

Startup Bangladesh Limited, the flagship Government of Bangladesh-backed VC fund under the ICT Ministry, has recently launched a US$65 Mn (Tk 500 Cr) fund to disburse to the nation’s top startups. The fund, which is called ‘ShotoBorshe Shoto Asha,’ has already invested in seven startups as of March 31 and it aims to back 50 companies by the end of 2021.

LightCastle Partners and The Legal Circle are the Buy-Side Advisors to Startup Bangladesh Limited (SBL).


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SBL will invest USD12 Mn (Tk 100 Crore) in 50 startups in 2021, starting with 7 startups:
  1. Pathao, the largest local ride-sharing and logistics platform
  2. Chaldal, the largest grocery eCommerce
  3. Sheba.xyz, the largest online SME services platform
  4. Intelligent Machines, a frontrunner AI/ML SaaS
  5. EduHive, a fast-growing edutech firm
  6. DhakaCast, a fast-growing health-tech startup
  7. Moner Bondhu, a mental health startup.

On March 31, 2021, Bijon Islam attended the signing ceremony along with the people who made it possible, Tina Jabeen, Managing Director of the Startup Bangladesh Limited, Anita Ghazi Rahman, Founder and partner of The Legal Circle, Nirjhor Rahman, CEO of Bangladesh Angels and Rahat Ahmed, CEO of Anchorless Bangladesh.

The event was also covered in one of the leading startup-focused Asian media platforms- Tech in Asia. Click here to learn more.

To watch the recording of the signing ceremony, click here. 

 


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