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Bangladesh Bank Startup Fund

Status

Status not published

Applications are made to a scheduled bank in Bangladesh, which lends under the Bangladesh Bank Startup Fund circular. Confirm the current ceiling, tenor and interest cap in the latest SMESPD circular.

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Amount
100,000,000 BDT

Refinance scheme with a BDT 500 crore central fund, plus 1% of each scheduled bank's annual operating profit contributed to bank-level startup funds. Loans are extended to startups at a concessional rate (capped at 4% to the borrower) with a ceiling in the order of BDT 10 crore per startup, without collateral.

Funder

Bangladesh Bank (central bank)

public · national

Deadline: Open all year — Applications are made to a scheduled bank in Bangladesh, which lends under the Bangladesh Bank Startup Fund circular. Confirm the current ceiling, tenor and interest cap in the latest SMESPD circular.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
moderate

Moderate — a form and supporting documents.

Who can apply

Bangladeshi entrepreneurs, broadly aged 21-45 at first application, with an innovative and scalable business. Collateral-free. The exact age band, tenor and ceiling are set in the operative Bangladesh Bank circular - verify before applying.

How to apply

  1. Approach a scheduled bank operating the Startup Fund.
  2. Submit the business plan and required documents.
  3. Bank appraises under the Bangladesh Bank Startup Fund policy and sanctions the loan.
  4. Refinance is claimed by the bank from Bangladesh Bank.

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Source. https://www.bb.org.bd/ · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: funder's homepage — the programme page was not found

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