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Equity

Startup Bangladesh Limited (government venture capital)

Status

Open continuously

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Always open
Amount
Not published

Government-sponsored venture capital company investing equity in Bangladeshi startups from pre-seed through Series A. Capitalised with a government allocation of BDT 500 crore; individual ticket sizes are negotiated per deal.

Funder

Startup Bangladesh Limited, ICT Division, Government of Bangladesh

public · national

Deadline: Open all year — Applications for investment are accepted on a rolling basis through the Startup Bangladesh website; the company also runs periodic thematic calls.

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
major

Major bid — written case, budget, possibly partners.

Who can apply

Bangladesh-registered companies with a scalable technology-enabled business model and a founding team based in Bangladesh.

How to apply

  1. Submit the pitch through the Startup Bangladesh website.
  2. Initial screening and analyst review.
  3. Due diligence and investment committee approval.
  4. Term sheet, definitive agreements and disbursement.

What you will need

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.startupbangladesh.vc/ · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

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

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