# Top 50 Startup Investors in Bangladesh in May 2026

## Mohammad Maaz
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 9
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Payments, Information Technology, EdTech

Mohammad Maaz

## Bangladesh Angels
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Supply Chain Management, Fashion, SaaS

Bangladesh Angels operates as an angel investing platform. Its mission to nurture innovation and entrepreneurship in Bangladesh, connecting them to both local and global investors.
Bangladesh Angels was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

## Anchorless Bangladesh
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Mobile Apps, Supply Chain Management

Anchorless Bangladesh is investing in a better Bangladesh by empowering the brilliant founders behind transformative ideas.

## SBK
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Apps

SBK Tech Ventures is an impact technology fund focusing on early stage, tech-platform companies in emerging markets.

## Skycatcher
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Austin, Texas, United States
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Online Games, Video Games, Transportation

High-conviction investing in Internet and software companies globally

## Ratio Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Supply Chain Management, E-Commerce, Agriculture

Ratio Ventures operates as a venture capital firm.

## Nazmul Rupok
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: B2B, B2C, Grocery

Nazmul Hasan Rupok Chief Executive Officer of WPDeveloper

## Julian Shapiro
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Julian Shapiro is a Partner at Hyper and a Startup Investor at Julian.capital. He previously worked as the Founder of Demand Curve, a Columnist — Growth Marketing at TechCrunch, and VP of Marketing at Webflow. Julian attended Y Combinator.

## Battery Road Digital Holdings
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Payments, Financial Services

Frontier Markets venture capital

## SAJIDA Foundation
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Education, Mobile Apps, EdTech

SAJIDA Foundation is a value-driven, non-government organisation. It embodies the principle of corporate philanthropy, with 51% shareholding of Renata Ltd, one of the fastest growing pharmaceutical and animal health product companies in Bangladesh. The organisation, founded in 1993, aims to empower communities, catalyse entrepreneurship, buildequity and establish enterprises for good with an overarching vision of ensuring health, happiness, and dignity for all. SAJIDA’s operations in Bangladesh have touched over 6 million individuals through its multi-sectoral development programmes which focus on poverty alleviation, community healthcare and climate change. It runs one of the largest financial service operations in Bangladesh and has specialised healthcare enterprises.

## Flourish Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Redwood City, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance

We are an early-stage global venture capital firm investing in fintech founders.

## Aminur Rashid
- Type: Angel
- Location: Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Shopping, Cosmetics, E-Commerce

Aminur Rashid is a co-founder of Pickaboo.com.

## Orbit Startups
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cork, Cork, Ireland
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Software

Orbit Startups helps companies scaling breakthrough technologies across emerging and frontier markets to the regions with the most aggressive growth.

## LearnStart
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Education, E-Learning, EdTech

LearnStart is a seed fund that focuses on the development of global education technology companies through seed funding.

## RC Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Logistics, E-Commerce, iOS

RC Ventures is a seed and venture capital firm that invests in early stage companies in Bangladesh and neighboring high growth emerging markets. Our team consists of frontier investors, entrepreneurs, and corporate advisors with deep experience and personal ties in our target markets.

## Rezaul Karim
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Information Technology

Rezaul Karim

## EDP Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Energy

EDP Ventures is the venture capital arm of EDP. We invest in early-stage startups working in the energy space

## kaniz Almas khan
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Legal, FinTech, Legal Tech

Ceo

## The Osiris Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Logistics, Advice, Payments

Emerging Asia private equity group enabling economic development and transformation with frontier infrastructure, PE and VC impact investments in Bangladesh, Myanmar, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

## Shahjahan Jewel
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: B2B, B2C, Grocery

Md Shahjahan Jewel Chief Executive Officer at WPMangeNinja LLC

## Black Kite Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: EdTech, FinTech, Internet

Black Kite Capital is a single-family investment office based in Singapore.

## Jahangir Alam
- Type: Angel
- Location: Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: B2B, B2C, Grocery

Jahangir Alam COO of eFoli.

## Sabr Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: B2B, Financial Services, Information Technology

Sector agnostic early stage investment partner for Shariah Compliant ventures based in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Middle East and Africa.

## 1982 Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments

Early stage venture capital investor focused on fintech in Southeast Asia

## Gojek
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Apps, E-Commerce, Transportation

Gojek is an app that providing a variety of services from payments, food delivery, transportation, and logistics.The app is used for food ordering, commuting, digital payments, shopping, hyper-local delivery, getting a massage, and other services. It aims to create a positive socio-economic impact on customers, driver-partners, business, andMSMEs. Gojek is backed by investors including Google, Facebook, PayPal, Sequoia Capital, and Tencent Holdings.The company was founded in 2009 in Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia by Kevin Aluwi, Nadiem Makarim, and Michaelangelo Moran.

## innogy New Ventures LLC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Renewable Energy, Artificial Intelligence, Software

innogy New Ventures LLC is a partner for the sustainable transformation of the energy system including data-driven business models.

## Astir Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: South Plainfield, New Jersey, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Video, Fashion

Astir Ventures is a leading investment firm, seeking out the best and most exciting investment opportunities. We are looking for the best entrepreneurial and business ideas to fund, mentor, and bring to market. Astir Ventures can provide you with the necessary funding and support, so your idea goes from business proposal to practice. Astir Ventureshas a rich history of finding excellent business opportunities; nurturing, guiding, and funding them for success.

## Shorooq Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, E-Commerce, FinTech

Shorooq Partnersis the leading tech investor in the region, inspired by the best entrepreneurs, investors and practices from around the world.

## Learn Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Mateo, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Education, EdTech, E-Learning

LearnCapital is a venture capital firm focused exclusively on funding entrepreneurs with a vision for better and smarter learning. They believe that the future is shaped by the way we teach and learn in the present, and that we’re in the middle of one of the great revolutions in the history of education. New technology platforms, applications, andservices are not only amplifying and augmenting classroom learning, but creating a world in which any Internet-enabled device can become a classroom on demand.

## Falcon Network
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, iOS, Android

Falcon Network is a group of emerging markets-based angel investors.

## Sketchnote Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology

Apply for funding on Sketchnote, a unique opportunity for exceptional first-time entrepreneurs building first-rate startups

## Openspace
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: E-Commerce, Financial Services, Information Technology

Openspace Ventures is a leading venture capital firm finding and backing Southeast Asian companies creating a transformative impact where tech meets life.

## Arun Gupta
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Shopping, Cosmetics, E-Commerce

Arun Gupta, the Founder and CEO of MoMAGIC is a technology veteran turned first generation serial entrepreneur, with 25+ years of experience and multiple patents to his credit, while donning the hat of Director MediaTek, for close to a decade. Arun Gupta is credited with being the architect of the 1st version of MediaTek handset MMI.

## Wavemaker Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology

Wavemaker Group is a cross-border venture capital firm founded in 2003 and one of the most active early-stage investors across multiple funds.

## International Finance Corporation
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Debt Financing, Series B
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance

A strong and engaged private sector is indispensible to ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity. That's where IFC comes in - we have more than 60 years experience in unlocking private investment, creating markets and opportunities where they are needed most.

## Reflect Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Logistics, E-Commerce

Reflect Ventures makes venture capital investments in high-potential startups at the seed and series A/B+ stages. We identify extraordinary founders, companies and opportunities around the world, including in emerging and frontier markets. Our LPs comprise family offices, institutional investors and HNWIs on six continents, along withrecognized sector experts who are instrumental to our portfolio companies' future growth.

## IDLC Finance
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, iOS, Apps

IDLC is the Largest Non-Banking Financial Institution in Bangladesh

## Asymmetry Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology

Asymmetry Ventures invests in scalable early-stage companies with exceptional defensibility.

## Epic Angels
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, Software, FinTech

Our focus is early-stage startups in Asia across all verticals. We invest in pre-seed, seed, and Series A rounds. We are strong advocates of female leadership.

## Brain-Too-Free Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Internet, Apps, Software

Idling Minds at Their Best.

## Runner Trading Ltd
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Corporate Round
- Focus: Internet, Software, Logistics

RML has organized its dealer network and well covered service supports countrywide and is now having around 20% market share in overall commercial vehicle industry and 35% market share in the Light and Medium (LMD) segment in Bangladesh.

## Asif Anwar
- Type: Angel
- Location: Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Text Analytics, Machine Learning, Speech Recognition

Asif Anwar

## Hi2 Global Venture Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, E-Commerce, FinTech

Haitou Global is a global asset allocation platform providing asset management, investment banking, digital technology product, and services. Haitou Global manages a Registered Investment Advisor and a Broker-dealer in the U.S., with headquarters in New York and Beijing and operations in San Francisco, Hangzhou, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Jakarta.

## Prince Mojumder
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Text Analytics, Machine Learning, Speech Recognition

Prince Mojumder

## IPE Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Text Analytics, Machine Learning, Speech Recognition

A Venture Capital company based in UK and Bangladesh

## Veon Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: B2B, Logistics, E-Commerce

Veon Ventures is a corporate venture arm of VEON.

## Mercantile Bank
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Debt Financing
- Focus: Telecommunications, Optical Communication

Mercantile Bank provides Islamic and other banking services such as deposits and loans.

## Trust Bank
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Debt Financing
- Focus: Telecommunications, Optical Communication

Trust Bank Limited (TBL) is a commercial banks in Bangladesh. The bank is sponsored by the Army Welfare Trust (AWT) first of its kind in Bangladesh. With a wide range of corporate, retail, SME, and Islamic Banking products TBL has been operating in Bangladesh from 1999 and has since achieved public confidence as a sound and stable financialinstitution.

## Aavishkaar Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Financial Services, Manufacturing, Finance

With Impact Investing at its core, Aavishkaar Capital caters venture capital requirements to scale businesses in the new markets.

## TheVentures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

TheVentures provides their portfolio companies access to on staff world class experts in recruiting, PR, marketing, early stage customer acquisition, raising money, and strategy. They even provide engineering and design support, co-building products with the founding team, while assiting in hiring those difficult to recruit early engineers.

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