Ecosystem Update

Bangladesh startup ecosystem is coming of age.  Driven by strong economy vitals for Startups, access to a demographic bulge with the right skill-sets and the timely structuring of the Bangladesh Startup Ecosystem which is at an inflection point. Moreover, there is also an abundance of government support to improve the local startup ecosystem.  However, the […]

LightCastle Partners & Sheba.xyz collaborated on an independent study about the “COVID-19 Impact on the SMEs of Bangladesh”. The survey was conducted in late April with over 230 SME respondents from all over Bangladesh covering industries involving Trading & Production (48.4%) that includes Perishable & Grains, Poultry, Dairy, Fisheries, Jute Diversified Products, and Retail Store; […]

Since March of 2020, Bangladesh is experiencing the wrath of COVID-19 pandemic. As business shut down due to the lockdown, the entire startup ecosystem has been shaken to its core, threatening thousands of startups that create over a million jobs. To understand the impact further, LightCastle Partners commissioned an independent study – “COVID-19 Impact on […]