Startup Ecosystem in Bangladesh: Funding, Founders and the Road Ahead
Bangladesh's startups raised about $435 million in their 2021 peak year and just $6 million in the first half of 2026. This is the story of that full cycle — bKash's unicorn rise, ShopUp's merger into SILQ, the funding winter that left even Chaldal unable to pay salaries, and the state's late, large attempt to build domestic venture capital.
