Post on 14-Jul-2015
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#1 – LightCastle Data for fast market research
• LightCastle Partners ‘ new product, LightCastle Data is a self serving platform giving businesses access to insights from customers.
• Respondents register with LightCatsle Data to earn points each time they take a survey which they can monetize via reward partners like food franchises and coffee shops.
• 50% less expensive than a traditional market research, fast, access to a real-time dashboard to track responses.
#2 – Bongo, an on-demand entertainment platform
• Bongo offers on-demand video on the web and mobile through their world’s largest Bangladeshi entertainment catalog
• Over 30.000 videos, 125m mobile users in Bangladesh, + diaspora around the world. • Deals with major TV stations• Voted « Most Promising Startup » during the event Innovation Extreme 2014
#3 – Buckets Engineers, helping autist kids
• 1.5m autistic kids in Bangladesh. • Buckets Engineer brings subscription-based service to improve skills of kids with special
needs. • Allows parents, therapists and educators to create customized dynamic learning approaches
from a hub of applications and tools, making it more effetive for the child to learn• Won GIST Bootcamp competition in May 2014.
#4 – Parallax Logic, delivering e-commerce solutions
• Parallax Logic is a digital agency delivering e-commerce solutions• Statement: shopping is a social activity but e-commerce platform don't
offer any real social experience • Innovative project: a virtual social e-commerce shopping experience
#5 – Kokhon.com
• Kokhon.com is the Event Brite for Bangladesh with a social twist.
• Connect people with their favorite event and help event organizers.
• Collaborative venture from Infrablue Technology, one of the leading software company in Bangladesh, and PreneurLab, an Innovation startup, to collaborate
#6 – Biponee.com, e-commerce platform
• Biponee.com is an e-commerce website with 30k customers, $65k self-funded.
• Bangladesh retail market is $10bn.
• Internet 10x in the last few years.
• Venture of Brainstation-23, a renowned software company of Bangladesh.
#7 – SobjiBazaar.com for organic vegetables
• SobjiBazaar.com produces and distributes organic vegetables, chemical-free. • Launched in 2013. Thousands of customers. 10 years experience of marketplace
in Bangladesh. • 5 acres of land where they cultivate the products• Delivery free of charge thanks to an extremely active service network, cash payment upon
delivery
#8 – Lidia May, uplifting fashion with their bags
• Lidia May bags transform Bangladesh’s hand embroidery craftsmanship and contemporary art into global luxury fashion
• Real empowerment is when local talent is connected to the global market.
• Rich heritage of hand-made crafts and art scene
#9 – Dam.com.bd
• Dam.com.bd is a price comparison website to save money.
• 60% of customers pay too much, because of lack of information.
• Started in March 2014: 120 shops partners, 6000 unique users per day
#10 – Zuumzuum.com, an e-commerce platform
• Zuumzuum.com is an eCommerce platform for lifestyle shoppers seeking reputable brands products at competitive prices.
• Founded by an ex-Groupon veteran who returned to Bangladesh with domain expertise from the UK and Australia
#11 – Drinkwell to provide clean drinking water
• Drinkwell wants to transform the global water crisis into an entrepreneurial opportunity
• Founded in 2013 by USAID• Utilizes a micro-franchise model to develop its business in remote arsenic-affected
areas. • The inventor of the technology, Dr. SenGupta, was a 2011 Fulbright Scholar in India.
Over 200 implementations of arsenic removal units in remote villages in India.
Thanks!
Martin Pasquier, for Innovation is Everywheremartin@innovationiseverywhere.com