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ShopUp raises $22.5 million to digitize millions of mom-and-pop shops in Bangladesh

TechCrunch

A startup that is aiming to digitize millions of neighborhood stores in Bangladesh just raised the country’s largest Series A financing round. Like its neighboring nation, India, more than 95% of all retail in Bangladesh goes through neighborhood stores in the country. A young entrepreneur is building the Amazon of Bangladesh.

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How to watch India vs. Bangladesh online for free

Mashable Tech

TL;DR: Live stream Bangladesh vs. India in the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy for free from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN. Pakistan and New Zealand came together for the first 2025 ICC Champions Trophy fixture, and now it's the turn of the other half of Group A: Bangladesh and India. When is Bangladesh vs. India?

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Bangladesh-based Maya, a startup focused on accessible healthcare, raises $2.2 million seed round

TechCrunch

Based in Bangladesh, Maya is dedicated to making it easier for women to get healthcare, especially for sensitive issues like reproductive and mental health. “Growing up in Bangladesh, we got minimum sexual education. The startup announced today it has raised $2.2 million in seed funding. There’s no curriculum at school.

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Practitioners from Malaysia, Bangladesh, and Nigeria discuss digital economic development for underserved communities at Shanghai’s INCLUSION Conference

TechNode

Underserved communities often face unique challenges when accessing and harnessing digital technologies. Underserved communities often face unique challenges when accessing and harnessing digital technologies. However, opportunities can emerge from developing the digital economy in these communities.

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Fairbanc provides BNPL for micro-merchants in Indonesia

TechCrunch

Fairbanc was founded in 2019 by Wharton-graduate Mir Haque, who first piloted the startup in Bangladesh before choosing Indonesia as its main market. Haque was born in Bangladesh and described it to TechCrunch as “the birthplace of micro-finance.”

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Nine Digital Marketing Lessons Nonprofits Can Learn from charity: water

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

But if you want to get even deeper insights, do an in-depth review of a similar nonprofit’s practice – whether it be broad – such as digital marketing techniques or narrow such as analyzing specific techniques as part of a content strategy. We want our donors to be advocates. We 100% focus on word-of-mouth marketing.

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Shikho, an edtech startup focused on Bangladesh’s students, gets $1.3M seed

TechCrunch

In Bangladesh, students often rely on after school learning centers for study help or test preparation, but many of the best ones are concentrated in major cities. million seed round co-led by returning investor LearnStart (the seed fund of edtech investment firm Learn Capital) and Anchorless Bangladesh. .

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