Investors in Bangladesh

We invest in innovative, high-growth companies of Bangladeshi origin. As long as there's some sort of a connection to Bangladesh, we are eager to look in. It may be that the founding team is non-Bangladeshi but the company has plans to expand into the Bangladeshi market - such companies are welcome to apply. We welcome entrepreneurs from all backgrounds including first-time entrepreneurs or those who have failed in their earlier attempts. Here’s what we look for: High-quality, passion and resilience of the management team First of a kind, innovative idea/model with a large potential to scale High barriers to entry (or) a competitive advantage Established proof of concept

Bangladesh Venture Capital Ltd (BVCL) aims to create an alternative investment opportunity for the business with high-growth potential. We want to foster a healthy environment in the investment ecosystem to make the funds available for potential startups in Bangladesh. We encourage entrepreneurs and high growth business to take advantage of the equity financing, we offer. We give the highest value to the potential business that offers the solution to an existing problem and makes a positive social impact. BVCL is teaming up with leading business leaders and high skilled mentors and advisors. We inspire young entrepreneurs to take a risk and backing them until their business become successful.

Startup Bangladesh Limited is the flagship venture capital fund of ICT Division. Under the visionary guidance of Honorable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Startup Bangladesh - the first and only venture capital fund sponsored by the government of the people’s republic of Bangladesh started its journey on March 2020 with an allocated capital of BDT 500 crores. This effort will enable the nation to innovate faster, create new jobs, develop technical skills, and realize the vision of Digital Bangladesh.

We're investing in a better Bangladesh by empowering the brilliant founders behind transformative ideas. Anchorless Bangladesh is an early stage venture investment fund activating unique opportunities across the country by harnessing global capital to deliver outsized financial returns and optimize social impact. Come join us on our journey.

SEAF is a global impact private equity manager achieving meaningful and measurable impact results and positive financial returns by providing entrepreneurs in emerging markets with the capital, knowledge, and networks they need to grow their businesses. Since 1989, SEAF has made more than 425 investments across 40 funds in more than 31 countries.

Trihill Capital is a venture capital firm. It prefers to invest in venture debt. It specializes in early to growth-stage ventures. The firm typically invests in industries such as logistics, education, health and wellness, financial services, agriculture, consumer, media and entertainment, and SaaS. It prefers to invest in solution-oriented companies and transformative founders across sectors. The firm invests in the Southeast Asia region with a particular emphasis on Indonesia, Vietnam, and Bangladesh, while maintaining a global perspective. It seeks to invest between $0.5 million and $100 million. Trihill Capital was founded in 2018 and is based in Singapore, with an additional office in Jakarta, Indonesia.

X ANGEL LIMITED (XAL), an entity of X INDEX COMPANIES, is a Private Limited Company incorporated on 15 March 2017 under the Companies Act 1994. Our investments span a wide range of industries in established and growth-oriented businesses alike. Playing a vital role in helping companies realize their growth potential, we uncover value by identifying great companies and enhancing their performance by providing patient capital and operating support to strong management teams. Our approach helps our portfolio companies grow core businesses, launch new initiatives, make transformative acquisitions and upgrade technologies and systems to support their long-term strategy.

BOD Tech Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in early stage companies, startups and seed and post seed funding. The firm considers investments in tech-based businesses within logistics, micro-retail, travel, finance, education, food delivery, O2O, publication, Internet companies, software development, people development, social development, nation development, omni-channel e-commerce and SaaS. The firm seeks to invest in companies based in Vietnam, Myanmar, Bangladesh, and Cambodia. BOD Tech Ventures was founded in 2014 and is based in Yangon, Myanmar.

We focus on emerging markets and Bangladesh in particular, an underserved market of 165 million people and one of the fastest growing economies worldwide. Our core concentration lies on startups that support the digital development of rural areas in different fields, ranging from FinTech and LegalTech to AgriTech and e-commerce. We deliver fast-growth investment opportunities utilizing emerging technologies that leap-frog market acceptance of highly demanded services.

BD Venture Limited, a Venture Capital Company, is an outcome of relentless effort from a group of leaders of the financial and entrepreneurial ecosystems of Bangladesh with a view to promoting innovative and potential seed, early & growth stage entrepreneurs & enterprises to pave their expansion through facilitating investment, consultancy & other relevant services. We are capable to address and accommodate the undulations of a venture and tailor our & the investee enterprise’s shape to adapt with a perspective approach. We have adopted innovative ways of investment for those entrepreneurs or enterprises for who the doors of the conventional financing institutions are hardly open.

Impact Fund Denmark is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in financing in the form of equity, mezzanine, loans, debt and guarantees. It makes socially conscious investments. It makes directly & indirectly investments. Under directly investing, it invests in early stage & growth capital investments. Under indirectly investments, it invests in venture capital funds. It specializes in establishing new companies, setting up joint ventures between Danish companies and local business partners and in acquiring existing companies. It provides financing to private-sector projects in the developing countries. The firm can only invest in countries whose 2008 GNI capita income is below $0.03 million with an exemption granted to South Africa, Botswana, and Namibia. Also, the host countries of investments must be on the OECD’s DAC list of development aid recipients. It invests where private sector financing is unavailable or insufficient. It invests in sustainable growth and high-impact solutions in developing markets/countries. It does not invest in Forced labor or child labor, Ozone depleting substances, PCB's (Polychlorinated Biphenyls) and other specific, hazardous pharmaceuticals, pesticides/herbicides or chemicals, wildlife or products regulated under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species or Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Unsustainable fishing methods, Cross-border trade in waste and waste products, unless compliant with the Basel Convention and the underlying regulations, Destruction of High Conservation Value areas, Radioactive materials and unbounded asbestos fibres, Pornography and/or prostitution, Racist and/or anti-democratic media, Alcoholic Beverages (except beer and wine), Tobacco, Weapons and munitions, Gambling, casinos and equivalent enterprises, Standalone fossil fuelled power plants, Drilling, exploration, extraction, refining and sale of crude oil, natural gas and thermal coal, Storage, supporting infrastructure (pipelines etc.), transportation and logistics, and services primarily related to fossil fuels, Any business using captive coal for power and/or heat generation, Electricity generation from peat and activities leading to deforestation, Investments and/or other projects that aim to produce or make use of agricultural or forestry products, Biomaterials and biofuel production, Export-oriented agribusiness mod, Meat and dairy industries. It prefers investing in commercial services and supplies, biofuels, electric power by solar and wind energy and irrigation systems sector. The firm seeks to invest in climate and Agribusiness. It focuses its investments in Green energy & infrastructure with focus on Clean, affordable renewable energy, Waste recycling and management, Energy efficiency, Water access and management; Financial Services with focus on Microfinance, MSME financing, Development banks and Insurance; Sustainable food systems with focus on Climate farming, Storage and distribution, Processing, Forest and land; Healthcare with focus on Hospitals and clinics, Pharmacy chains, Diagnostic services, Pharmaceuticals & medical equipment. The firm prefers to invest in companies based in Africa focusing on North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, South America, Central America, Middle East and Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Jordan, Denmark, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo (Brazzaville), Democratic Republic of Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Arab Rep., Eritrea, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, São Tomé and Principe, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, South Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe; Asia focusing on Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Brazil, Malaysia, Turkey, Mexico, Kiribati, Laos, South Korea, North Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Federal States of Micronesia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Marshall Islands, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Western Samoa, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, East Timor, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, West Bank and Gaza, Yemen; Europe focusing on Albania, Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Caucasus, Belarus, Balkans, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovenia, Georgia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Serbia, Ukraine; and Latin America with a focus on Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and The Grenadines, Suriname, Ecuador, and Jamaica and North Asia, United States of America, Latin America and parts of Europe. It seeks to invest between from DKK15 million ($2.32 million) and DKK500 million ($77.52 million). The firm can invest up to DKK350 million ($51.34 million) per company. The firm seeks to co-invest with Danish businesses in projects based in developing countries. It prefers to take minority stake between 10% to 30% and up to 49 per cent in small projects. It prefers to take a board membership. The firm prefers to exit its investments within five to seven years when the loan has been repaid or the shares have been sold. The firm also offers special assistance to small and medium-sized enterprises which employs less than 300 employees, with an annual revenue of up to DKK 300 million ($53.16 million) and has a positive result in two out of three latest financial years. It also provides advisory services to business investments in developing countries. The firm makes two thirds of its investments in partnership and can also provide additional financing. Impact Fund Denmark was founded in 1967 and is based in Copenhagen, Denmark with additional offices across Asia, Europe, South America, and Africa.

Prestellar Ventures is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in startup, Series A, and growth capital investments. The firm seeks to invest in tech-enabled companies with a focus on hospitality, consumer, financial services, rural products and services and education sectors. It typically invests in companies based in South Asia including India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Nepal. Prestellar Ventures is based in Singapore, Singapore.

LightCastle Partners envisions a knowledge-driven economy that inspires businesses and changes lives.Our entrepreneurial journey started back in 2013 with a simple vision: to inspire businesses in Bangladesh to advance the economy. To date, we have consulted for 150+ development partners & private organizations on 300+ projects, collaborated with 1200+ SMEs & startups, mobilized US$150 million+ in investments, and supported 50+ accelerator/incubator programs across Bangladesh. LightCastle also hosts the largest market and industry datasets in Bangladesh across 30+ industries.We believe the Bangladesh opportunity is exciting – led by your goals and accomplishments. And to that end, we are here to support and collaborate.

Maslin plans to provide both late-stage venture capital and early expansion capital for companies in Bangladesh. We help to support their growth. Maslin shall focus on industries, including robotics, e-commerce, health, real estate, tire pyrolysis, and tank farming. We invest in businesses with a sustainable competitive advantage. Therefore It gives the potential to become nationally or globally competitive in its sector and has high growth prospects. We look for businesses that provide a meaningful equity stake with board representations, appropriate shareholder protections and an investment horizon of less than five years.

Impress Capital Limited (ICL) is an asset management firm specializing in mutual funds, private equity, and venture capital. Through its 'Build Bangladesh' initiative, it focuses on impact investments and social entrepreneurship to provide diversified asset management solutions.

GEF Capital Partners, LLC is a private equity firm specializing in investing in middle market and growth investments. The firm typically focuses on climate-related investments such as clean energy, energy efficiency, waste, water, resource efficiency, sustainable food and agriculture, urban solutions, environmental services, and others that have a bearing on resource efficiency/ conservation. It typically invests in United States, Brazil, Latin America, South Asia, India, and Bangladesh, Latin America. The firm prefers to have a minority stake in portfolio companies. GEF Capital Partners, LLC was founded in March 2018 and is based in Arlington, Virginia with additional offices in Washington, D.C., São Paulo, Brazil and Mumbai, India.

Dekko ISHO Venture Capital is a principal investment firm specializing in seed/start-up investments. The firm invests in deep tech, sustainable tech, Agri-tech and Fintech sectors. It primarily invest in Bangladesh region. Dekko ISHO Venture Capital is based in Bangladesh.

Our primary objective is to carry out the business of asset management, primarily through launching and managing mutual funds to cater the diverse needs of both individuals as well as institutional investors. What really drives us is not only the number of people we employ, or the number of customers we serve, but the number of lives we have touched. While profits are important to us, we also take immense pride in being the reason for countless smiles.

Strategic Equity Management Limited (SEML) was incorporated in 2007 under the company act 1994 of Bangladesh. A highly capable professionals came together to form the core team of SEML. SEML was awarded the Asset Management Company (AMC) license from Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) in 2013.SEML has started its journey with the vision to provide unique, innovative, trustworthy solutions for both capital and money market instruments. The management team of SEML possesses world-class experience having an extensive network in local business relationship on Investment management. The management is highly qualified in fund management as well as has having vast knowledge in both money and capital market instruments. The Analyst team consists of highly capable young Bangladeshi talent, trained to international standards. As professional, all team members have strong background on customized and application software related to this segment of business.

We are a private equity & venture fund management company incorporated with the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies & Firms under the Companies Act 1994 to carry on Alternative Investment business in Bangladesh as per the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (Alternative Investment) Rules 2015. Our core objective is to facilitate invention, innovation and creativity through equity/equity linked investments in the growth companies, which would turn Bangladesh into a developed country by 2050. We are in the company-building business, and our directors and management team have a proud history of leveraging relationships to build teams, attract investors and investees and then–together–build high value businesses.

South Asia Technology Partners, LLC, is a venture capital firm specializing in seed and growth capital investments, from seed through the Series B funding round.. The firm focuses on the logistics, transportation, e-commerce and related technology sectors. It seeks to make investments in companies that are operating in South Asia primarily in India and Bangladesh. The firm prefers to invest in companies that have annual revenues above $1 million. South Asia Technology Partners, LLC is based in Oak Ridge, North Carolina.

At ACAML, our investors are not our clients, they are our business partners. We feel their joy and pain as much as they do! Therefore, we manage their fund with the highest level of care so that we can co-create their future. We mean Alliance for a better financial future! Selecting good stocks is half the job done for portfolio management. Therefore, our restless effort with all our proprietary capabilities, analytics, models, tools and techniques are put into effort to identify the best combination of stocks in a portfolio in continuous manner. We chose composition of stocks that ensure “market beating” return and risk.

LankaBangla Finance PLC is a leading financial institution in Bangladesh providing retail, corporate, and CMSME financial services through its subsidiaries including LankaBangla Securities, LankaBangla Investments, and LankaBangla Asset Management.

The Swiss Investment Fund for Emerging Markets is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in direct and fund of fund investments. The firm directly invests in mezzanine, middle markets, buyouts, mid to late venture, emerging growth, growth capital and in financial institutions with a small and medium enterprise or microfinance lending focus. It makes fund of fund investments in private equity fund, mezzanine funds and venture capital fund. The firm primarily invests in Healthcare, Education, Energy, water and resource, Business Activities and services including wholesale and retail trade, Infrastructure, Renewable Energy, Generalist, Financial service, Agribusiness, Aquaculture, Forestry, SME Development, Communication Services, manufacturing industry, transport & storage, Information & Communication Technology and consumer goods. The firm typically invests in countries whose GNI per capita is below the World Bank's IBRD graduation threshold. It seeks to invest in Latin America with a focus on Bolivia, Columbia, Central America, Cuba, and Haiti Peru; Sub Saharan Africa with a focus on Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Ghana, Greater Klakes Region, Horn of Africa, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, South Africa, SADC Region, and Tanzania; Middle East and Africa with a focus on Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Occupied Palestinian Territory, and Tunisia; Southern and Eastern Europe, and CIS with a focus on Albania, Armenia, Azarbaijan, Bosnia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Serbia, Tajikistan, and Ukraine; and Asia with a focus on South-East Asia, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao DPR, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam. The firm invests at least 60 percent of its investment volume in any year to these priority countries. In cases of regional or global funds, the geographical criteria is fulfilled if at least 50 percent of fund or financial institution investment is made in the priority countries. Its primary focus is on institutions investing in the small and medium enterprise sector along with selective investments in microfinance and infrastructure projects. The firm seeks to invest between $2 million and $40 million in funds. It sources its capital through institutional investors. The firm prefers majority stakes. The firm invests in the form of loans and other debt instruments including secured or unsecured, subordinated, convertible or equity linked; direct equity or quasi-equity investments; and guarantees. It may also act as co-investor in the underlying portfolio companies of its private equity funds. The Swiss Investment Fund for Emerging Markets was founded in 2005 and is based in Geneva, Switzerland with additional offices in Bern, Switzerland.

Constellation is an emerging market finance group operating through Bangladesh connecting the global investor to the opportunities beyond developed market borders. We provide information, access and transnational excellence through a pool of experienced, multi country/ culture/ economy exposed passionate investment professionals. As a firm, we pride ourselves as a company deeply rooted; not only as an enabler to the global investors to diversify their portfolios, but also as pioneers, striving towards financial solutions, products and opportunities that remain within solving problems of infrastructure, power, technology, capital markets and other diversified industries of frontier markets like Bangladesh.