Grameenphone Accelerator Startups meet investors on Demo Day
Dhaka, May 31 (NsNewsWire) — The five startups of GP Accelerator program, presented their businesses to more than 100 attendees including investors and professionals at Demo Day, on Tuesday May 31 at GPHOUSE.
The event start with a startup introductory session called ‘Startup Bazaar’. In that session, the attendees were able to meet and chat with the top five startups from GP Accelerator team. Later Rajeev Sethi, CEO of Grameenphone officially inaugurated the Demo Day.
Speaking on the occasion, GP CEO said, “I congratulate the first batch of GP Accelerator for completing the program. Grameenphone is working towards building components of digital lifestyle for its customers. I believe that young entrepreneurs such as these could be our partners in ushering the digital era in Bangladesh by developing locally relevant apps and services.”
In October 2015, Grameenphone partnered with SD ASIA to launch the ‘GP Accelerator’ in search for five talented tech startups in Bangladesh. After a rigorous scrutiny GP Accelerator team selected the top five startups to participate on February 7th at GP house. This is the first of its kind mentoring program for startups in Bangladesh where a reputed corporate entity is involved.
The top five startups (Ennovision, Sheba, Repto, Kandy, and Share) received seed funding of more than BDT. 10 lakh each, and got the opportunity to work inside GPHouse – with full logistical support. The teams were also mentored by SD Asia’s panel of start-up ecosystem experts.
Ennovision Limited is a web design company that serves as the one-stop solution for businesses looking to create a solid online presence through their websites.
Kandy is an intelligent personalization mobile advertising application that puts delightful content on users’ lock screens, and time-saving tools, giving a useful lock screen experience.
Share is a carpooling application, looking to disrupt the way people commute around Dhaka city.
SHEBA is a service platform for solving day-to-day household problems.
REPTO – Education Center is an Online Course Marketplace, where you can create courses with state-of-the-art web tools and sell your courses online.