Bangladesh Angels
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
A Crowdfunding Playbook for SGBs
10 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Rostovsky is the Founder & CEO of Raiseway, which makes investment crowdfunding easy and affordable for small business owners with its AI-...
Startup TNT: Networked Capital
30 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hailing from the picturesque landscapes of rural Alberta, Canada, Neil's journey has been varied. With a career spanning continents and industries...
Pointer Strategy: High Performance Startup Sales
22 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ricky Pearl loves problem-solving. From birthday treasure hunts with his family to complex business challenges, he has never been presented with a pro...
The Startup Landscape in the Caribbean
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Javette Nixon is a serial entrepreneur, speaker, and investor. In addition to being the founder of Seaforth Holdings Limited, a boutique investment an...
Making Better Investors by Creating Smarter Founders
14 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mr. Thompson has been active in the start-up venture space for over 25 years as a builder of companies, angel investor, angel group leader and fund ma...
Blackbird AI: A Bangladeshi-American Company's Journey in AI
07 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, Naushad UzZaman discussed cybersecurity, distortion of public opinion, and the use of artificial intelligence and data analysis to co...
Inverted Ventures: Family Office for the Future
24 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Craig D’Cruze is a multifaceted entrepreneur with a passion for investing. In his 25+ years in equities markets, Craig has developed his outlook tha...
How to Scale a Mental Health Startup
17 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mainul Mondal is the Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Member of the Board of Directors of Ellipsis Health. As a skilled healthcare IT business le...
Healthtech Scaling Lessons from America
12 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tahasin Alam is a VC-backed CTO and Co-Founder of Belong Health. He also has two major startup exits under his belt: one of the largest health insuran...
A Tech Leader's Lessons in Building Unicorns
19 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
IQ is an entrepreneur & technology leader, currently the Cofounder of Fenix, and previously CTO of Circ (acquired by Bird). He leads Engineering, ...
Principles in Early-Stage Investing: A Bangladeshi’s Perspective on Global Venture Capital
22 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tasnia Huque, she’s Principal at Javelin Venture Partners - a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage startups from a wide variety of indus...
Verishop: Unlocking the power of Independent Brands
07 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Imran Khan is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Verishop, a socialcommerce company with a mission to create a more joyful shopping exper...
Pluto Card: Building the B2B Financial Ecosystem in MENA
21 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mohammed Ridwan and Nayeem Zen, co-founders of Pluto Card.Mohammed Ridwan is the Co-founder, COO & Chief Product Officer. His core expertise is...
Kae Capital: A Conversation on the Early-Stage Investing Landscape
18 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sasha Mirchandani is Managing Director and Founder of Kae Capital and Co-founder of Mumbai Angels. Kae Capital is a pioneer of early-stage investin...
Seedstars International Ventures: Pioneering Emerging Market VC
01 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Patricia Sosrodjojo is General Partner at Seedstars International Ventures, an early-stage VC fund focused on emerging markets. The fund has invested...
Sturgeon Capital: Powering the Digital Transition
02 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Robin Butler is a Partner at Sturgeon Capital, a London-based VC investing in early-stage startups in nascent venture ecosystems. Robin has spent t...
Paklaunch: Connecting Pakistani Talent Across the Globe
03 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We in the Bangladesh ecosystem look at Pakistan's with a mixture of awe and wonder...how exactly have they been able to grow so much faster than ours,...
Lessons from building a 1000+ Angel Syndicate
15 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jed Ng from Angel School joins us for the latest episode of SCALE. Jed is an Operator who builds tech businesses from the ground up. He...
Sharetrip: Building the Travel Economy of Bangladesh
06 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sadia Haque is the CEO and Co-Founder at ShareTrip, the country’s first and leading online travel platform that provides end to end travel solu...
wagely: Financial Empowerment in Frontier Asia
15 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Amrita Vir is the Head of Strategy & Business Expansion, and Acting Country Manager at wagely and Sanjida Tanny is Lead of Com...
Secrets of Scaling in Consumer Tech
03 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Amarjit Singh Batra is the Managing Director for Spotify India and joined the company in April 2018 to set up operations and build the busin...
Merging Social Impact & Tech
21 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Samira Khan has most recently worked at the intersection of social innovation/impact + tech at both Microsoft, where she was a Director on the AI &...
The Power of PR in the Changing Media Landscape
09 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Umaila Akhter is the Founder & CEO of Turn Up PR, Producer at The Turn Up Network and Turn Up Studio. She is a Public Relations and Communication ...
Lunchbox: Taking Back Control for Restaurants
02 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lunchbox is a collection of powerful digital ordering platforms for restaurants, built by restauranteurs. It creates white-label apps, web ordering, a...
Sketchnote Partners Fund: Backing First-Class Entrepreneurs in Asia
02 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Julio Arias is Co-founder at Sketchnote & Managing Director at Sketchnote Partners. He is an expert in Asian markets where he lived for over 20 ye...
Super Capital VC: Bridging France and Asia
13 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we have with us Francisque Lebrunie, Venture Partner at Super Capital. Entrepreneur and investor, Francisque has over 15 years of expe...
Promoting The Startup Ecosystem in Bangladesh: The DACH Connection
03 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Catch Hannes Kirchhoff from SOLshare, Julian Weber from SELISE and Zahin Razeen from Hydroquo+ in the third episode of The Bridge, where they ta...
Epic Angels: Democratizing Angel Investing
07 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Epic Angels is a network of female executives and operators who have built and expanded companies in all parts of the world. Based in Singapore, it's ...
Investing in Women: Closing the Gender Gap in Southeast Asia
06 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Marie Torres is the Senior Partnerships Manager at Investing in Women, an initiative of the Australian Government, which catalyses inclusive econ...
FiBAN: Nordic Angel Investing
27 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we have with us, Reima Linnanvirta, Chair of the Board at the Finnish Business Angels Network (FiBAN). Structured as a non-profit a...
Value for Women: Accelerating Gender Smart Investing
02 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Value For Women Ltd. offers holistic and tailored advisory support with a gender lens to a diverse set of organizations, investors, and SGBs (Small an...
Finprojections: Startup Finance Made Easier | the BRIDGE | Sadaf Sultan
25 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With 10+ years of experience as an investment banker and investor, Sadaf Sultan has worked at the bleeding edge of venture capital and private equity ...
Constructing Sustainably Diverse Portfolios By Backing Underrepresented Founders
21 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we will hear from Vera Elizabeth Baker, Venture Partner at Jua Fund, about the Jua Fund, her experience as an angel investor with the...
Roots of Impact: Scaling Impact Ecosystems
17 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Maxime Cheng is the Lead Market and Capacity Building Programs at Roots of Impact, an Impact Linked Finance advisory firm based in Germany. ...
Alma Angels: Supercharging Female Angels & Female Entrepreneurs
24 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Deepali is an advisor to female founders and an angel investor with a keen interest in digital health, femtech, and sustainability. Deepali invests in...
Episode 4 | HoriZen Capital: A Saas Operators Syndicate
13 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Akeel Jabber is the Investment Director and GP at Horizen Capital, a leading SaaS operations group consisting of Marketing and Finance experts who spe...
Accelerating Asia - Catalyzing High Growth Founders
29 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Amra is the Co-Founder of Accelerating Asia and General Partner at Accelerating Asia Ventures, an award-winning startup accelerator that scouts and pr...
Potential of Deeptech in Europe | the Bridge
22 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Munawar Hafiz is the founder and CEO of OpenRefactory, Inc., an application security company that intends to improve the way developers write secure, ...
Education Innovation Before and After Covid
20 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Deborah Quazzo is the Managing Partner at GSV Ventures. GSV Ventures is a venture fund investing in education and workforce skills technologies that a...
Building Out a Cross-Border Women's Network in the SEA Region
17 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
With 9 years of experience across Ed-tech, Food-tech, Beauty-tech, Media-tech, and Healthcare tech, Deeksha wears many hats as an entrepreneur, consul...
Saison Capital: Building the Japanese-SEA VC Bridge
02 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Visa Kannan is a Partner at Saison Capital, a single LP fund backed by Credit Saison Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. that invests in Pre-Seed to Series B compa...
Sleek: Digitizing the Cross-Border Office
30 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Adrien Barthel is a co-founder of Sleek - Asia's leading corporate services platform with more than 5,000 SMEs under management in Sing...
37Angels: The Untapped Potential of Women Investors
26 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hear from Angela Lee, Founder of 37 Angels, about the story behind 37 Angels, its initiatives, guiding principles in due diligence, her approach to va...
Backing Early Stage Frontier Market Companies | Women Startup Leaders Series
02 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Eugenia Shevchenko is an Acceleration & Growth Programs Manager at Seedstars. Seedstars is a global venture capital fund, investing...
Building & Supporting Women in Startups with BWIT | Women Startup Leaders Series
18 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the ninth episode of the Women Startup Leaders Series, we have Lafifa Jamal (President @ BWIT), Rezwana Khan (CEO of Star Computer Systems Lim...
Classplus: South Asia's Emerging Edtech Company | SCALE
12 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the second episode of SCALE by Bangladesh Angels. In this podcast series, we talk to entrepreneurs and investors who built and invested in ...
FastScaling: The Growth Handbook for Founder and Investors | SCALE
12 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the first episode of SCALE by Bangladesh Angels. In this podcast series, we talk to entrepreneurs and investors who built and invested in b...
Investing in High-Impact SMEs in Bangladesh
09 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sharawwat Islam has been leading the Truvalu Bangladesh team for the last 3 years. With more than 15 years of work experience in well-known investment...
Strategic Branding & PR as a Competitive Advantage
25 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Naushaba Salahuddin is the Director, Head of PR & Communications at Zilingo - the largest B2B e-commerce ecosystem in Southeast Asia and South Asi...
Building a Career in Impact Enterprise
30 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nitida Wongthipkongka is passionate about social impact and improving the quality of lives around the world. She is currently a Venture Director ...
From the Corporate World to Angel Investing
29 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sayma Rahman is an active startup mentor, investor, and advisor, with companies such as Thrive Edtech and Jobike under her portfolio. An INSEAD and No...
BA Women Presents: Fostering Women in IT
24 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rezwana Khan is the CEO of Star Computer Systems, a technology company working on enterprise application solutions, development & implementation, ...
Praava Health: Building a Consumer First Healthcare Company
10 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ms. Sylvana Q. Sinha, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Praava Health, is a Bangladeshi-American lawyer and entrepreneur. Ms.&nbs...
Investing in Growth Stage Asian Startups
16 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Karen Contet, co-founder of WHub.io - Hong Kong's biggest startup community and power connector, and co-founder & CEO of AngelHub...
Legal Aspects of Startup Investing
11 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Bangladesh Angels is the nation’s first and angel investment network created with a mission to nurture innovation & entrepreneurship in Banglade...