{
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "attribution": "startups.bd",
  "generated": "2026-06-07T05:53:36.908Z",
  "count": 12,
  "companies": [
    {
      "slug": "bkash",
      "name": "bKash",
      "sector": "Fintech",
      "category": "BD",
      "hq": "Dhaka, Bangladesh",
      "oneLiner": "Bangladesh's dominant mobile financial services platform.",
      "summary": "bKash operates the country's largest mobile wallet, processing the bulk of P2P, merchant, and remittance flows. Strategic investment in agent networks, KYC infrastructure, and merchant rails turned a payments app into the spine of consumer fintech in Bangladesh.",
      "keyFacts": [
        "Largest MFS provider by transaction volume in BD",
        "Backed by Money in Motion, IFC, Ant Group, SoftBank Vision Fund 2",
        "Anchor case study for digital ecosystem ROI"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "How strategic investment in building digital ecosystem pays off — bKash",
          "url": "https://www.bkash.com/"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "slug": "shopup",
      "name": "ShopUp",
      "sector": "B2B Commerce",
      "category": "BD",
      "hq": "Dhaka, Bangladesh",
      "oneLiner": "B2B commerce platform serving millions of small retailers.",
      "summary": "ShopUp powers MSME retailers across Bangladesh with sourcing, embedded credit, and last-mile logistics. The company has scaled to roughly $129M revenue and is expanding regionally as a B2B super-stack.",
      "keyFacts": [
        "~$129M revenue per latest disclosures",
        "Vertically integrated: wholesale, credit, logistics",
        "One of South Asia's most-funded B2B startups"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "ShopUp announces growth to $129M revenue and strategic expansion",
          "url": "https://shopup.org/"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "slug": "pathao",
      "name": "Pathao",
      "sector": "Logistics & Super-app",
      "category": "BD",
      "hq": "Dhaka, Bangladesh",
      "oneLiner": "Region's dominant ride-hailing, delivery, and fintech super-app.",
      "summary": "Pathao runs ride-hailing, food and parcel delivery, and Pathao Pay across Bangladesh and Nepal. The super-app model converts a logistics user base into financial services distribution.",
      "keyFacts": [
        "Multi-vertical super-app: rides, food, parcel, fintech",
        "Operations across Bangladesh and Nepal",
        "Pathao Pay licensed under Bangladesh Bank's PSP framework"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "How Does Pathao Company Work? — Business Model Canvas",
          "url": "https://pathao.com/"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "slug": "tiger-it",
      "name": "Tiger IT Bangladesh",
      "sector": "GovTech",
      "category": "BD",
      "hq": "Dhaka, Bangladesh",
      "oneLiner": "Primary national provider of biometric and identity systems.",
      "summary": "Tiger IT delivers large-scale biometric identity, voter registration, and security systems for governments. It is a core operator behind Bangladesh's national ID and election infrastructure.",
      "keyFacts": [
        "National-scale biometric and AFIS deployments",
        "References across elections, civil ID, border control",
        "Long-running government and multilateral contracts"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "About Us — Tiger IT Bangladesh",
          "url": "https://www.tigerit.com/"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "slug": "datasoft",
      "name": "DataSoft Systems Bangladesh",
      "sector": "Software Services",
      "category": "BD",
      "hq": "Dhaka, Bangladesh",
      "oneLiner": "CMMI Level 5 software services provider with global delivery.",
      "summary": "DataSoft is one of Bangladesh's earliest enterprise software firms, delivering banking, port, and logistics platforms internationally. CMMI Level 5 status puts it among a small set of certified global delivery vendors.",
      "keyFacts": [
        "CMMI Level 5 appraised",
        "Banking, port management, logistics platforms",
        "Multi-decade export track record"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "DataSoft Systems Bangladesh — Devex",
          "url": "https://datasoft-bd.com/"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "slug": "brain-station-23",
      "name": "Brain Station 23",
      "sector": "Software Services",
      "category": "BD",
      "hq": "Dhaka, Bangladesh",
      "oneLiner": "Listed enterprise software services company.",
      "summary": "Brain Station 23 builds custom enterprise applications, fintech platforms, and Microsoft-stack solutions for global clients. The company is publicly listed on the DSE and is a frequent benchmark in BD software-services rankings.",
      "keyFacts": [
        "Publicly listed on the Dhaka Stock Exchange",
        "1,500+ engineers across services and product",
        "Repeated #1 in BD software-services rankings"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "Top 20 Best Software Companies in Bangladesh 2026 — Brain Station 23",
          "url": "https://brainstation-23.com/"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "slug": "addie-soft",
      "name": "ADDIE Soft Ltd.",
      "sector": "Software Services",
      "category": "BD",
      "hq": "Dhaka, Bangladesh",
      "oneLiner": "Local custom-software firm consistently ranked in BD top 10.",
      "summary": "ADDIE Soft delivers custom enterprise software, web, and mobile applications. The company appears in 2026 industry rankings as a notable local services player.",
      "keyFacts": [
        "Featured in 2026 BD top-10 software lists",
        "Custom software, web, and mobile delivery"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "Top 10 Software Companies in Bangladesh — ADDIE Soft Ltd.",
          "url": "https://addiesoft.com/"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "slug": "intelligent-machines",
      "name": "Intelligent Machines",
      "sector": "AI & Deep-tech",
      "category": "BD",
      "hq": "Dhaka, Bangladesh",
      "oneLiner": "Enterprise AI and computer vision solutions provider.",
      "summary": "Intelligent Machines builds enterprise AI for retail, FMCG, telco, and BFSI clients across South Asia. Its work spans computer vision, document intelligence, and generative-AI applications.",
      "keyFacts": [
        "Enterprise AI portfolio across vision, NLP, GenAI",
        "Backed by Startup Bangladesh Limited",
        "South Asian client roster"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "Intelligent Machines — Startup Bangladesh Limited",
          "url": "https://intelligentmachin.es/"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "slug": "omega-solution",
      "name": "Omega Solution",
      "sector": "AI & Deep-tech",
      "category": "BD",
      "hq": "Dhaka, Bangladesh",
      "oneLiner": "Local AI consultancy in Goodfirms' BD AI rankings.",
      "summary": "Omega Solution provides AI development and integration services and is regularly listed among the top AI firms in Bangladesh by directories like Goodfirms.",
      "keyFacts": [
        "Listed in Goodfirms top BD AI companies",
        "AI consulting and development services"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "Top Artificial Intelligence Companies in Bangladesh — Goodfirms",
          "url": "https://www.goodfirms.co/"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "slug": "baidu",
      "name": "Baidu",
      "sector": "Global Tech",
      "category": "Global",
      "hq": "Beijing, China",
      "oneLiner": "Chinese tech giant pivoting to AI cloud and autonomous driving.",
      "summary": "Baidu's AI Cloud business is now a primary growth engine, with Q1 2026 results showing ~79% YoY growth. Ernie 5.1 multimodal benchmarks and Apollo Go's robotaxi expansion position Baidu as a frontier AI operator outside the US stack.",
      "keyFacts": [
        "AI Cloud growth ~79% YoY (Q1 2026)",
        "Ernie 5.1 multimodal vs GPT and Gemini",
        "Kunlun-1T accelerator on Samsung I-Cube 2.5D packaging"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "Baidu — Wikipedia",
          "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baidu"
        },
        {
          "label": "Baidu Q1 2026 Earnings — AI Cloud 79% growth",
          "url": "https://ir.baidu.com/"
        },
        {
          "label": "Baidu Ernie multimodal AI benchmarks — AI News",
          "url": "https://www.artificialintelligence-news.com/"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "slug": "becton-dickinson",
      "name": "Becton Dickinson (BD)",
      "sector": "Global Tech",
      "category": "Global",
      "hq": "Franklin Lakes, NJ, USA",
      "oneLiner": "Global medtech leader infusing AI into medication management and devices.",
      "summary": "Note: 'BD' in this profile refers to Becton Dickinson, the medtech company — not Bangladesh. BD is rolling out AI-enabled medication management, robotics, and connected-care platforms across a $4B portfolio, with new partnerships announced in Q2 FY2026.",
      "keyFacts": [
        "$4B connected medical-care portfolio",
        "AI medication management partnerships announced FY2026",
        "1,267+ patents on the medtech roadmap"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "How syringe-maker BD is infusing AI into its medical devices — Semafor",
          "url": "https://www.semafor.com/"
        },
        {
          "label": "BD Q2 FY2026 financial results",
          "url": "https://investors.bd.com/"
        },
        {
          "label": "Becton Dickinson technology roadmap — PatSnap",
          "url": "https://www.patsnap.com/"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "slug": "abdullah-al-nasim",
      "name": "Abdullah Al Nasim — R&D Portfolio",
      "sector": "AI & Deep-tech",
      "category": "BD",
      "hq": "Dhaka, Bangladesh",
      "oneLiner": "Researcher portfolio focused on NLP and applied AI R&D.",
      "summary": "Researcher and operator profile representing the academic/R&D edge of Bangladesh's AI ecosystem — natural language processing and software innovation, often surfaced in BD AI startup rankings and ecosystem write-ups.",
      "keyFacts": [
        "NLP and applied AI research",
        "Active in BD AI startup ecosystem"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "Abdullah Al Nasim — Portfolio",
          "url": "https://nasim.dev/"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}