Korean mentoring for Bangladeshi startup teams

A demo-day and closing ceremony of Korea's six-month-long mentoring programme for five Bangladesh startup teams were held virtually yesterday with the presence of Ambassador Lee Jang-keun and ICT State Minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak.

The five teams with innovative startup ideas were chosen through rigorous competitions in Bangladesh under the project agreement signed on December 24 in 2020 between Bangladesh's ICT Division and the Korea Productivity Centre.

The selected teams were sent to Korea in March 2021, the embassy of the republic of Korea in Bangladesh said in a statement today.

Through mentoring, meetings and networking events with experts in Korea from March to August 2021, the five startup teams could improve and upgrade their business items and ideas, and some teams filed patent rights for their ideas.

The names and items of the five startups are:

Krishian.com – Smart Farm, Char Chokka – A.I Based Education App, ANTT Robotics – Arduino Education System, Rokki Limited – Building Management and Security

Chobir Baksho – Image Platform.

Ambassador Lee emphasized that Bangladesh is well positioned for success in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution with its sizable population and full of talented young people. Additionally, he stated that Korea would be a natural and the most suitable partner in Bangladesh's journey towards a brighter future, especially in the development of its ICT sector.