Future Startup Weekly: 6 Things to Know for June 6

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#6 Things to know for June 6

1. Interview: On Strides Co, Fashion eCommerce, and Building a D2C Business With Alavi Khondoker, Co-Founder and COO, Strides Co

In this wide-ranging interview, Alavi Khondoker provides us a peek behind the scenes of Strides Co, his path to entrepreneurship, the artwork of rising a fashion-tech firm, the early days of constructing the product, placing collectively the group and assets, the evolution of Strides Co over the previous few years, the state of Strides Co at the moment and its ambition going ahead, displays on why it’s important to focus in your startup full-time quite than half-assing it and to have a mindset of doing the whole lot by yourself within the early levels of a enterprise, and far more. Link

2. EdTech Startup ROOTs Edu Raises an Undisclosed Pre-Seed Investment Led by Omicon Tech Ventures

ROOTs Edu, a Dhaka-based ed-tech startup specializing in the aggressive exams house, introduced that it has raised an undisclosed pre-seed funding led by Omicon Tech Ventures. Link

3. SHUTTLE Raises US$750,000 In Seed Investment

Shuttle, a mass-transit startup based mostly in Bangladesh, has raised US$750,000 in a seed spherical, led by Accelerating Asia. Robi Axiata Limited (r-ventures), Impact Collective (The Ventures, South Korea) and Bangladesh Angels Network (BAN) are a few of the traders that participated within the spherical as well as to angel traders from dwelling and overseas. Link

4. Startup List: 6 (*6*) Startups Looking to Transform Trucking Industry

We have seen an inflow of recent corporations within the digital trucking house previously few years. These are a few of the corporations we’ve been following within the house. Link.

5. Startup Memo: A Brief Look Into DoctorKoi’s Business, Prescription Writing Software and Online Consultation Market Landscape In Dhaka

Founded in 2017, DoctorKoi presents two providers: one, “a prescription writing software program that allows docs to write a prescription with a number of clicks and handle their medical follow digitally” and two, on-line session providers via its net. The firm is now wanting into extra verticals. We have a look into the aggressive panorama of the digital healthcare service the place DoctorKoi operates. Link.

6. With Sofol App, iFarmer Aims to Digitize Agriculture and Empower Farmers

Using Sofol, iFarmer can develop a greater understanding of farmers, farming, and crops and supply superior recommendation to farmers utilizing iFarmer’s distant sensing functionality to enhance yield and revenue, join iFarmer’s provide chain enterprise with the Sofol information, and higher plan the availability chain and advertising and marketing — in truth, the corporate can create a market inside Sofol instantly connecting farmers with others to promote and purchase merchandise, create sturdy credit score scoring mannequin, and ultimately, usher in different financing companions akin to monetary establishments, present higher perception to retail traders based mostly on real-time farm information relating to their investments and far more. Link.

#Interests and concepts from across the net

Progress Studies 101. Link (h/t Marginal Revolution)

Book I’m having fun with: Apt by Winifred Gallagher. I’m working a brand new studying experiment: studying 5 books directly on a single topic. MY first topic is focus and a spotlight and the way it modifications our life. Appears easy however belief me, it isn’t.