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With Bangladesh’s startup ecosystem facing its worst funding drought in more than a decade, the government and banks have launched several new initiatives to provide cash-strapped entrepreneurs with fresh sources of capital.

27 August 2026UPDATED 19 MIN(s) •TECHNOLOGY Tech & Startup Desk Image for representative purpose. Photo: Yaroslav Shuraev/ Pexels

ATLANTA, August 27 (Hypepotamus) – Luma. Partiful. The “old school” players like Eventbrite and Paperless Post. 

Echo Software Ltd., a startup that’s using artificial intelligence agents to secure container images, today announced it’s acquiring the assets of Minimus Inc. following the company’s wind-down.

Fashion startup Atorie announced Thursday a $9.5 million seed round with investors including a16z Speedrun, Night Capital, and Lightspeed Ventures’ Jeremy Liew.

Dakota Sheets’s big break for DogSauce, a pourable food topper for dogs made with sweet potato and bone broth, came in 2024, when the DTC brand he founded a few years earlier landed a distribution deal with Walmart to go into about 1,400 stores.

Yardstik Inc., a workforce screening startup that monitors companies’ employees for potential fraudulent actions, said today it has closed on a $30 million growth round of funding that brings its total amount raised to date to $65 million.

Gyan Vardhan27 Aug 2026 16:58IST New Update

Unrivaled, the Miami-based 3-on-3 women’s basketball league founded by WNBA stars Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier in 2023, has raised more than $100 million in a Series C funding round, pushing its valuation to $650 million as the league prepares for its third season.

Gyan Vardhan27 Aug 2026 10:43IST New Update