| Date | Title | Description |
| 21.07.2026 | An Investigation Into How Markets Actually Form and Evolve in Bangladesh
Garments
Pharmaceuticals
Mobile Money
The Facebook Layer
Pathao's Grey Zone
The Invisible Chain
The Same Elsewhere | Somewhere in Sirajganj or Bogura, probably around 2015 or 2020, a rickshaw puller did a calculation. A neighbour had switched to an easy bike, an electric three-wheeler assembled in a local workshop, powered by a lead-acid battery pack from... |
| 03.12.2024 | 15 Ideas to Accelerate Entrepreneurship in Bangladesh | FS Weekly 100 | This week’s FS Weekly Features:
The Art of Enterprise: Waseem Alim
Ideas: Accelerating Entrepreneurship in Bangladesh
Business Deep Dive: GarirBazar
Insight: Growth Ideas from Sheraspace
Brand Story: Star Tech
Reading List: 2/12/2024 A Mess... |
| 02.09.2024 | FS Weekly 91: Insights and Research for Building Enduring Enterprises | This week’s FS Weekly covers:
The Art of Enterprise with Waseem Alim
Founder Story with Umayer Islam
Business Deep Dive on 05 Startups to Watch
Insight on Caring as a Strategy
Brand Story on Easy Jobs
On to the updates
A Message From Our Pa... |
| 25.07.2024 | Collection: 07 Must-read The Art of Enterprise Interviews On Building Enduring Ventures | Building companies is the ultimate act of manifestation—you create something where there was nothing before. It is a zero-to-one act. And it is hard. That’s why many people compare entrepreneurship with eating glasses.
The challenges of bui... |
| 15.03.2024 | Growing Start-up Culture in Bangladesh | - |
| 17.09.2023 | Cracking the Code: Navigating Bangladesh's Egg Supply Chain Challenges | From the enticing sizzle of hot oil in the early morning to crafting delectable treats for joyous celebrations – eggs are a dietary cornerstone in every Bangladeshi household. Yet, in a surprising turn of events, these reliable culinary com... |
| 10.09.2023 | MedEasy raises capital to better serve Bangladesh’s chronic patients | InvestmentsNewsStartups
Gabriel Budi Sutrisno · 11 Sep 2023 · 2 min readMedEasy raises capital to better serve Bangladesh’s chronic patients
(From left) MedEasy co-founders Golam Moktadir Prince, Arefin Zaman, and Md Nazmul Hossain / Photo ... |
| 22.07.2023 | FS Weekly 66: Three FS Interviews you don’t want to miss | Welcome to Future Startup Weekly, our curated list of the best content on entrepreneurship, business expertise, and work from the past weeks.
Waseem Alim: Chaldal’s strategic direction, navigating tough times, and underrated insights into ... |
| 16.07.2023 | Waseem Alim: Chaldal’s Strategic Direction, Navigating Tough Times, and Underrated Insights Into Startup and Ecommerce | In his fourth appearance, Chaldal Co-founder and CEO Waseem Alim joined Ruhul Kader to talk about Chaldal’s current state of operation, priorities, strategic direction, the rationale behind Chaldal’s recent move to pull back from several ci... |
| 15.06.2022 | Gazi Raffan on how BanglaMeds got acquired by Chaldal, Chaldal’s pharmacy ambition, and business of online pharmacy (Part I) | Gazi Raffan is the founder and CEO of BanglaMeds, a fully-owned subsidiary of Chaldal. Founded in 2017, BanglaMeds is one of the earliest players in the vertical. The company was fully acquired by Chaldal in 2021, Bangladesh’s largest onlin... |
| 14.05.2022 | FS Weekly No. 35: Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes | Hi there: I'm Ruhul. I convene Future Startup Weekly to help you understand entrepreneurship and the technology landscape in Bangladesh and beyond. You are receiving this email because you subscribed to our newsletter. If you are enjoying t... |
| 17.04.2022 | How Chaldal has built a one-stop online shop for diapers in Bangladesh | If you’ve experienced parenthood, you’re well versed in the world of diapers. Diapers are often lifesavers for parents. But not all diapers come equal. It is not enough to have any diapers, you must have the best quality. Timeliness is impo... |
| 22.01.2022 | Chaldal Expands to Sylhet | Chaldal, the leading online grocery startup in Bangladesh, announced that it has expanded its delivery service of the daily essentials to Sylhet. The announcement, which came three days ago, means customers in Sylhet can now order groceries... |
| 10.01.2022 | FSW 29: Bangladesh Startup Funding Report 2021, Year in Review, and more | In this edition, we cover:
On Building Great Travel Products, Product Management, and Business Intelligence: Khondoker Mashuk Ibn Mahfuz, VP, Product and Business Intelligence, Go Zayaan
ShopUp Extends Series B Funding Round with $34 Millio... |
| 03.01.2022 | How Chaldal Has Become Bangladesh's Largest Online Egg Seller | Chaldal was launched in 2013 with a small team, a handful of products and suppliers, and doing a small number of deliveries per day. Today, it is a different company. Chaldal delivers on-demand groceries through a network of warehouses enab... |
| 28.12.2021 | The 2021 Future Startup Year in Review | This year Future Startup published 250+ articles including 50+ interviews. Our weekly newsletter has grown significantly to over 20,000+ subscribers. And we started to run ads in the newsletter for the first time. Our branded content servic... |
| 19.09.2021 | Future Startup Weekly: No.17 | Inside Chaldal’s Sprawling Pet Food and Products Delivery Business
In 2014, buying pet food online was not a thing in Dhaka. Then Chaldal appeared on the scene. The newly launched grocery startup, launched a year ago in 2013, saw there was... |
| 16.09.2021 | Goldman Sachs dives into fintech’s latest trend with GreenSky | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
Goldman Sachs’ push into consumer banking is endlessly fascinating.
The banking giant was not a h... |
| 16.09.2021 | Goldman Sachs dives into fintech’s latest trend with GreenSky | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
Paid Content How hard work and meaningful relationships fuel Bridgewater Associates’ success From... |
| 15.09.2021 | Chaldal Raises a $10M Series C, Eyes to Become the Online Grocery Leader in Bangladesh Through Dark Stores | Chaldal, a Dhaka-based grocery delivery platform, has raised $10 million in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Taavet Hinrikus (co-founder of Wise), Sten Tamkivi (CPO of Topia), and Xploration Capital, with the participation fro... |
| 15.09.2021 | Chaldal Raises $10M in Series C Funding | Chaldal, a Dhaka, Bangladesh-based grocery delivery platform, raised $10m in Series C funding round.
The round was led by Taavet Hinrikus (co-founder of Wise), Sten Tamkivi (CPO of Topia), and Xploration Capital, with the participation from... |
| 14.09.2021 | Chaldal, Bangladesh’s largest grocery delivery platform, raises $10M Series C | Founded in 2013, Bangladesh’s Chaldal was one of the first grocery delivery startups in the world to use the “dark” store model, picking up orders from its own warehouses instead of retail stores. Now the company says it is the country’s se... |
| 12.09.2021 | Chaldal Pet Care: How Chaldal Has Built One of the Largest Online Pet Food and Products Delivery Services In Bangladesh | In 2014, buying pet food online was not a thing in Dhaka. Then Chaldal appeared on the scene. The newly launched grocery startup, launched a year ago in 2013, saw there was a need for convenience service for pet owners who love their pets d... |
| 01.07.2021 | The Future Startup Dossier: Chaldal Turns 8 Years Old Today, A Comprehensive Look Into Chaldal's Journey | Chaldal, the leading online grocery startup in Bangladesh, has turned 8 years this month. Waseem Alim, Zia Ashraf, and Tejas Viswanath founded Chaldal in 2013 in an attempt to gain share in online grocery shopping, a then-nascent market wit... |
| 14.06.2021 | Mango Mania: How Chaldal Has Built the Fastest Growing Online Mango Delivery Service In Bangladesh | Chaldal Mango Mania is an on-demand mango delivery service from Chaldal, the largest online grocery service in the country. The service is available in all four markets where it operates: Dhaka, Narayanganj, Chittagong, and Jashore.
How th... |
| 24.05.2021 | As Pandemic Pushes Online Grocery Adoption, Chaldal Quickly Becomes a Reliable Cost-Efficient Alternative For a Growing Number of Customers | A very brief history of grocery. Grocery distribution, from the outside, may look archaic in Bangladesh. But changes have been taking place, albeit slowly, for years. Once wet markets and raw groceries were the only options consumers had. Y... |
| 12.05.2021 | Chaldal and SpaandanB Launches Food Aid, Aims to Provide Food Aid to 1000+ Families | Food Aid, an initiative by Chaldal, in collaboration with SpaandanB will be donating grocery bundles to 1015 underprivileged families this Ramadan. From 5th May onwards, all proceeds raised by the Food Aid platform will be donated towards t... |
| 21.04.2021 | Chaldal Launches Know Your Rice Project, Sources 115 Metric Tons of Rice from Rural Bangladesh | Chaldal, supported by USAID Feed the Future Bangladesh Rice and Diversified Crops Activity (RDC), has undertaken a pilot project named “Know Your Rice” to increase awareness and availability of local rice varieties among urban consumers.
C... |
| 10.03.2021 | Chaldal Launches in Chattogram | Chaldal, the leading online grocery startup in the country, has launched and started delivering in Chattogram, the second-largest city in Bangladesh, says a press release sent to Future Startup. The portal went live on the evening of 9 Marc... |
| 17.02.2021 | 7 Worth Reading Interviews on Live Commerce, Strategy, B2B SaaS Business, and Entrepreneurship | Building A Global SaaS Business From Bangladesh: An Interview With Sheikh Shourav, Founder and President, Apploye Inc
In this wide-ranging interview, we sit down with Sheikh Shourav, Founder and President of Apploye, to learn more about hi... |
| 16.02.2021 | Chaldal is On a Roll. CEO Waseem Alim on Multi-city Expansion, Growth, Competition, and Plans for 2021 | In a brief conversation with Future Startup, Chaldal co-founder and CEO, Waseem Alim, offers us a glimpse into what’s happening at the leading grocery commerce company of the country. We cover Chaldal’s state of operation after a period of ... |
| 09.01.2021 | Chaldal To Get Into Digital Payments With ChaldalPay | On Chaldal’s part, digital payment aka ChaldalPay is a predictable extension and a critical one to that.
Chaldal, the Dhaka-based grocery startup, has been working to get into digital payment. The company has created a separate entity call... |
| 30.11.2020 | Chaldal Expands to Narayanganj | Chaldal, the leader in online grocery in Dhaka, announced that it has expanded coverage to Narayanganj. The new operation will cover the entire Narayanganj town and parts of Munshiganj. The company has set up warehouses in Narayanganj, simi... |
| 15.09.2020 | On the Power of Internet and the Rise of Online Grocery in Bangladesh with Waseem Alim, Co-founder, and CEO, Chaldal | Welcome to our new series Possible If You Want, powered by Grameenphone, exploring the power and possibilities of the internet. Over the perhaps last 20 years, the internet has reshaped our world. Today, we communicate and connect different... |
| 23.07.2020 | How Chaldal Works: Unpacking Chaldal’s Scope, Operation, and Strategy | As more and more businesses and consumers become comfortable using online shopping, the proportion of Bangladesh commerce that takes place online has steadily increased over the last ten years. This growth has created major opportunities in... |
| 17.10.2019 | Grocery Shopping Without A Bag: How Chaldal Executed On An Ambitious Environmental Goal By Encouraging Its Users To Reuse Shopping Bags | Chaldal, the leading online grocery company in Dhaka, has introduced an environment-friendly initiative a few months ago: its customers have to return the shopping bag that they receive during delivery of groceries. Customers could keep the... |
| 11.10.2018 | Y Combinator-backed delivery startup Chaldal raises $5.5 million for ‘nano-warehouse’ technology | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
At 19,447 people per square mile, Dhaka, Bangladesh is one of the world’s most densely populated cities. The metropolis of more than 18... |
| 11.10.2018 | Y Combinator-backed delivery startup Chaldal raises $5.5 million for ‘nano-warehouse’ technology | At 19,447 people per square mile, Dhaka, Bangladesh is one of the world’s most densely populated cities. The metropolis of more than 18 million people is notoriously difficult to navigate; expensive real estate (land prices grew by an avera... |
| 12.07.2018 | FinTech Glossary: Your FinTech Literacy Depends On Understanding These 10 Terminology | The growth of digital financial technologies is sweeping across the world. Bangladesh is no exception. Online marketspaces like AjkerDeal and Daraz and mobile financial technologies like bKash are redefining how people do business at a pace... |
| 09.04.2018 | Chaldal’s Renewed Growth Push Takes It To New Territories, And Chaldal’s Future: An Interview With Zia Ashraf, COO, Chaldal | Since launching Chaldal in 2013, Zia Ashraf and team Chaldal have successfully positioned it as a leader in the online grocery business in Bangladesh. It has widespread brand awareness in the market as a reliable online grocery store and ha... |
| 06.09.2017 | IFC To Invest Up To $3m In Chaldal: Deal Street Asia | Fast-growing local online grocery startup Chaldal is going places. International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, has proposed to invest around $2-3 million in the company as a part of the company’s $4-6 million ... |
| 03.11.2016 | Chaldal To Launch Subscription Service | Chaldal is one of the fast growing and best startups in Dhaka in part because it has a growing regular user base and it is good at execution. Now, the startup is about to roll-out a new subscription service which will allow its users to pre... |
| 03.03.2016 | The Insiders List: The Most Active Early Stage Investors In Dhaka | Bangladesh’s startup investment scene is becoming increasingly interesting. The country has just got an alternative investment act and increasing number of local and international VCs are showing interest in Bangladesh market.
It is not th... |
| 12.12.2015 | Future Startup 15 Under 35 For 2015: Entrepreneurs, Trailblazers, Mold-Breakers Of Bangladesh | I.I Introduction
A social entrepreneur disrupting development sector with technology right here. A musician, actress, and journalist taking bold steps. A Fine Arts grad building country’s biggest ad network. These are the people we feature... |
| 16.11.2015 | 14 Entrepreneurs Who Are Shaping The Future Of Bangladesh’s Tech Entrepreneurship | Bangladesh's technology scene is changing rapidly. New startups are entering the space at regular intervals. It will take few more years to mature but for now it is growing pretty fast. People are central to any big change and it is no diff... |
| 20.08.2015 | Congratulations To The YC Summer 2015 Class | This week we held Demo Day for our Summer 2015 class at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. It was the 21st Demo Day event in Y Combinator’s history, with a total of 102 pitches spread across two days. Below is a list ... |
| 19.08.2015 | Here Are The 52 Startups That Launched At Y Combinator Summer 2015 Demo Day 2 | Hardware was the clear-cut theme of Day 1, but Demo Day 2 of Y Combinator’s Summer 2015 was a bit more… eclectic. Moving services! Streaming services! Hotel booking, augmented reality, esports! There was a little something for everybody tod... |
| 30.07.2015 | Chaldal Wants To Become The Amazon Fresh Of Bangladesh’s Capital | Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, is one of the densest cities in the world. Since real estate is at a premium, stores are often tiny and carry very limited inventory. Chaldal‘s goal is to give customers the experience of shopping in a big-... |
| 30.07.2015 | Chaldal (YC S15) Powers Grocery Delivery For One Of The Densest Countries In The World | Chaldal is a startup launching out of our current class that’s built an on-demand grocery delivery platform that serves Bangladesh, one of the densest countries in the world.
Chaldal’s service, which is currently active in the capital city... |
| 07.05.2015 | These Are The Bangladeshi Startups That Have Received Institutional Investments | [su_note note_color="#f8f9f9" text_color="#25618a" radius="13"]Editor's Note: This list is far from complete. If you know any startup that has raised institutional funding, please do add in the comment or email... |
| 14.04.2014 | Local online grocery Startup 'Chaldal' Making Its Way To Big Market | 'Scarcity of time’ is what defines our modern life. And Dhaka is no different. People have very trifling amount of free time today that they don’t want to spend on shopping. Chaldal.com-a Bangladeshi e-commerce startup offers a real solutio... |
| 19.03.2014 | 5 Bangladeshi Startups to watch in 2014 | Although we have long tradition of business in Bangladesh but due to its distinctive approach startup is yet to be a populous term in this country. However, we have made significant progress in last couple of years to make people understand... |
| 14.03.2014 | Startups Rise Amid Political Unrest, Economic Chaos In Bangladesh | 500 Startups, a Mountain View, California-based seed fund and accelerator, is making its first investment in Bangladesh, underscoring a growing investor interest in one of the most challenging startup ecosystems in South Asia.
The seed fund... |
