| Date | Title | Description |
| 15.09.2026 | GoZayaan Appoints Farooq Sobhan as First Chairman for Bangladesh Operations, GoZayaan’s Expansion, and A Broader Startup Trend in Dhaka | GoZayaan has appointed former foreign secretary Farooq Sobhan as the first chairman of its Bangladesh operations, bringing a veteran diplomat and policymaker into the leadership of one of Bangladesh's better-known travel-tech companies, fir... |
| 19.10.2025 | BeshiDeshi Lessons, Sabidin Ibrahim, GoZayaan Operations, Star Tech Ecommerce + Reading Recs | It is hard to summarize today’s newsletter. We feature three fascinating interviews:
Writer and Journalist Sabidin Ibrahim talks about his journey and political and cultural transformation of Bangladesh over the last several decades.
Marc T... |
| 05.10.2025 | FS Weekly: 03 Brand New Must-Read Interviews + Stories on Time Traveler and BeshiDeshi’s E-Learning Platform | This week’s FS newsletter is packed with fascinating reads. After a long time, FS interviews are making a comeback. This newsletter features 03 brilliant new interviews with 03 world class operators.
To top it off, we have excellent article... |
| 02.10.2025 | A Conversation with Marc Thiry, Director, Operations, GoZayaan | Marc Thiry is the Director of Operations at GoZayaan, one of the most fascinating travel tech companies in Bangladesh. Before joining GoZayaan, Marc built a diverse career spanning multiple countries and sectors. He began at Jumia, a Rocket... |
| 26.05.2025 | FS Weekly 105: Deep Dive Into Hometown, MFS Industry, Hubxpert’s Culture, BeshiDeshi Inventory Investment Program, Most Important People in AI | This past week, we published some very very fascinating stories.
In The Generalist, we spoke with GoZayaan CBO Wafiul Haque, building a migrant-tech product for a challenging market while solving an immensely gratifying problem. Building pr... |
| 16.05.2025 | Building for Migrant Workers, The Story of Hometown, Product Design, and Effective Operators: An Interview with Wafiul Haque, CBO, GoZayaan | Building products for users is tough. Building products for users who are consistently underserved, often exploited, and face unique challenges living far from home, that's a whole different ball game. Not only do you face the usual challen... |
| 13.12.2023 | How to Build Travel-Tech Products for Emerging Markets: A Conversation with Tanvir Ahmad Palash, CTO, GoZayaan | Tanvir Ahmad Palash is the Chief Technology Officer at the fast-growing travel-tech startup GoZayaan. In this fascinating conversation, we talk about a wide range of topics, including his journey to what he is doing, his approach to work as... |
| 24.05.2023 | GoZayaan’s successful Eid campaign reveals Bangladesh's changing travel culture and boosts online hotel booking | Every Eid, internet users witness a flurry of marketing campaigns from various brands. From food to fashion, all types of shopping experience a surge during the festive season.
The most recent Eid season was no different. We saw a wide ran... |
| 18.02.2023 | FS Weekly 57: Staying productive while working remotely, lessons from Reasons to Stay Alive, new founder interview, and more | Entrepreneurship, Technology, and Society | 18 February 2023 | No. 57
Hello there, Welcome to another edition of FS Weekly. I'm Ruhul. I convene Future Startup Weekly to help you understand entrepreneurship and the technology landscape in ... |
| 30.01.2023 | Rethinking Travel: How GoZayaan is changing the travel industry | Tourism is a booming sector in Bangladesh with international arrivals and departures increasing day by day. 3.02% of the nation’s total GDP was contributed by the tourism sector in 2021, according to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. How... |
| 21.09.2022 | GoZayaan doubles down on international travel services | GoZayaan brings convenience to travelers by regularly introducing exciting new services. Starting from excellent hotel inventory, flight booking solutions, travel insurance, and baggage insurance, GoZayaan has consistently introduced new in... |
| 06.09.2022 | FS Weekly No. 47: Amarlab, GoZyaan, IDLC’s CSR philosophy, new book review, Taptap Send | Entrepreneurship, Technology, and Society | 6 September 2022 | No. 47
Hi everyone, I need your support because I think FS Community is the best place to find people to work with for us. I'm hiring a few interns to work with me at FS. It is... |
| 31.08.2022 | GoZayaan is revolutionizing international hotel bookings | Finding the right accommodation during a holiday is tricky but crucial. Distance from the city center, cleanliness of rooms, amenities available at the premises, etc. everything impacts the quality of one's vacation. International travel ha... |
| 10.08.2022 | 5 years of going limitless: 5 benefits GoZayaan has brought to the travelers | GoZayaan, the travel tech platform, completes 5 years of its journey today. Given the short amount of time the startup has been operating, it has seen extraordinary success and become a prominent name in the travel scene of Bangladesh.
The... |
| 28.07.2022 | GoZayaan uses relentless innovation and convenience to make travel accessible | Over the last few decades travel has become a universal language. People travel for all kinds of purposes. Some seek escape in the serenity of nature while others travel for the thrill of adventure, yet others marvel at the wonders of the u... |
| 21.06.2022 | Humans of GoZayaan: How GoZayaan has built a culture of passion and resilience | GoZayaan is a travel tech startup rapidly becoming a strong contender in the Bangladeshi tourism industry. The company has been working relentlessly to digitize Bangladesh’s travel scene.
GoZayaan has been in the headlines since the beginn... |
| 01.06.2022 | GoZayaan expands EMI facility to make travel accessible to more people | GoZayaan, the online travel tech platform has been on an unstoppable journey to shift the country’s travel scene from offline to online. The company has proven its drive for innovation by constantly introducing new and exciting products to ... |
| 18.04.2022 | GoZayaan launches new brand campaign, teases limitless benefits for travelers | GoZayaan, the Dhaka-headquartered multinational travel-tech startup, has announced a new brand campaign with an ambition to offer limitless benefits and flexibility to travelers as the world reopens for travel after almost two years of the ... |
| 16.03.2022 | GoZayaan quietly embarks on a South Asia expansion | On the back of a local travel thesis, GoZayaan prepares for South Asian domination.
“Bangladesh has the potential to create not just local, but also regional and global companies,” said GoZayaan CEO Ridwan Hafiz after it acquired Pakistani... |
| 30.01.2022 | FSW 31: New Seed Investment Deals, Innovation Culture, Building Great Products, Growth, and More | In this edition:
Sequoia India Unveils 20 Startups in Surge’s Sixth Cohort Including two Bangladeshi Startups 10 Minute School and Shajgoj
On Innovation Culture, Leadership, and Startup Ecosystem: Sajid Amit
Shajgoj Raises Seed Funding, Con... |
| 27.01.2022 | GoZayaan Unveils New Brand Identity, Eyes Constant Innovation and Growth | Dhaka-based fast-growing travel-tech startup GoZayaan has announced a new brand look for the company in an effort to revamp the brand. The rebranding was announced on 27th February 2022. The new brand identity is said to represent constant ... |
| 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... |
| 05.01.2022 | On Building Great Travel Products, Product Management, and Business Intelligence: Khondoker Mashuk Ibn Mahfuz, VP, Product and Business Intelligence, Go Zayaan | Khondoker Mashuk Ibn Mahfuz is the Vice President of Product and Business Intelligence at fast-growing travel-tech startup Go Zayaan where he and his team look after the product development and management and business intelligence efforts.
... |
| 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... |
| 08.12.2021 | Inside Go Zayaan’s Ambition to Dominate Local Travel in Bangladesh | Over the last two years, the global tourism ecology has shifted to local travel under the pressure of the coronavirus pandemic. In response to the change, Go Zayaan, the Dhaka-based fast-growing travel-tech company, has doubled down on dome... |
| 06.12.2021 | As Southeast Asia starts to boom, an accelerator backed by Silicon Valley execs jumps in | By today’s standards, $10 million isn’t a lot of capital to invest. But Iterative, which describes itself as a YC-style accelerator focused exclusively on Southeast Asia, says the $10 million it has raised from a cadre of Silicon Valley big... |
| 19.10.2021 | As Travel Returns After Months of Shutdown, Go Zayaan Looks to Make Travel Easy and Accessible | While markets are in different stages of travel recovery, we are already seeing a hint of the post-pandemic future of travel. Slowly travel is returning to its old glory. Naturally, after months of shutdown, travel craving is a real thing. ... |
| 01.10.2021 | Travel-Tech Startup Go Zayaan Raises $2.6M in Seed Investment, Aims to Bring More Travel Services Online | Bangladeshi travel-tech startup Go Zayaan announced that it has raised US$2.6 million in a seed round investment led by Wavemaker Partners, one of Southeast Asia’s leading venture capital firms. This is Wavemaker’s second investment in Bang... |
| 30.09.2021 | Go Zayaan raised US $2.6 M seed funding, investment round joined by Wavemaker, Airbnb | Go Zayaan, a Bangladesh-based online travel agency (OTA), has secured $2.6 million in a seed round headed by Wavemaker Partners.
Other SEA-focused VCs including 1982 Ventures and Iterative joined the round, as well as angel investors like A... |
| 26.04.2021 | Ridwan Hafiz: Attending Iterative Accelerator Program Has Transformed Go Zayaan and Changed Our View About Building Businesses | The early days of startups are always challenging. Full of ups and downs and much uncertainty. Things change fast that requires agile decisions and constant innovation. Especially, when you're a travel-tech company in the middle of a pandem... |
| 27.11.2020 | Go Zayaan Launches Tour, Travel’s Local Future | Online travel platform Go Zayaan has introduced a new product called Go Zayaan Tours, a platform for day tours, activities, attractions, and day out packages. As more and more people choose to travel domestically, this is a good market wher... |
| 06.07.2020 | Go Zayaan Launches Subscription Office Pick and Drop Service Go Zayaan Express, Ramifications of Pivot | 1.
Online travel platform Go Zayaan has introduced a new office pick and drop service named Go Zayaan Express as Bangladesh slowly emerges out of the coronavirus pandemic lockdown and business gradually resumes operations.
There is an app... |
| 27.02.2020 | Go Zayaan Travel Loan, Explained | Go Zayaan, one of the fastest-growing online travel platforms, launched a personal travel loan in collaboration with IPDC Finance Ltd early this month. The loan, aimed at travelers and travel enthusiasts, can be used for purchasing travel-r... |
| 06.10.2019 | From Community Manager to Chief Marketing Officer: The Journey Of Suprio | We all know the story of Aladdin. The guy who was just a lovable street urchin who ended up becoming a prince and got married to princess Jasmine. Truly a fairy tale. What if I tell you that such a fairy tale exists in real life as well? In... |
| 24.09.2019 | Go Zayaan, The Online Travel Platform, Raises Investment | Go Zayaan, the online travel platform, has closed a new investment round from OS Ventures and BRAC Osiris Impact Ventures. The company did not disclose details about the round.
The new funding would allow the company to expand its services... |
| 15.08.2017 | Meet TravelTech Startup Go Zayaan | Go Zayaan, a newly launched travel-tech company based in Dhaka claims that it has solved the problem for Bangladeshis who want to travel locally or internationally.
In 2014 alone, some 1.5 million Bangladeshis visited abroad, according to ... |
| - | Kyte Raises $30 Million for Rental Cars: Travel Startup Funding This Week | This week, travel startups announced more than $41 million in funding.
>>Kyte, a rental car provider that delivers vehicles to customers, closed a $30 million round of Series A funding.
Park West Asset Management and Sterling Road led... |
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