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Dataful secured the deal following a month-long acceleration programme run by Etohum, said a press release on Tuesday. Dataful successfully completed the Startup Istanbul Acceleration Program.
Several Bangladeshi startups were shortlisted for the Startup Istanbul event which took place in June. Other finalists were from France, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Turkey and Saudi Arabia.
Startup Istanbul is dubbed as the biggest Eurasia event which brings together investors, startup founders and executives from the region.
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Etohum organises Startup Istanbul events, an exclusive gathering of leading startups, internet companies, angel investors, and venture capitalists around the globe. They have received more than 200,000 applications from 178 countries.
Its alumni startups have raised more than $250 million in the last five years.
Commenting on the occasion, Polash Datta, founder and project lead of Dataful, said, ‘’The achievement is an inspiration for Bangladeshi startup community as startups here struggle to connect with potential investors.”
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This is not the first partnership from Etohum in any startup. The accelerator has been in the business of supporting startups by providing seed funding since 2008. So far, they have invested many seed and early stage startups.
BDcabs is another startup from Bangladesh in which Etohum invested.
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