BYLC Ventures holds virtual bootcamp for its 3rd cohort

BYLC Ventures held a six-day-long virtual bootcamp with more than 200 founders from 105 selected startups starting from 4 May. 

From 105 startups, the top 30 will be selected to go forward in the final round. From the final group of 30 startups, the jury will select 5 startups who will receive seed funding of Tk800,000 with the option of an additional Tk1,500,000 as scale-up funding, reads a press release.

The start-ups will also gain access to a world-class business accelerator programme, in-house mentoring and networking support, legal and virtual CFO support, as well as a co-working space in BYLC's Mohakhali office. These chosen start-ups will also receive rigorous leadership training.

The intensive and interactive bootcamp sessions covered various aspects of developing a start-up idea- from identifying a real problem in society, refining the start-up's solution for the problem, to making an understanding of the customer persona and demographics of whom to offer the solution. 

Sessions also enlightened the diverse audience of Bangladesh-based founders on the art of storytelling for business, developing a go-to-market strategy, preparing and presenting accurate financial data and forecasts, the local legal and regulatory infrastructures to navigate, and effective methods for user research and customer feedback. The sessions were supplemented with workshops where founders worked with the facilitators to iterate their business model and develop their pitch decks.

The bootcamp was co-facilitated by BYLC Ventures' success partner, BetterStories Limited, alongside Shadman Rahman, Senior Product Manager - Exploration Portfolio, Innovation, Digital & Strategy, Grameenphone Limited; Ejaj Ahmad, Founder and President, BYLC; and Barisha Rabbe, Manager, BYLC Ventures.