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Investment Readiness Training and Demo Day for Oxfam’s Entrepreneur Development Program (EDP)

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LightCastle Analytics Wing
June 9, 2022
Investment Readiness Training and Demo Day for Oxfam’s Entrepreneur Development Program (EDP)

LightCastle Partners completed an intensive Investment Readiness Training and Demo Day of the Entrepreneur Development Program (EDP) in partnership with Oxfam for their project titled “Building Oxfam’s Footprint in Bangladesh Entrepreneur Ecosystem” on 2nd and 3rd March 2022.

Omar Farhan Khan, Senior Business Consultant

At the event, 26 shortlisted entrepreneurs shared their business models and plans with potential investors and market experts to scale up their businesses. From Financial Intermediaries and Market Linkage partners Brac Bank, Karmoshangsthan Bank, Khaas Food, Parmeeda Agro, WeGro, Shwapno Super Shop, Rangpur, and Agroshift were invited for networking.

Entrepreneurs pitching their business idea to the investors on the Demo Day

From these training, the top three value additions for the SMEs were Business Incubation Training for planning & structuring their enterprises with best practices, liaison with Financial Institutions for building a relationship,s and getting access to finance (regular loans & stimulus loans), and introduction to market intermediaries for venturing into other domestic opportunities both in brick & mortar stores and online platforms.

Judges Panel for the Demo Day

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WRITTEN BY: LightCastle Analytics Wing

At LightCastle, we take a systemic and data-driven approach to create opportunities for growth and impact. We are an international management consulting firm which creates systemic and data-driven opportunities for growth and impact in emerging markets. By collaborating with development partners and leveraging the power of the private sector, we strive to boost economies, inspire businesses, and change lives at scale.

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