Sri Lanka’s tech startup news
Sri Lanka’s tech news round-up for May 2021 covered items including the Lanka Angel Network’s initiatives and funding moves, the SLASSCOM Ingenuity Awards, the forthcoming youth-focused startup fund, and more. We’ve also included a snapshot of some of April’s tech news headlines, to provide a wider overview of Sri Lanka’s startup space.
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- Sri Lanka: An intro to the recently-launched I AM HER programme, aiming to support women entrepreneurs, organised by Lankan Angel Network and The Ford Foundation
- Sri Lanka: A brief intro to DirectPay cashless payments fintech firm
- Sri Lanka: An overview of the Women Technopreneurs Forum from SLASSCOM, aiming to boost women-led startups as part of the aspirational 1000 startups initiative
- Ask A Sri Lanka Startup Investor Online AMA set for June 15th, hosted by Founder Institute
Sri Lanka’s startup news in April 2021
- An overview of the winners of the recent SLASSCOM National Ingenuity Awards 2021, showcasing the country’s emerging innovators and entrepreneurs
- DirectPay fintech solution takes Best Disruptor 2021 award at National Ingenuity Awards 2021 with home-grown digital payments services and ecosystem
- SLASSCOM launches Global Referral Programme to initiate business relationships between companies and Australian-Sri Lankan professionals
- Sri Lanka and Germany ink MOU aiming to formalise bridge between Berlin Senate’s AsiaBerlin startup initiative and Sri Lanka’s startup ecosystem
- Lanka Angel Network Angel Fund invests over $100K in Niftron, blockchain-as-a-service platform focused on easy implementation of blockchain technology
- Sri Lanka to establish state-run Youth Startup Fund and Guarantee Fund to provide young entrepreneurs with access to interest-free loans
- ICYMI: The EU-Sri Lanka Innovation Partnership initiative, connecting startup and technology ecosystems, incubators and accelerators
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