July, August & September 2019
July 2019 / August 2019 / September 2019
Sri Lanka’s startup news:
July 2019
- Sri Lanka: A look at the benefits likely to spring from the recently-unveiled SLASSCOM AI Policy, and partnership with AWS Educate
- Sri Lanka: UNDP and Citi Foundation partner on youth entrepreneurship via Youth Co:Lab Technopreneurship for Social Change Programme
- Helios P2P, Sri Lanka’s first peer-to-peer lending platform, secures second-round funding from John Keells X corporate accelerator
- Sri Lanka: HackX 2019 Inter-University Startup Challenge registrations set to open late July
- Sri Lanka: PickMe ride-hail startup moves into food delivery with launch of PickMe Food
Sri Lanka’s startup news:
August 2019
- Sri Lanka: An overview of SLINTEC Startup Engine, an incubator and accelerator focusing on material science and nanotechnology
- Sri Lanka: PickMe ride-hailing startup acquires YAMU, gaining restaurant, events, reviews and more
- Sri Lanka: Disrupt Asia conference and innovation festival set for October 12th
- Sri Lanka: An intro to Findmyfare, online travel agent and mobile app with $17M in transactions last year
Sri Lanka’s startup news:
September 2019
- Sri Lanka: Information Communication Technology Agency digital education initiative has reached over 2700 schools islandwide to date
- An overview of the recent Sri Lanka-Singapore Business Council delegation to Singapore to explore B2B opportunities and startup introductions
- Sri Lanka: Seedstars Colombo 2019 set for October 7th, showcasing 20 of the country’s startups
- Sri Lanka: An overview of what to expect from season 8 of the Yarl Geek Challenge, set for Jaffna, October 4-6
- Sri Lanka: An overview of what to expect from the Disrupt Asia 2019 Startup Conference and Innovation Festival, set for October
- Sri Lanka: An intro to the 5 startups selected for the John Keells X Accelerator 2019, working on e-commerce, aggregation and more
