Toru Institute of Inclusive Innovation

08/01/2022

Join our founder live to discuss the Urban Innovation Challenge by Utopia and the World Economic Forum

https://fb.watch/ap6OTZxBKH/

17/11/2021

What is our latest entrepreneur disrupting?

Industry experts and a leading research firm say that there are 1.7 million stores across Bangladesh that carry FMCG goods; of which 350,000 are higher-end outlets

17/09/2021

Congratulations to our incubatee and entrepreneur ME Solshare Ltd. for being the finalist of the Earthshot Prize.

20/04/2021

Congratulations to our mentee, Ahmed Imtiaz Jami, the Founder of OBHIZATRIK Foundation, for making it to the prestigious Forbes 30 under 30 Asia List! We are proud of the work you do and milestones you've achieved! We wish you and OBHIZATRIK Foundation the best for the future!

Jami founded Bangladesh-based Obhizatrik Foundation in 2010 to work on poverty elimination, education, health and nutrition, human rights and the environment.

13/01/2021

Catch our Founder, Saif Kamal, live tonight as the Guest speaker at the Entrepreneur’s Diary event hosted by United International University!!!

22/09/2020

Our Founder, Saif Kamal, will be talking about the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and how it is forcing us to shift gears! Catch him live tonight @ 7.30pm in the webinar themed “ Towards the Great Reset: Reformative strategy for a more inclusive post COVID-19 world. Tune in soon!

A webinar is going to be held today from 7.30pm to 8.30pm on the theme “Towards the Great Reset: Reformation Strategy for a more inclusive post-COVID-19 world”.

Watch leading development practitioners express insights and thoughts on the pandemic's impact on global development. Catch the webinar LIVE on Shapers and the Solvers page. Stay tuned!

https://www.facebook.com/ShapersAndTheSolvers

02/01/2020

We have moved. Find us in Mohakhali DOHS now.

Location: 2nd Floor, House-423, Road-30, Mohakhali DOHS, Dhaka-1212.

10/12/2019

An article by our Founder, Saif Kamal on the start-up scene in Bangladesh, for Financial Express's 26th anniversary issue.

"Entrepreneurs innovate; while businessmen replicate." - Saif Kamal

Start-up is a buzzword, for sure! The opportunities it offers seem to be colossal. Bangladesh is a nation of more than 160 million with a growing youth population; it is inevitable that new businesses will flourish to serve this growth. In addition to the growing population, technology adaptation ce...

29/11/2019

Toru is very proud of iFarmer, Avijatrik and Biotech Bangladesh for their achievements. We have mentored them in their journey and wish them the very best for their future! Well done guys!!! UNDP’s Youth Co:Lab is a great platform for future startups and they’re back this year!

30/10/2019

Congratulations Avijatrik Tourism on closing a seed round!

Avijatrik Tourism is one of Toru's Impactpreneurs.They are an online travel platform that has been building the Airbnb of Bangladesh. We wish them great success!

Avijatrik Tourism, the online travel platform that has been building the Airbnb of Bangladesh, has closed a new seed round led by Paragon Group and a group of undisclosed angel investors. The company did not disclose details about the round but said it has raised north of 10 million Taka in this rou...

15/10/2019

Congratulations to ME SOLshare Ltd. and Sebastian Groh! Truly a proud moment for us!

Congratulations to Dr. Sebastian Groh, the managing director of Solshare, for winning the Unilever Young Entrepreneurs Awards 2019 out of 1,850 applicants!

Unilever wants to help people all over the world take action to improve their health and well-being. Their approach encompasses physical and mental health, hygiene and nutrition. That’s why six years ago it started the Unilever Young Entrepreneurs Awards to recognize and support 8 brilliant young innovators each year who tackle the planet’s biggest environmental and social challenges, and to help them achieve scale for impact.

To know more, go to: https://www.cisl.cam.ac.uk/about/young-entrepreneurs