Community Bank Backs Start-up Financing Through Strategic Investment in Multi-Bank Venture Capital Fund
Dhaka, February 22, 2026 – With a view to expanding innovation-driven financing and fostering entrepreneurship, Community Bank Bangladesh PLC. has extended its patronage to Bangladesh Startup Investment Company under the ‘Start-Up Financing Initiative’. The initiative has been undertaken as part of the Bank’s strategic vision to advance innovation-based financing in the country.
The primary objective of this initiative is to promote entrepreneurship, generate employment opportunities, and contribute to sustainable economic growth.
On this occasion, at a ceremony held at the SMESPD Department of Bangladesh Bank, Mr. Kimiwa Saddat, Managing Director (Current Charge) of Community Bank Bangladesh PLC, handed over the pay order in favour of Bangladesh Startup Investment Company through Mr. Nawshad Mustafa, Director, SMESPD of Bangladesh Bank.
Among others present at the event were Md. Shariful Islam Kadir, FCA, Chief Financial Officer; Hossain-Al-Safeer Chowdhury, Head of SME; Mr. Sharif Hasan Mamun, Head of Agriculture of Community Bank Bangladesh PLC., along with senior officials from both organizations.