Diaspora
Concentration

Two metros hold half the set

The map shows where the 51 companies are headquartered and how far their founders have travelled from Bangladesh. The companies span 17 metropolitan areas across four continents, but they are far from evenly distributed. New York and the San Francisco Bay Area alone account for more than half of the companies in the dataset.

Sydney, Melbourne, Toronto, and London form other important hubs, alongside a smaller group of companies scattered across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. The geography reflects where diaspora founders have found access to customers, talent, and capital—and where their companies have grown.

Count says software. Capital says healthcare.

The 51 companies operate across a wide range of sectors, from software and fintech to healthcare, artificial intelligence, climate, and consumer technology. Software and enterprise technology is the largest category, with 21 companies, followed by healthcare with 12.

But the sector with the most companies isn’t necessarily the sector with the most money. Healthcare companies have collectively raised US$906.6Mn, compared with US$808.5Mn for software and enterprise companies. One reason is scale: a small number of healthcare companies have attracted exceptionally large rounds.

Ten companies hold 73.0% of the capital in this set

Across the 51 companies, we identified 259 investment firms connected to their funding. Most appear only once. A smaller group has backed multiple companies, creating a network of investors that stretches across the diaspora ecosystem and the wider global venture market.

The funding is also heavily concentrated. Ten companies account for 73.0% of the total capital raised. The headline US$2.4Bn therefore tells two stories at once: the scale of what diaspora founders have built, and the small number of companies driving much of that capital.

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Every view follows the same selection. Filter by sector, founder, investor, or place, then open a company to see its founders, funding, and the firms behind it.

Six companies have converted to an exit. Most kept the price private.

Six companies in the dataset have recorded an acquisition, secondary transaction, or public listing. Their outcomes range from smaller acquisitions to AirTrunk, whose acquisition was valued at more than US$16.1Bn.

The exits are a reminder that these are not simply founders with Bangladeshi roots. They are building companies that have entered major global markets and, in some cases, reached significant scale.