BUET Engineer Raised $1.8 Million For Agriculture Startup

In this video, I sat down with Diptha Saha, co-founder/COO of AgroShift. They recently announced a US$1.8mn (~20crore) fundraise. You guys probably know him already as the co-founder of Khamar-e.

Superb stories about BUET, startups, faliures and heart breaks. Personally, I learnt a lot from this episode! Enjoy! :)

TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - 2:13 Intro
2:14 - 3:21 Background of the guest
3:22 - 6:55 Journey till BUET
6:56 - 9:05 Getting into the world of Books
9:06 - 14:10 Experience in Notre Dame College?
14:11 - 20:09 BUET journey
20:10 - 22:40 Getting involved in student politics
22:41 - 28:30 Escaping student politics
28:31 - 33:01 Exploring career paths
33:02 - 39:34 Building the business
39:35 - 45:13 Uniting the team
45:14 - 48:38 The struggling period
48:39 - 54:57 Switching the path
54:58 - 57:28 Sight of the first profit
57:29 - 1:02:24 The business lessons
1:02:25 - 1:05:08 The inner workings
1:05:09 - 1:09:50 Figuring out the logistics
1:09:51 - Embarking on a new venture


WHO AM I:
I'm Fahad, I serve as Sr. Vice President & Head of Product at Pathao, one of the largest technology platforms in Bangladesh/Nepal, recently valued at $150mn+. I studied finance at IBA, University of Dhaka. I make videos about product management, startups, personal productivity and so on.

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