After 3 months of grueling training and business building, top 15 startups are now fighting for investments from guest US investors and  the right to go to the next stage of the 2014 Bangladesh StartUp Cup 2014.  Five seasoned mentors, five hard-nut judges and five guest investors from the US are all geared up for the second round of the Cup that began in April earlier this year.
“Startups are the future of Bangladesh and we have dedicated ourselves to train and take them to the market” – Minhaz Anwar (Chair)
Bangladesh StartUp Cup 2014 is a 7 month long contest which helps entrepreneurs still at the idea stage to define their product or service, build a business around it and sell it in the market.
“This event has been extremely helpful in actualizing our ideas” – Dan J Mustafa (Participant)

The participants were mentored by some of the most seasoned names in the Bangladeshi entrepreneurship world, including Rashedur Rahman, Manager of Bkash, and Shawkat Hossain, Managing Director of BD Ventures.
Yves Badaroux, former GM of YBX Consulting, and Wes Warner, Manager of Solutions Delivery, are just two of the guests and investors for the event.
“I am not here to see your presentation, I am here to hear and judge your ideas through which my invested money won't be in vain”- Wes Warren on watching a pitch
The presentations went through a dynamic series of questions from the judging panel and fought to survive the upcoming round that will lead to the semi finals.