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How To Get Your Startup Funded Through Venture Engine

You’ve probably read about how 50% of all start-ups fail, and all within the period of the first five years. A daunting realisation, sure, but these statistics shouldn’t scare you away from exploring all those wonderful little ideas in your mind. They should keep you grounded instead. Let me tell you why.

WEBXPAY: The Fintech Startup That Is Paving The Way For Sri Lanka Businesses To Make The Crucial Leap To Life-Online

Imagine launching your first business and having to wait three weeks for your first customer.

It must have been tense, right?

“Right”, confirms Omar Sahib, Founder and CEO of WEBXPAY in an interview with Roar Tech. “But we had identified a huge gap in the market, and we knew with our finance backgrounds, we had to be on to something…”

From Zero To A Thousand: How Jaffna Is Conquering The Digital Divide

Jaffna — The Yarl IT Hub was established in the northern peninsula eight years ago, an year after the end of the civil war. It started off as a non-profit social enterprise, with the aim to make Jaffna ‘the next Silicon Valley.’

Enfection: The Startup Making Sri Lanka A Hub For Creative Marketing

Digital Marketing companies are a dime-a-dozen. They’re always loaded with the latest buzzwords and promises of “expanding your portfolio” or “hitting your bottom line”. They tend to get a bit tedious.

Three Sri Lankan Startups That Raised Successful Seed Rounds – And How They Did It

The startup ecosystem in Sri Lanka is still in its early stages. On the plus…

The Calcey Secret: Strong Coffee and The Ability To Say “No”

Mangala Karunaratne is a 90’s Silicon Valley veteran, and the founder and CEO of the…

Roar Startup Bundle – February 2018

We’re already a sixth of our way into 2018, and on our second startup bundle…

SenzMate: The IoT Startup That’s Pivoting Their Way To Success

CEO T. “Jey” Jeyjenthan, CTO A. John, and COO R. Miller of SenzMate were university…

Roar Startup Bundle – January 2018

Welcome to 2018. It’s a new day, and a new year. Well, technically it’s the…

Creately – From Highschool Dreams To Two Million Users

Creately isn’t really a startup. In fact, this year they’ll be celebrating their ten year…

Arimac: The Bootstrapped Tech Startup with an International Portfolio

Sri Lanka isn’t exactly well known for producing high-end video games, but that could all…

The Hottest Startups of 2017

2018 is just a few days away, and this has been a rather positive year…

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