Relaxy is a Gen-Z friendly, mental health-tech startup that offers data driven proactive self-care, primary guidance and psycho-social support based on users' psychological behaviour.

Cholpori is an edtech platform that provides digital K-5 learning solutions. Cholpori produces high quality, affordable and accessible primary school educational materials for independent study at home and as supplementary teaching tools in class.

Kaan Pete Roi (KPR) is Bangladesh’s pioneering emotional support and suicide prevention helpline. ​Since October 2020, SAJIDA Impact Partners has been supporting KPR to expand and scale up its services with the aim to make it a national level suicide prevention helpline.

Shikho is a Bangladeshi education technology start-up with a mission to democratize access to high-quality education.

Orange Corners Bangladesh is a multi-year entrepreneurship development and financing facility dedicated to equipping youth and early-stage entrepreneurs with the resources necessary to build sustainable, investment-ready businesses. A global public-private initiative by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, the programme operates through a structured framework of ideation support, incubation, acceleration, technical assistance, and funding, with the aim to foster entrepreneurial innovation, strengthen local ecosystems, and enable businesses to drive meaningful social and environmental impact.

SAJIDA Foundation is the lead implementation partner for the EUR 2.2 mn Orange Corners Innovation Fund (OCIF), an investment-readiness and financing facility designed to strengthen early-stage, impact-driven businesses. By extending tailored financing—including grants and concessional loans—alongside tailored technical assistance, OCIF supports entrepreneurs in building the operational, financial and strategic foundations needed for scalable growth. Additionally, OCIF contributes to the broader investment ecosystem by creating a pipeline of trusted, de-risked and investment-ready businesses.

SAJIDA Foundation, in partnership with The British Asian Trust, has launched the Climate Innovation Fund - an ambitious fund that aims to identify and support innovative local solutions working to build greater resilience to the impacts of climate change on agriculture, food security, water security, and livelihoods in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh, ranked seventh on the Global Climate Risk Index, faces significant challenges due to its low-lying geography, high population density, and widespread poverty. However, the country also stands as a global leader in climate adaptation, offering scalable solutions that can be applied worldwide.

The Climate Innovation Fund aims to stimulate and drive innovation in climate resilience by:

• Identifying the most promising and innovative approaches to climate resilience in Bangladesh and supporting them to establish and scale
• Building a strong and credible pipeline of initiatives and facilitating support from other agencies and investors
• Creating opportunities for collaboration to facilitate learning & knowledge exchange

Empowering Diaspora-led Innovation

B/deshi Catalyst is a platform that connects professionals from the Bangladeshi diaspora to support each other, strengthen cultural identity, reinvest capital into the community, and build a stronger global brand for Bangladesh.

The program nurtures early-stage companies with traction, helping them refine their business models, prepare for scaling, and build bridges with global investors and networks.

Current Status

• 7 companies onboarded: Airwork, Aunkur (iPage), Relaxy, Biniyog.io, Shape, AirState, ZerooZen.

Major Milestones

• 2 companies graduated to B/deshi Invest: Relaxy and Airwork.
  • B/deshi Invest connects Bangladeshi diaspora and global investors with dynamic founders, creating opportunities to invest in Bangladesh’s growth story.
• Partnership established with Transcom as a program supporter.
• Flagship events hosted:
  • Mastering Value Selling and Go-to-Market — Speaker: Yousuf Imran, Strategic AI & ISV, STM at Google.

B-Briddhi’s Train-the-Trainer programme, works with selected organizations who can become certified service providers, enabling them to deliver Impact Investment Readiness (IIR) and Impact Measurement & Management (IMM) support to impact enterprises across Bangladesh. Under the Voucher Scheme, impact enterprises choose a certified service provider, like SAJIDA Foundation, and jointly apply for a voucher from B-Briddhi. This voucher subsidises the cost of IIR and IMM services, making high-quality capacity building more accessible for enterprises striving to scale their impact. The program is funded by Swiss Embassy in Bangladesh and implemented by Roots of Impact, Social Finance Academy, and LightCastle Partners.

SAJIDA Foundation has been certified for another cycle as a licensed service provider under the B-Briddhi Voucher Scheme. With this recertification, Sajida Foundation continues its role in strengthening the ecosystem, equipping startups and SMEs with the tools, frameworks, and mentorship needed to become investment-ready and manage impact effectively.

Current Status

• Re-certified by Social Finance Academy (SFA) and Biniyog Briddhi as a licensed service provider for Impact Investment Readiness (IIR) and Impact Management & Measurement (IMM) in Bangladesh (second cycle).

Major Milestones

• Successfully completed the first cycle of the Voucher Scheme, supporting three companies—Hishabee, Relaxy, and Easysense, to strengthen their IIR and IMM capacities.
• Designed and launched the CIF Venture Builder, a mentorship-driven studio offering dedicated office hours with seasoned mentors, built on learnings from B-Briddhi’s IIR and IMM toolkits.

NSU Startups Next is North South University’s flagship incubation platform designed to shape and support early-stage startup founders. With SAJIDA Impact Partners’ strategic sponsorship support, NSUSN will ensure an investment-ready pipeline of companies.

Hashimukh Shomaj Kallayan Shongstha is a non-profit social welfare organization that collaborated with SAJIDA Impact Partners to ensure free education for 250 underprivileged students for 1 year from January 2023 to December 2023.

Naripokkho is a women's activist organization working since 1983 for the advancement of women's rights, and entered into an agreement with SAJIDA to ensure 43 Birangona women have access to daily living costs for a period of 1 year (November 2022 to November 2023).

Thrive is a non-profit that connects global donors and local volunteers to schoolchildren living on the streets. With the support of SAJIDA’s impact funds, Thrive has provided over 26,000 nutritious meals to the students of Apon Alo School (Dhaka); Jaago School (Habiganj, Sylhet); and Ucchash School (SonPocha Char River Island, Bogra).

Center for Zakat Management (CZM) is a pro-poor social enterprise that successfully established a primary healthcare centre - Azmeri Begum Healthcare centre - with support from SAJIDA. The centre has been operational since August 2021.