Bijon Islam

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Bijon Islam

Bijon Islam

Entrepreneurship and Business Development Specialist

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About

Bijon is the cofounder and CEO of LightCastle Partners, an organization that focuses on creating data-driven opportunities for growth and impact for development partners, corporates, SMEs and Startups. Over the last seven years Bijon has led the company in engagements across 150+ businesses/development partners, 1,500+ SMEs/Startups and 50+ accelerator programs in multiple industries including Technology, Agriculture, Health, Energy and Manufacturing. Recently, LightCastle has also partnered to launch a Smart Capital Investment Program which facilitates growth capital for SMEs/Startups. Additionally, LightCastle is also a local partner to Biniyog Briddhi – a public private partnership between Embassy of Switzerland, Roots of Impact and LightCastle Partners which supports impact enterprises in Bangladesh. Recently, LightCastle has also been appointed as a deal-sourcing and due-diligence partner for multiple public and private investors and have helped mobilize more than USD 150 million in investments.

Degree

Bijon has Bachelors and Masters in Business Administration from Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka.

Experience

Previously Bijon has worked with Citibank, N.A. and Citi Foundation and oversaw execution of Bangladesh’s first Interest Rate Swap, Equity Convertible Bonds, Largest IPO, Microfinance Securitization and Block Equity Trades. Due to outstanding performance, Bijon had received the CEO Excellence Awards for two years in a row in the organization.

In 2015 Bijon was nominated as 15 under 35 in Bangladesh by Future Startup (leading Startup media in Bangladesh) and Top 7 Rising Young CEOs by Startup Dhaka. Bijon is an active ecosystem builder and has attended 200+ entrepreneurship development events as judge/panelist/resource-person including Startup Weekend, Startup Cup, Entrepreneurship World Cup (GEN), Global Startup Weekend, Facebook Circle, She Loves Tech, Founders Institute and Innovation Extreme. Additionally, he also is a visiting guest resource person at Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka.