Who we are
DigiGram Ventures Ltd.
A for-profit impact enterprise transforming rural livelihoods in Bangladesh — with a deliberate emphasis on women and people facing disability-related barriers.
Who we are
We turn rural homes into micro-enterprises
DigiGram Ventures is a for-profit impact enterprise. We work with rural households that already produce something — cattle, crops, craft — and are held back not by capability but by four missing pieces: capital they can access, inputs they can trust, knowledge that reaches them, and a buyer who pays a fair price.
We do not describe this as charity, and we do not frame the people we work with as beneficiaries. They are Shathi — companions. The model is commercial on both sides: investors receive a return, farmers keep up to half the profit, and the enterprise sustains itself.
1,000+
Farmers connected
150+
Rural producers registered
৳ 1.02 Cr
Capital mobilised
The problem
Three gaps we exist to close
These are structural, not personal. No amount of individual effort closes them.
The 20% Factor
In rural agriculture and RMG, women earn just $0.80 for every $1 earned by men — a persistent barrier to economic equality.
Source: DigiGram Ventures, Email Deck 2026
The 3:1 Care Gap
Rural women spend 3× more time on unpaid care work than men, creating a structural time poverty that blocks economic entry.
Source: DigiGram Ventures, Email Deck 2026
The Access Gap
85% of female farmers are cut off from the agricultural information and extension services available to their male counterparts.
Source: DigiGram Ventures, Email Deck 2026
Mission
Empower rural communities through inclusive, sustainable and innovative solutions that foster economic independence and resilience.
Vision
Transform rural livelihoods through digital innovation, with a strong emphasis on gender and disability inclusivity.
How we work
The four-pillar model
Each pillar is a service we actually run, with a real example from the field.
Fund
Inclusive & accessible finance
Only 15% of rural households reach formal credit; the rest borrow informally and expensively. We fund production directly through investor capital and project-linked finance, and we build the verified profile a bank needs before it will lend.
A cattle-fattening cycle in Rangunia funded by 55 urban investors, with the animals, feed and vet cover paid for up front.
Supply
Quality inputs delivered to the last mile
67% of the farmers we surveyed buy ungraded feed from a single nearby market. We aggregate demand through cooperatives and deliver graded, DLS-compliant inputs at commercial scale — cutting input cost by roughly 40% against retail.
Shadhin Cattle Feed: 100 ton/month today, validated at 900g average daily gain, distributed through the cooperative network.
Grow
Expert training and market data
10–15% of rural women reach agricultural extension services, against 50%+ of men. Training is delivered in Bangla on a phone, tied to the cycle the farmer is actually running, and recorded as evidence rather than as an attendance sheet.
Weekly growth checks against the project SOP, plus climate alerts and disease advisory inside the Shathi Sheba app.
Sell
Seamless access to profitable markets
70% of the producers we work with face mobility limits, and lose up to 30% of the price as a result. We publish an indicative rate before the sale, aggregate output at cooperative level, and arrange the B2B buyer in advance.
A per-kg price breakdown shown to the farmer before they commit: B2B rate, minus platform fee, logistics and vet care, equals net farmer rate.
The DigiGram family
Who runs this
A team with operating experience in supply chain, livestock and technology — not only in development programmes.
Md. Zia Uddin
Co-founder & CEO
12 years experience
Shafayet Hossain
Co-founder & COO
12 years experience
Sakhawat Hossain
Co-founder & CTO
12 years experience
Asif Abdullah
Co-founder & Director — Tech
12 years experience
Md. Imrul Hossain
Director, Supply Chain Operations
35 years experience
AQM Shafiqur Rouf
Consultant, Livestock Operations
30 years experience
Advisors
Mitra Ardron
Board Observer · Advisor, Fintech & Regenerative Agriculture
Adaline Zaman
Advisor, Business Development & Communications
Team portraits pending consistent-crop photography.
Partners & supporters
We do not do this alone
Cooperatives mobilise and verify. Development partners fund and challenge us. Lenders decide credit. Our job is to make each of those handoffs work.
Lend For GoodLend For Good
Red Hat ImpactRed Hat Impact
HeiferHeifer
OCBOCB
SajidaSajida
Biniyog BriddhiBiniyog Briddhi
Amra Shadhin Women CooperativeAmra Shadhin Women Cooperative
Media & awards
Recognition
Confirmed press coverage and awards will be listed here with outlet, headline, date and an outbound link.
Awaiting the client's confirmed and publishable list.
Work with us
Field operations, supply chain, engineering and impact roles across Dhaka and Chattogram.