OpenRefactory, a Bangladeshi origin deep-tech startup, has won The best of the best startup, received grants of $100000 at the ‘Bangabandhu Innovation Grant (BIG) 2021’. 36 startups out of 7000 startups were chosen from home and abroad for the finale. These startups will receive a total grant of BDT 3 crore 60 lac.
Bangabandhu Innovation Grant (BIG) 2021, a reality show organized by the iDEA project under the ICT Division has started with the objectives to discover and fund innovative startups through the participation of local and foreign contestants.
OpenRefactory offers Intelligent Code Repair (iCR) which detects bugs with precision and can synthesise fixes for the detected bugs. With the vision of pioneering the next wave in software development using automation systems, OpenRefactory aims to attain quality goals faster and with fewer human errors.
At the grand finale of “BIG 2021” Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said the government has allocated BDT100 crore in the current budget to support young innovators. Also, State Minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak announced that the “Bangabandhu Innovation Grant (BIG) 2021” contest will be held every year.
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