
Bangladeshi technology -based shifting solutionprovider, Chalo dotcom, a subsidy of Chalo Technologies, is planning to shape itself as a lifestyle application by end of this year. The top official of the start-up shared the latest trend of the company in an exclusive chat with the Daily Observer recently at Chalo head quarter in Dhaka.
"Chalo will raise a phenomenal amount fund to execute operations in Bangladesh by 2017. We want to install the service in the daily lifeline of the mass though they tap on the apps two times a day," Dewan Shuvo, Chief Executive Officer of Chalo Technologies said.
He also informed that the company will introduce two new service of Chalo Air amd Chalo Packet in the upcoming Digital World in third week of this month.
Dewan, a young graduate from an American university backed to home in last year implements the idea that is designed with his brother in his campus time.
That was 204 when we were living in the bay area in Silicon Valley in USA. Me and my younger brother planned to do business that is rare in campus level in the bay area university. Our office in road no 11 is close to the Uber headquarter. We went a café near Uber HQ and got opportunity to knowledge sharing with our well wishers in Uber," Dewan recalled from his memory lane.
Dewan is very optimistic about the appreciation from the Bangladeshi community in bay area in USA from where he got chance to showcase the idea to the community leaders.
Dewan considers the support from the Bay Area Bangladesh Association (BABA) President Quazi Shahriar Rahman to appreciated him in the way to develop the service.
He completed his post graduation from Linkon University in August 2014 and started to lead the Chalo team from September last year.
By the last one year of operation, Chalo have reached over one million of the people who came to know about the brand name.
The start-up boss shared his vision to shape the service as a full fledge lifestyle tools though the users have go at leasr two time a day to get service.
"We are now investing in reach the 'brand' in mass minds though they can practice it in future. We hope, more brands come to the market and make a competitive situation that the new business idea
Asking about the Uber journey by next year in Bangladesh, Dewan said, "We welcome Uber to the space. Their step in Dhaka is very good news for us. Because we will get a competitive market here and people will know about the service,".
He said, "Chalo has limited scale of money. Uber has lot of money to dump. But Chalo has local experience and Uber has shortage here,"
Dewan informed that they have launched the web able car service in Chittagong recently and has plan to expand the service initiating 'agent-base' across the country to familiar the service.