nCinga Innovations
Founders – Imal Kalutotage & Vijitha Abeywardena
BOV Capital invested in nCinga in 2018 and immediately realized the potential of the founders. With Sri Lanka’s rich history in apparel manufacturing, we strongly belived nCInga’s prodcuts and technology would be a game changer in the low tech apparel manufacturing sector. The Company expanded rapidly to 7 countries before being acquired by Zilingo in 2019. This acquisition was one of the marquee tech acquisitions in Sri Lanka in over a decade.
Learn more: www.ncinga.net
ZigZag
Founders – Dinindu Navaratne, Chamindri Liyanagama
BOV Capital partnered with ZigZag in 2016. The founders were engineers turned dress designers. We were excited to partner with ZigZag as the women’s retail market in Sri Lanka was growing rapidly as the country progressed from low income to middle income. The company unique value proposition is to bring the latest trends in women’s fashion garments to the shelf in 45 days. The company continues to grow rapidly both online and offline.
Learn more: zigzag.lk
Omak
Founders – Ehantha Sirisena, Chrishan Perera
We partnered with OMAK in 2016. We were excited about the SaaS model in restaurant software. OMAK builds the next generation of fully integrated, versatile and secure restaurant POS systems enabling restaurants to connect the front of house, kitchen, and back-office operations with a secure cloud point of sale.
Learn more: www.omak.co
ROAR
Founders - Mustafa Kassim & Abdurrahman Haroon
BOV Capital partnered with ROAR in 2017 and we are proud to have been the first external investor in the company. Roar Media is a multilingual platform that produces and publishes original stories that aim to capture the vibrancy of the South Asian region. ROAR is a trailblazer in the South Asian digital media business and has continued to attract a diverse base of readership over the last 4 years. With content in English, Tamil, Sinhala and Bangla, ROAR will continue to be the future of digital media.
Learn more: roar.media
Linear Squared
Founders - Sankha Poruthotage, Rajith Munasinghe & Mohit Pande
Linear Squared is a technology company specialized in building products that deliver ready-to-action insights using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning technologies for businesses across multiple industries. We partnered with the team in 2017 when the company was an analytics services company. Co-founded by a passionate team of data scientists and engineers with a vision to deliver ready to use AI and ML driven products that convert data to proactive actions, Linear Squared adopts data and algorithms for businesses through specialized, transformative products.
Learn more: linearsquared.com
Digital Health
CEO – Somashree Subramaniam
MyHealth is Sri Lanka’s largest digital health platform combining a full suite of healthcare needs that can be fulfilled using a mobile phone. The platform helps book doctor appointments, consult doctors remotely via video/audio calls, get lab tests and medicine delivered to patients home. We invested in MyDoc in 2018 and the company’s mission is to democratize healthcare to the masses.
Learn more: www.doc.lk
InsureMe
Founders - Vipula Dharmapala, Indika Prematunga, Niranjan Manikam, Anjana Somathilaka
We met the InsureMe’s dynamic team in 2017 and immediately understood their deep expertise in the Insurance sector. The founding team’s capabilities, and team market fit convinced us to invest. InsureMe has continued a meteoric rise in the digital insurance market by innovating unique products that are used by consumers and enterprises. The team’s ability to see beyond the corner in a sector with minimal innovation in product distribution has been a hallmark of success.
Learn more: insureme.lk
Agrithmics
CEO – Prashanth Premkumar
Agrithmics was a buyout from DFCC Bank, a commercial bank in Sri Lanka. BOV team saw an opportunity to transform the agri/tea sector with digital enablement that will improve access to credit for the farming community in Lanka. A CEO was handpicked to scale the business with investments from BOV Capital and Digital Innovation Fund.
Learn more: agrithmics.lk
Headstart
CEO – Yasiru Abeygunawardena
Headstart (Pvt) Ltd. is a renowned Sri Lankan digital learning solutions provider and the market leader in LMSs. We offer cutting-edge software solutions for education, including stakeholder transformation, user training, and content development. With esteemed collaborations and extensive research, our solutions align with international education frameworks. Recognized regionally and internationally, we have partnered with prestigious institutions and completed key projects. Additionally, we own Guru.lk, Sri Lanka's largest online learning marketplace and GuruTV, a satellite TV channel specializing in edutainment. Trusted by corporate clients and organizations like Microsoft, Headstart is a leading EdTech provider for enterprise customers in Sri Lanka, continuing to expand its reach.
Learn more: headstart.lk