Uber will acquire Boston-based ezCater, led by Bangladeshi-origin CEO Nihad Rahman, for US$2.3Bn in cash. ezCater logged over US$2.5Bn in Gross Bookings over the past 12 months and will be combined with Uber Eats and Uber for Business.

On the first episode of ExitStack Unfiltered Season 02, Shikho COO Ishmam Chowdhury discusses automation, AI-first adoption, keeping a growing team aligned, and why operators should measure everything.

Ellipsis Health, a San Francisco-based company founded in 2017, is among 500 companies featured in this year’s ranking.

Fin.com, co-founded by Bangladeshi-born Nabeel Alamgir, emerged from stealth with a US$20Mn Seed round led by Expa and Garrett Camp to build payment infrastructure that converts stablecoins into local currency.