Wednesday, 16 December 2020 00:02 -
GLX Programme Director Randhula de Silva
GoodLife X (GLX) started its journey in 2018 after identifying that existing support activities and business development programmes for start-ups were heavily focused on pure tech solutions.
GLX focuses on start-ups and SME (and/or tech-enabled) business models that can shape consumer behaviour and make significant contributions to solve ecological and social challenges, stemming from food and agriculture, wellness and travel, design, and energy sectors in Sri Lanka.
Programme Director Randhula de Silva further emphasised that, “Most activities catering to the development of these sectors were in need of a serious paradigm shift. On the one hand, the disconnect between the highly talented tech enabled innovators and the entrepreneurs in the traditional sectors was wide and apparent. On the other hand, Asia‘s emerging middle class was signalling tremendous shifts in nutrition,