Statement by Sri Lanka Startup Founders - 13 March 2018

STATEMENT FROM SRI LANKAN STARTUP FOUNDERS ON THE

CRITICAL SITUATION FACING OUR COUNTRY

The startup community of Sri Lanka condemns the violence that has recently taken place in certain parts of
the country. We may be Muslims, Tamils, Burghers and Sinhalese. We may practice Buddhism, Hinduism,
Christianity and Islam. But we are all Sri Lankans, who believe and promote the idea that by living, playing
and working together, we can help make Sri Lanka a peaceful, inspiring and prosperous leader in the
global community.

To help achieve this vision, we demand that our political representatives and the police take urgent action
to ensure that this organized violence never happens again. We demand our government officials
undertake urgently the following actions:

● Investigate the evidence, arrest the perpetrators and make them accountable to the crimes
committed. The law in Sri Lanka must be enforced, without political interference and justice must
be carried out.

● Show strong leadership, ensuring there is zero tolerance to acts of racism and violence against our
fellow citizens.

● Remove all restrictions on Internet services immediately. Instead of censoring the Internet, identify
individuals and groups that use social media to promote hate and use legal mechanisms to bring
them to justice.

The scars of the 30 year long war are only just beginning to fade away. Men and women from all our
diverse communities fought to create a free Sri Lanka. We never want our country to experience war
again.

We expect our political leaders to show leadership and do what is necessary, and act swiftly to ensure that
no individual or group is given the space or the opportunity to create inter-community violence with
impunity.

Research shows that organizations that exhibit diversity across ethnicity and gender perform better. By all
of us working together, championing diversity and without thinking about colour, race, religion or gender,
we can make Sri Lanka an amazing little island that punches well above its weight.

As entrepreneurs and technology leaders we believe in passion, perseverance, innovation, integrity,

creativity and ingenuity. We make a commitment to never discriminate over a person’s race or religion. We
will be formulating a diversity and inclusion pledge that Sri Lankan startups can adopt. We will share this
broadly for other companies and organizations to also adopt.

Sri Lanka’s startup community is ready to work with the government, individuals and other groups to ensure
a safe environment for all citizens. We are ready to do whatever is necessary to ensure Sri Lanka does not
slide back to the dark ages of war and of unaccountable government.

Signed:

Sheran Corera Creative eLearning (Pvt) Ltd www.getlayup.com

Manoj Ranaweera UnifiedVU www.unified.vu

Mario LinearSix www.linearsix.com

Januka Samaranayake BotFactory botfactoryai.com

Mangala Karunaratne Calcey Technologies www.calcey.com

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Hiraash Creately Creately.com

Sanjaya Elvitigala ELearning.lk ELearning.lk

Ian Iddamalgoda Umbrella Insights umbrellainsights.com

Fathhi Mohamed Yohobed Yohobed.com

Chandika Jayasundara Creately Https://creately.com

Krishan Mycabz Mycabz.com

Harshi Samarasekera Twinkling Dreams Wedding Planners www.twinklingdreams.com

Ganatharan Jeyakumar Virtual Tuition (Pvt) Ltd. www.virtualtuition.com

Shehan Selvanayagam Loops Solutions www.loops.lk

Ima Hassen Quantei www.quantei.asia
Harinda Fonseka gudppl www.gudppl.com

Keerthi kodithuwakku Effective Solutions (Pvt) Ltd effectivesolutions.lk

Gayantha De Zoysa Strive Strive.lk
Chaminda Kandamby Superb Business Solutions www.wstsystem.com

Nilangi Kulasinghe Cropcircle wwww.cropcircle.lk

Omar Sahib WEBXPAY www.webxpay.com

Dunilsha Hewage Ocaloka www.ocaloka.com

Ayami Wanasinghe SW Colombo startupweekend.org
Aloka Gunasekara StartupX Foundry www.startupxfoundry.com

Rehan Fernando Mediajogger www.mediajogger.com

Sam de Silva Common Edge Pvt Limited www.edge.lk
Kanishka Weeramunda PayMedia www.paymedia.lk

Yoshith Weerakoone Onsbay Ceylon Pvt. Ltd. www.onsbay.com

Kanishka Weeramunda PayMedia www.paymedia.lk
Thangarajah Thavaruban Speed IT net Www.speedit.lk

Duval Anushka Weerakoone Puppet Animations www.puppetanimations.com

Nithushan Uthayakumar Blue lotus 360 www.bluelotus360.com
Shageevan Sachithanandan MyStore.lk https://www.mystore.lk

Vakeetharan Sivasubramanijam EnXone technologies enxonetech.com

Ranil Samarawickrema Hostels Lanka www.hostelslanka.com
Robert Sandrasagara ShopBox Pvt Ltd www.shopbox.lk

C.D. Athuraliya ConscientAI http://conscient.ai

Augustin Dinushka Medagoda E-Law Solutions Pvt Ltd elawyers.lk

Mahen Ratnayake ShortKast www.shortkast.com

Chamara Peiris Yoho Bed www.yohobed.com
Dulitha Rasanga Wijewantha Alakazam https://getalakazam.com

Imthiyaaz Hassim SIXER VIDEO https://www.sixervideo.com/

Thawseef Jaleel Rent Club www.rentclub.lk

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Rukmankan Sivaloganathan Welanka Holidays www.welankaholidays.com

Teesha Workout.lk www.workout.lk
Sharanyan Sharma Extreme SEO Internet Solutions http://www.seo.lk

Damitha Jayarathna iPlayDeal www.iplaydeal.com

Farhard Hussain Cemex HRM www.cemexhrm.com
Shakya Lahiru Pathmalal Takas.lk Takas.lk

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