July, August & September 2019
July 2019 / August 2019 / September 2019
Vietnam’s startup news:
July 2019
- Startup Vietnam Foundation unveils ‘SVF 2020 – 2025: The Grand Vision’ to 200 key stakeholders, based on 3 primary focus areas
- India’s OYO Hotels and Homes to launch with 90 franchised hotels across 6 cities in Vietnam
- SmartPay fintech launches financial inclusion e-wallet in Vietnam, targeting 25M unbanked consumers and 6M SME merchants
- Vietnam’s Insight Handbook 2019 – a comprehensive study of markets, consumer trends, segments, products and methods
- Vietnam: VIISA Accelerator program batch 5 graduates 3 startups, spanning events management, insurance, and logistics
- Vietnam: Startup Hunt 2019 competition registrations open, aiming to expand nationwide tourism
- Enterprise Singapore adds Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City to Global Innovation Alliance network
- Vietnam: Hanoi unveils support plan to assist 500 startup projects to develop and 150 startups to commercialise their products by 2025
- Vietnam’s I Love Asia Tour startup to launch in Cambodia in August, providing women-only motorbike tours
- Vietnam: Hanoi Innovation Summit set for August 29-30, focusing on inclusion and sustainability in emerging economies
- Vietnam: Gapo, homegrown Facebook-style app, launches, whilst in the background internet controls are tightened by government
- 500 Startups Vietnam aiming to back up to 100 Vietnam-connected startups by 2020 under Saola Accelerator program
Vietnam’s startup news:
August 2019
- Vietnam: A look at 5 tech startups aiming to tackle the country’s fragmented farming sector
- Vietnam: KiotViet store management software startup raises $6M with cloud-based point-of-sale solutions for SMEs
- Vietnam’s Ministry of Science and Technology partners South Korea’s Seoul Startup Hub to launch a connection campaign for startup businesses
- Vietnam for startups – fast-growing economy, a rising middle class and a growing number of world-class founders
- Don’t forget – Hanoi Innovation Summit promo for 100% off Startup and Regular tickets via Startup News Asia ends today – 300 speakers plus investors & startups across 2 days
- Hanoi Innovation Summit: Hanoi’s biggest tech & innovation event, August 29-30. Exclusive promo code – SNA – 100% off Startup and Regular tickets (to August 20)
- Vietnam: startup/angels networking event set for Ho Chi Minh City, September 12th
- Vietnam: Hanoi Innovation Summit pitch competition applications close August 9th – 3000 attendees, 150 international speakers and investors
- An overview of Vietnam Startup Day, taking place 23-24 August – 2 days of investors, startups, entrepreneurs and experts
- Vietnam: Vietnam Silicon Valley, gov’t-backed accelerator, invests in LOOP Smart Pos customer care and management platform for F&B and retail stores
- Vietnam: Tiki e-commerce site acquires Ticketbox startup, eyeing the country’s events ticket market of $40M and movie ticket market of $160M
- Vietnam: NextTech Group launches $10M Next100 fund, focusing on early-stage investments
- Vietnam: NextTech Group launches Next100, a $10M venture capital fund focusing on Vietnam’s early-stage startups
- Ho Chi Minh City Dep’t of Science and Technology partners New Zealand’s Creative HQ incubator to collaborate around startups and innovation
- A brief overview of the recent Vietnam Startup Day 2019, held in HCM City
- Enterprise Singapore’s take on the key developments in Vietnam’s startup scene that make it an ideal market for Singaporean startups to consider
- Vietnam: Grab ride-hailing giant expects to make investment of ‘several hundred million dollars’ in Vietnam
- Vietnam’s HCM City representative suggests Singapore, Indonesia and Vietnam’s southern hub take turns holding SE Asia startup fair to develop and collaborate
- H1 2019 Vietnam Tech Investment Report, from ESP Capital and Cento Ventures
Vietnam’s startup news:
September 2019
- Vietnam joins countries barring China’s Huawei from consideration for 5G roll-out
- Vietnam: An overview of the country’s aims in AI – bigger databases, stronger infrastructure, better resources, and a solid foundation for AI businesses
- Vietnam: Tiki e-commerce firm and UP Co-working gain funding from Innoven Capital in first in-country deals
- Fintech Challenge Vietnam 2019 applications close September 25, seeking innovators to collaborate with regulators and industry on financial inclusion
- Vietnam: 6 startups graduate from Topica Founder Institute’s 7th batch, each receiving $50K in seed funding
- Vietnam: Lotus social network launches, centred around content developed and owned by Vietnamese people
- Vietnam: A brief collection of the country’s tech, startup and funding news from the month past, via Startup News Asia
- Vietnam: Medlink takes first prize at VietChallenge 2019 with platform connecting drug companies and pharmacies
- TechFest Vietnam set for December 4-6, spanning seminars, conferences, mentoring and pitch competition, alongside policy discussions
- Vietnam: All 24 of Ho Chi Minh city’s districts to have Internet of Things broadcasting stations installed by month-end, covering a city population of 9M
- South Korean leg of TechFest Vietnam International set for November 1-6, aiming to boost awareness, investment and collaboration
