Q2 2016
Startup News Asia
Vietnam
- Meet Saloneses, a Vietnam beauty care app startup
- Obama at Dreamplex: ‘America is taking notice of Vietnam startups’
- Google exec: Vietnam’s ‘net market the most dynamic in the world
- Vietnam co-founded education startup Gotit! lands funding
- Vietnam’s ELSA app helps you pronounce English without an accent
- Vietnam’s Monkey Junior wins 1st in Obama-backed IT competition
- EasyUni, Malaysian higher ed platform, expands to Vietnam
- AngelHack Ho Chi Minh set for this weekend, June 25
- A local news look at Vietnam’s startup boom
- Meet Timo, Vietnam’s digital bank aimed at millenials
- Uber helps Vietnamese swap scooters for new Hondas
- Ho Chi Minh City seeks smart city and IOT ideas from startups
- President Obama in discussion at Vietnam entrepreneurship event
- Seedstars World heads back to Ho Chi Minh City, June 29th
- Meet Grokking, Vietnam’s community for software engineers
- Vietnam-Finland IPP2 gives $1.14m in grants for startups
- Vietnam sees a boom in startups, double since last year
- A look at why Vietnam’s booming tech scene lures investors
- Chosen as Vietnam’s best startup, MimosaTEK to join Seedstars Summit
- US Ambassador’s Entrepreneurial Challenge in Vietnam, open now
- Vietnam’s Foody makes strategic investment in discount app JAMJA
- Vietnam’s Hoozing aims for a solution to rental market woes
- UNDP to facilitate youth innovation for social good in Vietnam
- Vietnam: Mekong Angel Investors Network launches, to incubate 30 startups
- A look at 3 winners from Alpha Startups Vietnam Batch 1
- Start Tel Aviv opens for Vietnam’s female-driven startups
- Vietnam to offer tax breaks to SMEs and startups
- Vietnam: Startup Wheel 2016 contest opens in HCM City
- Startup fair set for Ho Chi Minh City later in 2016
- Da Nang Business Start-Up Conference & Exhibition a success
- Vietnam coconut drinks startup Hamona lands 6-digit funding
- Camidge of Muru-D: Vietnam’s startups should look outward for growth
- A quick look at 10 startup incubators in Vietnam
- Vietnam’s startup scene in one online spreadsheet, from Geektime
- Vietnam gov’t aims to foster startups with ambitious plans
- Vietnam gaining notice as potential tech hub
- Japanese angel Hajime Hotta on finding investment-ready startups in Vietnam
- New $1.3m Ho Chi Minh City Startup and Innovation fund launched
- Japan’s IMJ Investment Partners scouts for more deals in Vietnam
- Vietnam-focused Dragon Capital to float first fund on London Stock Exchange
- Vietnam mulls setting up a stock exchange for startups
- Demo day near for 10 HCMC startups chosen from Alpha Startups Vietnam
- Online exports: a look at the opportunities for Vietnam
- 5 must-know tips for e-commerce entrants and startups in Vietnam
- Vietnam: Internet group VNG acquires 38% in Tiki ecommerce startup
- Vietnam’s Kyna.vn lands 7-digit funding from CyberAgent Ventures
- Vietnam edtech startups win $90K from Google, Facebook
- Uni of Dayton partners Vietnam’s HATCH! Ventures for startup competition
- IoT competition aims to turn Ho Chi Minh City into smart city
- Singapore’s SoftPay Mobile acquires Vietnam’s MPOS Technology
- Unitus Impact looks to Vietnam for investing in social good
- US Embassy to run Entrepreneurship Challenge to fund Vietnam startups
- A look at Vietnam-Finland Innovation Partnership Program
- FPT Ventures: US$1 million for Vietnam startups in 12 months
- Microsoft to support Da Nang on startup programme
- A quick look at Offpeak in Vietnam, in Startup News Asia’s April edition
- Vietnam Silicon Valley: tough name to live up to for gov’t-backed accelerator
- Thai moguls chase deals in Vietnam as ‘buy-Thai’ market booms
- FPT, Dragon Capital partner to launch Vietnam Innovative Startup Accelerator
- University of Dayton partners for Vietnam’s HATCH! business plan competition
- Vietnam: AIESEC Alumni Int’l Startups Meeting 2016 set for Hanoi this month
- Expara Vietnam Accelerator steps in as 1st investor in graduating startups
- Gobi Partners-backed dining app Offpeak plans Vietnam expansion
- More on Vietnam opening doors to venture capital
- Vietnam: The US Ambassador’s Entrepreneurship Challenge
- Startup Weekend Saigon set for May 13th-15th
- Vietnam: AlphaStartups Xpress session @ DreamPlex
- Tech labs give creative jolt to Vietnam’s schoolchildren
- Vietnam’s young tech talent pulls foreign funds to booming startup scene
- Vietnam launches slew of initiatives to develop startup ecosystem
- Vietnamese startup community showcases solutions at FPT Tech Day
- Vietnamese startups need more business leaders: Hackanoi’s Tom Tran
- Mobile messaging users in Vietnam choose homegrown Zalo over Facebook
- Vietnam book reading app Check It wins 2 contests
- Vietnam: VC license within 3 days of application, regardless of fund size
- Vietnam to ease VC rules to realize ‘startup nation’ dream
- Vietnam’s telecom co Viettel to launch venture capital arm
- Vietnam: nat’l finance committee debates capital market development for startups
- Vietnam’s smaller e-commerce players gear up for Alibaba’s foray
- A look at Timo, Vietnam’s first digital-only bank
- Fintech Vietnam Startup Report: Massive fintech opportunities
- President Obama visits Dreamplex, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
- What investors expect startups to know about business models
- You don’t need a co-founder…but you do need a team
