Tech in Vietnam
April, May & June 2021
Vietnam’s technology news across Q2 2021
– headlines, articles, reports & downloads
The Vietnam tech summary for second quarter 2021 gathers the country’s startup-related news headlines from April, May and June of the year on subjects including: app-based savings and investment fintech services in Vietnam; blockchain-based gaming and NFTs; social commerce startups; mobile gaming and digital payments; and more.
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Vietnam’s tech news: June 2021
- Vietnam: Hanet gains series A funding with artificial intelligence-powered cameras for home security, business timekeeping, traffic surveillance and other users
- Vietnam: Vietnam Innovative Startups Accelerator – VIISA – batch 9 accelerator applications are open now, seeking startups with global ambitions
- Vietnam: A quick intro to Dòng Dòng, upcycling old tarpaulin ads, awnings and coverings into backpacks
- Vietnam: Mfast fintech startup raises $1.5M Pre-Series A with financial institution partnerships that provide services like loans and insurance to a primarily rural customer base
- Vietnam: Startup Kite 2021 – Startups Innovation in Industry 4.0 for Older People and People with Disability launches, seeking solutions from vocational and training institution students
- Vietnam: Infina raises $2M with app-based savings and investments services, providing alternatives to investing in long-term asset classes like real estate
Vietnam startup news: May 2021
- An intro to the 10 startups that recently completed the Vietnam Global Innovation program, delivered by Sinagpore’s Quest Ventures
- Vietnam: Sky Mavis raises $7.5M with blockchain-based gaming, rewarding players with NFTs on flagship game, Axie Infinity
- Vietnam: Nano Technologies raises $3M with VUI app, allowing workers to get pay daily, based on hours accrued, instead of weekly or bi-weekly
- Vietnam: An interview intro to Loship and its moves into e-commerce and deliveries in the country
- Vietnam: A brief overview of the successful recent performance of the country’s proptech firms, backed by companies including Y Combinator
- Fintech startups: FEXcelerate, Innovation Challenge from Expara and FEX Credit, is open for applications focusing on the Vietnam market
- Vietnam’s Startup Wheel International Track now open for applications from international startups keen to explore and expand their business in Vietnam
- Vietnam: Mio social commerce startup raises $1M, focusing on logistics and deliveries for smaller cities and rural areas
- Vietnam: A brief overview of the country’s startups looking at combining gaming with cryptocurrencies
- Vietnam: Ascend Vietnam Ventures launched by 500 Startups partners, looking to invest in broad tech startup space across finance, education, healthcare and more
- Unicorn Pitches Vietnam set for June 21st, with applications to pitch open until June 15th
Vietnam technology news: April 2021
- 2021 Hack4Growth Australia launched by Startup Vietnam Frontier Australia and Vietnam Australia Innovation Network
- Vietnam: Coin98 Finance gains $4M investment from US’ crypto trading firm Alameda Research, working on decentralized finance protocols and applications
- Vietnam: Mobile Money likely to launch in Q2 2021, providing telco customers with cashless method to pay for small-value goods and services
- Vietnam: Dat Bike electric motorbike startup raises $2.6M with 3 times the performance and twice the range of most competitors, at the same price point
- Vietnam: “Mobile Money on a trial basis will create a precedent for applying the sandbox mechanism to other services and new professions to appear in digital society.”
- Vietnam: Gimo fintech gains seed funding from ThinkZone Ventures, BK Fund and angel investors with focus on underbanked workers, providing early access to earned wages
- Vietnam: Fundiin buy-now-pay-later startup gains backing led by 1982 Ventures and Zone Startups Ventures, helping merchants offer customers monthly instalments
- Vietnam: Funtap mobile gaming company invests in 9PAY digital payments platform, allowing game-related purchases using 9PAY’s digital wallet
- Vietnam: Docosan raises $1M seed funding, led by Taiwan’s AppWorks, with platform and app connecting doctors and patients nationwide
- Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh City to commence 2-year trial of 77 electric buses on 5 routes, accompanied by 9 new stations
- Vietnam: Hatch Ventures startup ecosystem builder acquired by Singapore’s Draper Startup House
- Vietnam’s Docosan healthcare booking app lands $1M seed funding led by Taiwan’s AppWorks, helping patients avoid long waiting times for consultations
- Vietnam: Touchstone Partners early-stage VC hist first close on $50M fund, looking at Vietnamese startups in the fintech, real estate, healthcare and edtech sectors
- Vietnam enters partnership with South Korea’s Naver, country’s largest internet company, in national strategy move aiming for global player status in artificial intelligence
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