Vietnam’s Q3 2021 tech news
• July, August and September of 2021
• Tech news headlines at a glance
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July 2021 | August 2021 | September 2021
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September 2021
- Vietnam: A brief intro to 4 blockchain-based games, recently launched or currently in development
- Vietnam-Australia artificial intelligence cooperation network launches, aiming to boost knowledge-sharing in the field
- Vietnam: Homefarm e-commerce focused imported food chain gains backing from Alibaba eWTP Technology and Innovation Fund
- South Korea’s COO Builder opens startup centre in Ho Chi Minh City, providing support to Republic of Korea startups with market entry to Vietnam
- Vietnam: CoderSchool secures $2.6M pre-Series A with online coding course platform, seeing opportunity in Vietnam’s IT talent demand increasing by 47% a year
- Vietnam: Medigo e-pharmacy startup gains $1M Touchstone Partners VC firm with network of over 200 medical institutions across 3 major cities
- Vietnam:Clevai online teaching platform gains $2.1M pre-series A funding, focusing on students from kindergarten to grade 12
- Vietnam: Touchstone Partners launches ‘no-frills’ incubation programme, investing $50K to $100K in convertible notes with ‘founders-friendly’ terms for startups
- Vietnam: A brief intro to the 3 winning tech startups from the Qualcomm Vietnam Innovation Challenge 2021
August 2021
- Vietnam: Loship one-hour e-commerce delivery firm raises $12M to grow B2B delivery service for small stores and F&Bs
- e-news, latest issue: Vietnam e-commerce, Singapore blockchain, gaming in China…
- VIISA – Vietnam Innovative Startups Accelerator – applications are open, providing seed-stage investment in global-ready startups in Vietnam
- An overview of how Vietnam’s Axie Infinity NFT game creates real-world work – and payments – in the Metaverse
- Vietnam: Loship one-hour e-commerce delivery firm sets ambitious goal of becoming first Vietnamese company to list on US stock exchange in over a decade
- e-news, latest issue: Vietnam’s Loship, AppWorks’ new fund, New Zealand legal-tech, Venmo’s crypto cash-back…
- Vietnam’s Next100 Ventures opens applications for next intake of NextUP Accelerator, seeking early-stage startups in Vietnam and SE Asia
- Vietnam: Rever property technology startup raises $10.2M from Mekong Capital with platform boasting 50K verified listings and plans to expand physical presence to 20 cities
- ICYMI: Taiwan Mobile invested $20M in Vietnam’s biggest Tiki Corp, country’s largest e-commerce firm, seeking a foothold in greater SE Asian markets
- e-newsletter, latest issue: Vietnam’s e-commerce, India’s smart cities, World Bank cybersec, social media ethics…
- Vietnam: Marathon edtech startup raises $1.5M pre-seed funding with after-shool learning platcorm, currently focusing on math and science for grades 6 to 12
- Vietnam: Vietcetera gains $2.7M pre-Series A with digital medial network focused on millennials and Gen Z, with plans to now broaden its target demographic
July 2021
- Vietnam: MoMo payments startup acquires Pique AI startup in bid to further capitalize on user data using Pique’s recommendation engine
- Vietnam: Gov’t Ministry of Info and Comms and Asian Development Bank ink MOU around cooperation in implementing national digital transformation program
- Vietnam: Prime Minister directs central bank to research and run pilot project for national cryptocurrency
- Vietnam: Tiki to add AIA insurance to e-commerce offerings in further push into financial services, looking to draw market from rivals Shopee and Lazada
- Vietnam: A brief intro to iGreen, making biodegradable beads as a plastic-replacement base material from wheat and tapioca starch
- Vietnam: Sapo omnichannel commerce platform partners Fundiin to add buy-now-pay-later checkout solutions for Sapo’s 100K merchant clients
- Vietnam: Kamereo gains $4.6M with platform boosting connections between farmers, cooperatives and F&B businesses of all sizes
- Vietnam: A brief intro to StarGlobal 3D mapping startup, using 3D scanners, 360 camera and drones to convert data from physical to digital
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