A round-up of Vietnam’s tech, startup and venture capital news headlines from January, February and March, Q1 2022
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January 2022 | February 2022 | March 2022
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Vietnam: March 2022
- Vietnam: An intro to Vulcan Augmetics, building modular robotic prosthetic arms using 3D printing to create customizable, upgradable and affordable prosthetics
- Vietnam: Poriverse game startup inks partnership with branch of Polygon blockchain platform, with feature allowing players to lease or borrow NFTs for play-to-earn entry
- Vietnam Open Innovation Landscape Report 2021 is now available to download
- ICYMI: Visa and VNPAY ink strategic partnership to drive digital payments in Vietnam, aiming to boost a range of cashless payment options
- Vietnam: South Korea’s Naver tech giant opens programming center in Ho Chi Minh City as part of its ‘Global AI R&D Belt’ technology initiative
- Vietnam: Gojek and MoMo partner, super-apps from Indonesia and Vietnam respectively, to link MoMo ewallet and Gojek app in bid to compete with Grab ride-hail giant
- Vietnam: M Village co-living spaces startup gains $1.7M
- Vietnam: Gov’t directs agencies to develop a legal framework around digital assets and cryptocurrencies, looking at their impact on the law and their relationship with fiat money
- “Crypto exchanges…rushed to offer support to Vietnamese startup Sky Mavis after it was revealed that over $600M worth of cryptocurrency had been stolen from its network.”
- Yield Guild Games Southeast Asia launches in Vietnam, building on existing play-to-earn presence across Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia
Vietnam: February 2022
McKinsey & Co: The new faces of the Vietnamese consumer
- Vietnam: Selly platform raises $2.6M pre-A funding, partnering suppliers to offer inventory to resellers who sell via social networks, gaining commission on each sale
- A quick intro to the 10 tech startups selected to present at the Alibaba Cloud x KrASIA Global Startup Accelerator’s joint Vietnam-Indonesia Demo Day
- Vietnam: An intro to Rino, deliveries startup aiming to cut grocery delivery times to 10 minutes using ‘dark store’ network
- Vietnam: Vinfast automaker to cease manufacturing internal combustion engine models, setting sights on all-electric models and global growth by the end of 2022
- Vietnam: An intro to WoayVn, delivering mini-games as a form of gamified marketing for clients
- Vietnam: ThinkZone Ventures announces ThinkZone Fund II with corpus of $60M, looking at Pre-Seed to Series A investments of up to $3M per startup
- Vietnam: OpenCommerce online shopping and drop-shipping startup raises $7M led by country’s VNG internet giant, aiming to expand China operations
- ICYMI: Australian Gov’t commits Au$4.9M to Ascend Vietnam Ventures fund to boost local startups
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Vietnam: January 2022
McKinsey & Co: The new faces of the Vietnamese consumer
- Vietnam: Coin98 gains strategic investment from Binance Labs with all-in-one DeFi platform spanning Wallet, Exchange, and Space Gate cross-chain bridge to migrate tokens across networks
- Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh City Innovative Startup and Tourism competition applications are now open to local and international startups
- Vietnam’s nascent startup sector on pace to be the region’s next tech hub: ‘…funding for startups in Vietnam reached $2.1 billion last year, up from just $48 million in 2017…’
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- Vietnam: ON social commerce startup gains $1.1M seed funding in round led by local VC, Touchstone Partners, assisting online sellers with orders, fulfilment, returns and more
- Vietnam: Cashless payments made 72.8% of total retail transactions in 2021, up 9% year-on-year
Vietnam: Gimo – Earned Wage Access fintech
- Validus Vietnam, unit of SME growth financing platform Validus, TTC Group and early-stage investor Do Ventures ink JV to drive fintech-focused financial inclusion
- Vietnam: Funverse Capital unveils first $10M investment fund for blockchain-focused tech startups, looking to make an impact on the fintech and gaming industries
- Vietnam: Mio raises $8M Series A with group buying platform for groceries and fresh produce with next-day deliveries, focusing on Vietnam’s Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities
- Vietnam: Timo digital bank secures $20M in new funding in round led by Square Peg
- Vietnam: An overview of the country’s technology goals, touching on 5G, satellites, startups and entrepreneurship, and more
- Vietnam: National startup festival for students provisionally set for March 26-27 at University of Transport Technology in Vinh Phuc province
- Vietnam: VIISA early-stage VC firm backs SHub, an online teaching and learning platform for classroom management which boasts 200 schools and 100K teachers as users
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