Intel’s startup contest awards 1st prize to furniture company

March 03, 2016 | 09:07

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Bizsofa, the furniture company that is the exclusive distributor of furniture for the UK embassy in Hanoi and some high-end suppliers in Ho Chi Minh City, has won the highest prize in the competition ‘Make your start-up amazing with Intel’.

Bizsofa gained the highest score of 35 out of 40 and beat six other companies in the eloquent round to be awarded VND100 million ($4,700).

The company will also be supported by members of the judges who have experiences in e-commerce and traditional business including Dinh Anh Huan (CEO of Thegioididong and founder of Seedcom investment organisation), Tran Ngoc Thai Son (founder and CEO of Tiki.vn), Truong Ly Hoang Phi (director of BSSC), Nguyen Phuong Anh (head of marketing at Google Vietnam) and James Vuong (founder of Project Lana and representative of IDG Ventures Vietnam).

The competition ‘Make your start-up amazing with Intel’ was launched in March last year by Intel and Haravan, an ecommerce solutions provider, with the aim to encourage companies to start selling online. Participants created a shop with Haravan and tried to make the highest sales in order to win.