13-04-2021 12:36
Touchstone Partners has announced the first close of its inaugural $50 million venture capital fund backed by notable investors including Pavilion Capital, Vulcan Capital, and several other institutional investors and family offices.
05-03-2021 09:00
Despite the global recession, Vietnamese startups have still been attracting millions of US dollars from foreign funds in the beginning of 2021.
02-03-2021 09:59
Vietnam’s National Agency for Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialisation Development (NATEC) and Enterprise Singapore have intensified their cooperation with an additional focus on leveraging existing open innovation initiatives to crowdsource solutions for corporations in Vietnam. Pham Hong Quat, director general of the National Agency, and Leon Cai, regional director (Ho Chi Minh City), Enterprise Singapore, talked with VIR’s Bich Thuy about how partnerships benefit the innovation landscape for Singapore and Vietnam.
27-02-2021 11:00
The pandemic has sped up digital transformation in healthcare, prompting numerous innovative startups to step up their game to fill the gaps in the market.
08-02-2021 08:00
The AI Accelerator Challenge 2021, organised by VSV Foundation under the auspices of the Ministry of Science and Technology and funded by the Australian Embassy, is officially open for registration.
20-01-2021 14:12
Under pandemic-induced restrictions, capital for startups has been tightened as investment funds struggle with adversity.
13-01-2021 17:59
The "NINJA Accelerator in Ho Chi Minh City" programme has officially kicked off the Acceleration Program for the top 15 teams from January 12 to April 9, 2021.
12-01-2021 08:45
Visa, the world’s leader in digital payments, is announcing an accelerator programme for startups across the Asia-Pacific that are looking to expand their businesses into new markets. Visa will select an elite group of up to six startups to be part of the first programme cohort. The Visa Accelerator Programme will focus on creating defined commercial opportunities for these startups to collaborate with Visa and its extensive network of bank and merchant partners in the region.
30-12-2020 11:16
Entering into co-operation with NGOs is a suitable option for startups to mobilise capital amidst difficulties because of COVID-19.
30-12-2020 08:00
The pandemic has accelerated trends in high-tech startups, digital transformation, and innovation, with demands for a digital economy and innovation ecosystem deemed more essential than ever.
28-12-2020 09:53
Despite being daring and enthusiastic, many Vietnamese startups are still facing numerous challenges in the first stage of development – but Grab Ventures Ignite has been launched to help local startups address various issues, with the most significant factors being in capital and governance.
03-12-2020 10:00
Education technology is seen as a fertilising land for local startups, but to get boons from brand new sectors, they first need to solve inequitable technology accessibility across the country.
02-12-2020 10:13
TECHFEST 2020 finished yesterday with plenty of unsolved problems. Of this, encouraging startups to register their business in Vietnam was a hot topic.
02-12-2020 10:11
Vietnam’s fintech startup landscape almost tripled in size between 2017 and 2020, growing from 44 startups in 2017 to now 121 startups, according to a new report released by Fintech News Singapore.
02-12-2020 10:11
Medtech Village with a number of activities during Techfest Vietnam 2020 has created connectivity and opportunities for startups to develop, contributing to digital transformation to revolutionise healthcare.