The event, entitled “Business Model Demo”, was co-held by the Saigon Innovation Hub (SIHUB) and Shinhan Future’s Lab of the Shinhan Bank. It is among events to kick off the “Runway to the World” in Vietnam this year.

An event was held in Ho Chi Minh City on June 3 to help start-ups from the Republic of Korea (RoK) to seek investment opportunities in Vietnam.

Korean start-ups will meet with potential investors and partners to look for development in the Vietnamese market.

Representatives ofthe Shinhan Future’s Lab said the firms coming to Vietnam this time were chosen from more than 100 start-ups participating in the “Runway to the World” programme in the RoK.

The “Runway to the World” aims to link local start-ups with organisations and start-up ecosystems in North America, Western Europe, North Asia and the Asia-Pacific.

It fosters Vietnamese start-ups while selecting suitable foreign start-ups to explore, research and launch trade activities in Vietnam.

Foreign investors open wallets for Vietnamese startups

Vietnamese startups in transport, homestay, fintech and other sectors have received millions of dollars from foreign investors in January.

 

Nearly 900 million USD injected in Vietnamese startups in 2018

Vietnamese startups were invested into the tune of 900 million USD in 2018, tripling the previous year’s investment, according to a report recently released by Topica Founder Institute (TFI), a startup accelerator programme in Vietnam and Thailand.

 

Support women in business startup

(BGO) – Implementing the member support programme in 2019, the Bac Giang provincial Women’s Association has disbursed the budget of “Supporting women in business startup and development”. 

 

Investment in Vietnamese startups triples in 2018

Investment in Vietnamese startups rose to $889 million in 2018, three times that of 2017.

 

Vietnam could be home to next travel startup unicorn

Travel Daily Media has ranked Vietnam third in its top five underrated Asian markets for travel startups.

 

Source: VNA