AVV (Ascend Vietnam Ventures)

🚀 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗔𝗩𝗩 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀! 🚀 At AVV, we’re always on the lookout for not just great founders, but exceptional talent. That’s why we’ve launched our 𝗔𝗩𝗩 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺—a 6-month journey designed to help top talent from other industries break into venture capital. Our goal? 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 by creating more founder-friendly investors, giving founders more choices to find the right partners. 🌱 ✨ Introducing our inaugural AVV Fellows: • 🦄 Phuong Nguyen, Do Lan: Ex-Management Consultant and E-commerce Founder turned startup enthusiast. Thrilled to back bold, visionary founders from day one. On the lookout for game-changing startups in AI, Edtech, Agritech, and consumer tech • 🚀 Cassandra Orion: Ed-tech founder; storytelling and creative marketing expert with 18+ years working for clients like Twitch, L’Oreal, Amazon, LinkedIn, and IDEO. Excited to help visionary founders make a global impact. • 🌍 Ellie Trang N.: Ex-founder, Ex-PE, and Tech consultant. Will walk the extra mile to turbocharge local founders with global dreams. Looking for start-ups in consumer tech, cybersecurity, and blockchain. 📩 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀—connect with our fellows! They’re here to learn, support, and grow with you. Let’s build the future together! 💡 #VentureCapital #venturecapitalfellowship #vietnamstartups #startups #SEAstartups #networking

"How to Fundraise from SEA and Global VCs" is only a few days away! Join us to learn the strategies and best practices to successfully approach and win traditional VCs, CVCs, and venture debt providers. Get your fundraising questions answered! Register now to reserve your seat! https://lu.ma/ew71ryq8 Discussion: How to Fundraise from SEA and Global VCs 📅 Friday Sep 20th, 4:30PM 📍Location: The Sentry (exact location sent via email upon registration) 🍸Refreshments will be provided. Brought to you by Xendit ,Innoven Capital SEA , Accion , GHARAGE and AVV (Ascend Vietnam Ventures). Sponsored by The Sentry #founder #fundraising #SEA #VC #Vietnam #capital #startups #venturecapital #TheSentry

Acclime Vietnam is delighted to announce the release of the comprehensive industry report: Breaking the #Digital Frontier: Innovations Shaping Vietnam’s Transformation 2024 - 2025, supported by UOB Vietnam and investor community partner AVV (Ascend Vietnam Ventures). Our comprehensive report delineates the intricacies of Vietnam's digital economy and its transformational journey towards sustainable development, offering investors a systematic and in-depth understanding of the digital ecosystem in Vietnam. Key highlights of the report: 💡 Digital Transformation landscape in Asia & SEA 💡 Eagle-eye view on the digital economy 💡 Digital Transformation in Vietnam Snapshot 💡 Digital Transformation the way to sustainable development 💡 Exclusive market insights and analysis on digital sectors in Vietnam 💡 Regulatory compliance and the path toward sustainable growth 👉 View the full report here: https://lnkd.in/gQGwtm54 The press release link can be viewed here: https://lnkd.in/gE8imXDb We acknowledge the significant contributions to this report from UOB’s research and marketing team, AVV (Ascend Vietnam Ventures)'s Binh Tran, Special thanks to all our contributors and business leaders: DC Lim, Michael N., Long Phan, TECHCOOP and Huy Pham for their contributions to this report.

And we're off to a strong start! Bloomberg's coverage of the launch of Vietnam Private Capital Agency underscores the significance of this moment for Vietnam's investment landscape. Our vision is clear: To help the industry achieve $35 billion in private capital investments by 2035. VPCA strives to foster the growth of a vibrant venture capital and private equity ecosystem in Vietnam, promoting the best practices for our industry to accelerate capital output, industry talent, and value creation. Read more: https://lnkd.in/ga_AMZ27 #VPCA #privateequity #venturecapital #investment #startup

Vietnam founders and entrepreneurs, are you looking to raise capital for your startup? You are invited to join us on Friday, Sept 20th at The Sentry for an exclusive conversation “How to Fundraise from SEA and Global VCs” to learn the varying perspectives of CVCs, traditional VCs, venture debt providers and strategies/best practices to successfully approach and win them. Guest Speakers: Ben Cheah - Partner at Innoven Capital SEA Darren Soh - Head of GHARAGE APAC Hau Ly - Partner at AVV (Ascend Vietnam Ventures) Paolo Limcaoco - Principal at Accion Venture Lab 📅Friday Sept 20th, 4:30PM 📍Location: The Sentry (exact location provided upon registration) Registration link: https://lu.ma/ew71ryq8 (Space is limited, confirmation required) This event is free for founders/entrepreneurs. Refreshments will be provided. Space is limited so register early. Brought to you by Xendit, Innoven Capital SEA, Accion Global, GHARAGE and AVV. Sponsored by The Sentry #founder #fundraising #SEA #VC #Vietnam #capital #startups #venturecapital

Among the world's top-tier (top ~20%) #AI researchers/scientists, nearly half were college-educated in China, but nearly half work in the U.S. More info below: I recently came across MacroPolo's work tracking global AI talent. They focus on authors of papers accepted to NeurIPS, one of the most selective AI conferences on record. Their 2023 update is based on a random selection of papers accepted to the late-2022 conference. High-level observations/thoughts: - #USA, #China, and #Europe / #UK continue to dominate the global talent pipeline. Among those, China is a leading launchpad (by undergraduate institution) but the U.S. ultimately (post-grad work) "cleans up". This is no surprise to me, given the global leadership position of U.S. graduate programs & research institutions (e.g. Stanford, MIT) and tech giants (e.g. Google, Microsoft, Meta, OpenAI). - However, the U.S. has slipped, from 65% share of top-20% AI talent in 2019 to 57% share in 2022. This is probably good for the world in some ways (since innovation & data should not be monopolized), but as an American citizen and as a believer in democracy over autocracy, I would like to see the U.S. stay in the lead. How: evolve/elevate K-12 STEM education; ease up on the political assault on higher education institutions and the tech industry; overhaul immigration for high-skilled workers (more visas, faster processing times). - Not in the talent report itself, but regarding #Vietnam: a search of NeurIPS for "Nguyen" (the most common Vietnamese last name) yielded 3,630 results. This seems impressive to me, especially considering potential linguistic and cultural friction in the talent pipeline (i.e. converting from great K-12 STEM learning in Vietnamese to peer-reviewed English-language academic research). For comparison, a search for "Smith" (the most common English last name, albeit without nearly as high a share as Nguyen) yielded 4,020 results. - That said, I don't think "top-tier AI researcher" talent pool is perfectly 1:1 correlated with "top-tier AI entrepreneur" talent pool. Building a multi-billion-dollar company in AI doesn't necessarily require bleeding edge academic research. In fact, arguably the steady drumbeat of open releases makes a lot of the tech a commodity. Rather, there are other factors as well: productization (i.e. applying AI in a way that individuals and enterprises can use effectively), distribution (i.e. getting the product in the hands of customers effectively), and general capital availability & efficiency (i.e. getting money and using it wisely) are important. --> This points to specific strategies for others to get a slice of the global AI pie. Check out more of their data and commentary here: https://lnkd.in/gH3JFD4c Other thoughts/observations?

We are less than 2 weeks away from Carta's virtual panel discussion "GP Secrets: Fundraising & Investing in the Middle East & Asia Pacific." Take your first step into the venture capital markets of APAC & the Middle East with perspectives from successful GPs Eddie Thai of AVV (Ascend Vietnam Ventures) and Michael Lints (Golden Gate Ventures). Join the conversation to identify strategic corridors, understand the dynamics and synergies among investors, and how to expand organizational presence in each region. 📅 Date: August 10, 2024 🕒 Time: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT 📍Location: Online Register via the link:

GP Secrets: Fundraising & Investing in the Middle East & Asia Pacific Are you keen on understanding the nuanced venture capital markets of APAC & the Middle East? Hear perspectives and experience from successful GPs Eddie Thai of AVV (Ascend Vietnam Ventures) and Michael Lints (Golden Gate Ventures) on building and expanding organizational presence in each region, strategic corridors, and the dynamics and synergies among investors. We invite current (and aspiring!) venture capitalists, fund managers, or financial professionals to join us for this virtual panel discussion hosted by Carta! 📅 Date: August 10, 2024 🕒 Time: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT 📍Location: Online Register via the link below:

What's next for the Vietnam's tech sector after the "VC funding winter"? Eddie Thai shares his insights on the state of tech funding and discusses the ambitions of the country's entrepreneurs in the latest Vietnam Weekly podcast episode.

Congrats to Kooshiar Azimian Kathy Y. Wei, Ph.D. and the 310.ai team with their latest release of their text-to-protein AI model and their milestone of 800+ novel, functional and foldable proteins discovered by researchers! #generativeai #biotech #startups #artificialintelligence