Startups
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Rita and Phill: Custom Skirts that Love Her Curves
Your confidence is their labor of love. You’re a young woman waiting in line at Macy’s to try on the perfect skirt. Twenty minutes pass and your golden moment finally arrives. You walk in eager and excited – picturing how great you would look wearing it. And then you discover it doesn’t fit. The vendor made the
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Marou Chocolate: Vietnam’s Most Delicious Secret
Willie Wonka’s mouth is watering a flood right now. He just discovered one of Asia’s most delicious secrets. The new kings of chocolate are Vincent Mourou and Samuel Maruta, two French expats who have received a slew of international awards for crafting some of the finest artisan chocolate bars in the world. Their shop, Marou,
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KidsOnline: The World’s First App for Complete Kid Tracking
The world’s first app for complete, 24-hour kid tracking. Following the trajectory of our VietnamAdvisors startup series, we proudly tell the story of KidsOnline, an Ed-Tech startup bent on revolutionizing Asia’s kindergarten classrooms. Be sure to also check out our story on Efaisto, the Saigon based startup changing the face of e-commerce fashion, and iCare
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Fit.n.Grit: A Fitness App that Actually Gets Results
Turn limit breaks into unbreakable habits. Everybody wants to look like a supermodel or movie star. But lifting those extra pounds of weight and forbidding yourself from eating your favorite foods can be challenging. Fit.n.Grit is an app that helps you solve those problems. It serves as a world-class personal trainer in your pocket. It tracks everything
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3 Reasons Saigon is Asia’s Best Startup City
Following the launch of our startup series, we decided to write a piece explaining why Saigon is a perfect place to build a startup. In short, it is the perfect city for bootstrappers and dreamers. Living costs are insanely low, getting around is unbelievably easy, and the visionary energy is abundant. We go more into
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Event Puff: The Uber For Helpers
In times of trouble, Event Puff could be your only hope. EventPuff is an app that wants to puff away the hiring troubles of both businesses and workers. Its tech-driven social solution allows businesses to immediately find extra-hands for whatever they need. If you run a bar and need an extra waiter for happy hour, EventPuff
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Gcall: The Best Way to Fix Customer Service
The latest addition to the VietnamAdvisors startup series is Gcall, a telecommunications startup founded by Phuc Tan Pham that is revolutionizing the way SMEs communicate with consumers. Gcall’s app allows SMEs to setup customer call centers on employees’ phones – removing the capital investment and logistical nightmare necessary for traditional call centers altogether. For more
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Glampy: The Uber For Beautiful
Asia’s first sharing economy app for nails, hair, and other kinds of beautiful. Glampy makes it easier to be beautiful. The latest addition to the VietnamAdvisors startup series is an e-commerce app that functions as the Uber for beauticians. Users anywhere can order a beauty artist to do their makeup, hair and nails in less
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bTaskee: The Uber For Housekeeping
Need Something Done? bTaskee it! The latest addition to the VietnamAdvisors startup series is bTaskee, the Uber for housekeeping. Founded in April 2016, this Saigon-based startup is intent on ridding you of all household chores forever. If you are enjoying our coverage on Vietnam’s startups, be sure to also check out Efaisto, the e-commerce startup
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Bloomberg: Vietnam To Get Boost From Privatization
October 31, 2016 Some of world’s top brewers jostling for stakes in Sabeco Benchmark VN Index has risen 25 percent since end of January After years of glacial progress, Vietnam’s efforts to privatize its state-owned companies are gathering pace as the government gets close to offloading stakes in the country’s biggest brewer and dairy
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Mission: 10% to Empower World Artisans
Today, cutting edge fashion meets social empowerment. VietnamAdvisors and Efaisto proudly unveil Empower the Maker. When you order a tailored item from Efaisto, 60% of proceeds will go back to the artisans who made it. That is 30 times what artisans receive from traditional retailers like Prada. Shoppers get a 10% discount on bespoke items like garments, shoes, wallets
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Dragon Capital Founder: Vietnam’s Startup Nation
September 27, 2016 Dragon Capital founder Dominic Scriven is building Vietnam into a startup nation. For those unfamiliar with Dominic, he is the pioneer of Vietnam investing. His firm, Dragon Capital, oversees over $1.3 billion in Vietnam-driven assets. For the past decade, his funds have been one of the only channels the west has had in investing
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Eight Funds Investing In Vietnamese Startups
The 1,000 startups dotted across Vietnam have launched a blitzkrieg of innovation across the country. Standing at the vanguard of this progression are the investment firms funding the bold endeavors. Below, we list eight investment funds presently active in the Vietnam startup scene. Each should be applauded for keen foresight and vision to be first
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Interview: Two Venture Capitalists at the Forefront of Vietnamese Innovation
It is VietnamAdvisors’ mission to rejuvenate the world’s perception of Vietnam. In the pursuit of that goal, we are proud to present an exclusive interview with both Eddie Thai and Binh Tran – two leading figures of Vietnam’s technological renaissance. Together, they are fundraising for a $10M seed stage venture capital fund to invest in
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Michelle Phan: Beauty, Disruption, and Digital Empires
August 12, 2016 Michelle Phan is beauty’s digital darling. Through YouTube and makeup ingenuity, she has given women across the globe the ability to transform themselves into anyone they want. Now her startup Ipsy is revolutionizing the way consumers discover beauty products. Through monthly “glam bags,” the service is providing millions of subscribers with hand-picked
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Efaisto: Revolutionizing Fashion One Maker at a Time
Efaisto is the first and only e-commerce fashion platform that gives clothing makers 30 times what they get from traditional retailers. Bespoke is the new normal. That is the reality dreamed up by Bernard Seys and Lou-Adrien Fabre, two disruptors bent on making you look better than you’ve ever looked before – and help millions
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Meet our Active Angels
Active Angel Investors Our active angel investors are members of the vanguard of Vietnam’s tech renaissance. They are venture capitalists, hedge fund managers, and entrepreneurs who scour Vietnam for startups, including startups we profile here. If there is sufficient interest, the angels may offer mentorship, referrals, or further collaboration. If you are an active investor with
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Interview with Head of Uber Vietnam
July 19th 2016 – Uber is changing the Vietnam Dream. Its three-month-old bank program is financing up to 80% of new car purchases for employees – spawning an entirely new generation of Vietnamese auto drivers. The program, which deducts loan payments from driver fares, charges an eight percent interest rate. That is well below 10-12
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How “Gamification” Is Revolutionizing Worlds
Gamification has been a smashing hit lately. It has been used by businesses to quintuple engagement, schools to foster learning addiction, and institutions to recruit top talent. As gamification begins to enter Vietnam and the rest of Asia, we explain what it is, the principles that make it successful, and how companies can begin reaping
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