Top 5 Artificial Intelligence Startup Investors in Vietnam (October 2023)

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Investment focus

Industry: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
Stage:Seed
Geography: Vietnam, Singapore

Investor stats

Total investments: 6
Round size: Seed $430k–$500k
Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $50M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

Coolmate — Coolmate is an online shopping mall committed to providing a complete shopping experience for Vietnamese male customers. It allows users to order up to 10 items like t-shirts and socks for under US$20. The company is headquartered in Hanoi, Vietnam.
CNV HOLDINGS — Saas, Mobile App, Customer Loyalty
COMPUTER VISION TECHNOLOGIES ., JSC — Computer Vision Vietnam is a rising technology startups that focuses on AI-driven Computer Vision solutions.

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Voyage Ventures is the venture capital arm of Voyage Group specializing in seed and early-stage investments. The firm seeks to make investments in the internet and mobile internet industry. It invests from JPY1 million ($.01million) to JPY to 10 million ($.12 million) in its portfolio companies. The firm typically invests in Japan, China, and othergrowing Asian markets. Voyage Ventures, Inc., formerly known as EC Navi Ventures Company, was founded on March 25, 2011, and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Internet, Content
Stage:Seed, Series A
Geography: Japan, China, Germany

Investor stats

Total investments: 70
Round size: Seed $200k–$25M; Series A $1.4M–$74M
Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow

Portfolio highlights

pickupon株式会社 — Pickupon is a company that transcribes important parts of the call
bravesoft — bravesoft is a software company that operates events and in-house product for contract development and events. The company offering services such as UI / UX design, application consignment development service, appvisor push, and technical research service.
ventus Japan — ventus is an Media and Entertainment based company.ventus aiming to be an entertainment company that provides technology that all fans can enjoy.

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Mekong Capital is a Vietnam-focused Private Equity firm, specializing in consumer driven businesses. Mekong Capital’s investee companies are typically among the fastest growing and market leading companies in Vietnam’s consumer-driven sectors such as retail, restaurants, consumer products and distribution.Established in 2001, Mekong Capitalhas the most extensive private equity track record in Vietnam. Our funds have completed 30 private equity investments, of which 22 have been fully exited and 1 has been partially exited. Mekong Capital has managed 5 funds, one of which is currently making new investments. Mekong Capital has a team of 50+ full-time people in our offices in Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, who have an average tenure at Mekong Capital of around 6 years. Three Partners with combined 31 years at Mekong Capital.Mekong Capital invests in fast-growing companies, with ambitious expansion plans, and a strong commitment to building management teams that will apply best practices and successfully execute on those expansion plans. These companies are typically well-established companies in their sectors, but which typically operate in fragmented and fast growing markets which present attractive growth opportunities.Mekong Capital is strongly committed to adding significant value at each of its investee companies – through operational improvements, building management teams, introduction of best practices and outside experts, and applying other elements of our Vision Driven Investing framework.

Investment focus

Industry: Manufacturing, Retail, Service Industry
Stage:Private Equity, Series A
Geography: Vietnam, Hong Kong

Investor stats

Total investments: 42
Round size: Private Equity $5.4M–$15M
Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $246M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

Rever.vn — Rever is a technology company operating in the field of Real Estate, officially launched in early 2016. With a team of senior personnel in many fields, Rever develops online real estate distribution system based on the map, providing the perfect brokerage service, creates a smart and high-performance process of buying, selling, renting real estate,based on a combination of modern technology and commodity consultants. head.
LiveSpo Global — LiveSpo is a brand focusing only on R&D, manufacturing, and distribution brand of Spobiotics for digestive and respiratory health.
Gene Solutions — Gene Solutions is a genetic testing company in Vietnam and the market leader for reproductive health tests, which respond to critical healthcare needs, such as helping parents detect chromosomal disorders during pregnancy, or preventing genetic problems, and helping to conceive a child (in-vitro fertilization – IVF).

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Access Ventures is a venture capital firm focusing on early stage technology companies in Vietnam, Indonesia and Korea. They provide strategic expertise to their founders and access to their unique network of executives and technology professionals. Leveraging their robust network of strategic investors, they also focus their attention on creatingand executing sound exit strategies.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Stage:Seed, Series A
Geography: South Korea, Vietnam, Singapore

Investor stats

Total investments: 31
Round size: Seed $200k–$1.7M; Series A $306k–$10M
Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $50M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

Plugo — Indonesia's e-commerce platform for all businesses. Start, manage, and grow your business. Build your own online store website.
Seoul Robotics — Welcome to Seoul Robotics! We build advanced Lidar perception software powered by deep learning.
PeopleFund — Founded in 2015, PeopleFund is Korea's leading data-driven digital lender focused on consumer finance. Our mission is to give financial freedom to all consumers through more affordable loans and better investment opportunities. Leveraging its proprietary, data-driven credit model and eliminating inefficiencies with technology, PeopleFunddelivers better loan rates for borrowers while maintaining an industry low loss rate to benefit retail and institutional investors. PeopleFund is the first digital lender in Korea to surpass $1B in loan originations and has provided an innovative way to invest to nearly 400,000 retail investors. It is notably the first fintech platform to offer loan and investment products directly on KakaoTalk, Korea's equivalent of WhatsApp. To date, PeopleFund has completed its Series C round of funding with a total of $63.4M of equity capital raised. For more information, visit www.peoplefund.co.kr.

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