Top 5 Social Network Startup Investors in Vietnam (May 2026)

Fredrik Hjelm co-founded Voi Technology in 2018 with a vision of improving the way people move around congested urban centres by offering fleets of electric scooters as a cleaner, affordable and exhilarating alternative to cars. Prior to Voi, Fredrik founded Guestit, the Nordics’ most successful Airbnb management company, and worked in businessdevelopment for Avito.ru, Russia’s leading - and the world’s third largest – classified advertising site. Fredrik’s entrepreneurial career began at 12 years of age when he ran a number of commercial projects including forestry work (he grew up in rural Sweden), events and website sales.After graduating from high school, he attended the Armed Forces Interpreter Academy, within the intelligence branch of Sweden’s special forces, where he studied Russian and linguistics. He served a total of four years in Moscow in the Defence Attache Office, where he worked as an interpreter and analyst, covering Russia as well as Kazakhstan and Belarus. He went on to study business and economics at the Stockholm School of Economics.

Investment focus

Industry: Information Technology, Software, Pet
Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
Geography: Sweden, France, Germany

Investor stats

Total investments: 12
Round size: Seed $4M–$10M; Series A $11M–$23M
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Lassie — Lassie is the first proactive and preventive pet insurance company that wants to help pet owners take better care of their pets
CYCLE — GetHenry is a rapidly growing subscription service for market-leading delivery companies. We make sure that thousands of couriers are on the move safely, quickly and comfortably every day. In this way, we not only create added value for delivery services, but also help to reduce transport-related CO2 emissions on the last mile.
Magic — Teaching AI to act in its natural environment, the computer.

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Sebastian Knutsson is one of our founders and has served on our Board of Directors since October 2003, as our chief creative officer since June 2004 and as our executive product developer from February 2003 to June 2004. Sebastian has more than 18 years of experience in the Internet industry. As chief creative officer, he leads the productstrategy, games development and service offerings for King. Sebastian has designed more than 100 games for King.

Investment focus

Industry: Apps, Music, Public Transportation
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Geography: Sweden, United States, Estonia

Investor stats

Total investments: 11
Round size: Seed $1M–$5M; Pre-Seed $369k–$1.2M
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Ark Kapital — Ark Kapital is a precision financing company that empowers technology businesses to grow faster, enables owners to maintain control, and reduces risk for investors. ArK is founded by a world-class AI technology developer, a six-time-founder, and the veteran banker you always wanted.
Anotherblock — access music ownership in the world's biggest tracks.
Ready Player Me — The Ready Player Me platform leverages AI, ML , and a suite of developer-first tools to empower developers to integrate avatars into their games and apps to launch faster, improve user adoption, and grow revenue through asset monetization.

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Jussi Salovaara - Co-founder and Managing Partner Asia @ Antler

Investment focus

Industry: Apps, Retail, FinTech
Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
Geography: Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam

Investor stats

Total investments: 15
Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow

Portfolio highlights

Siftee — Siftee (formerly Ocean) is a data and research marketplace where you can search, validate and download specific insights from over 50,000 free and paid data sources, down to the metadata level.Founded by ex-McKinsey and Salesforce executives, their vision is to help consultants and analysts become more productive and improve the quality of theirinsights.Siftee is still in an incubation stage and focusing on developing and refining the product and go-to-market proposition
Fika — Fika is a dating and social networking platform empowered by Artificial Intelligence, focusing on female users in Asia. Fika focuses on the most fundamental values: growth, authenticity, and equal benefits for all users, to optimize the dating experience and social connections to the highest quality!
Peddlr — Effortlessly track and manage your business sales, expenses, and inventory with our leading POS mobile app. Use it anywhere, anytime, and even offline!

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Sofia joined Index in April 2018. She spends time in the Nordics and The Netherlands, and focuses on investments in consumer internet and marketplace businesses across all stages. Prior to joining Index, Sofia was an investor at EQT Ventures in Stockholm. Sofia is a graduate of the London School of Economics (M.Sc. Management) and of the Universityof Edinburgh (M.A.), where she graduated at the top of her class.

Investment focus

Industry: Gaming, Dating, Mobile
Stage:Seed
Geography: Sweden, Turkey, Finland

Investor stats

Total investments: 4
Lead/follow: 80% lead, 20% follow

Portfolio highlights

BIT ODD — Gaming company building games filled with wonder, weirdness and delight
Fika — Fika is a dating and social networking platform empowered by Artificial Intelligence, focusing on female users in Asia. Fika focuses on the most fundamental values: growth, authenticity, and equal benefits for all users, to optimize the dating experience and social connections to the highest quality!
Cradle — Using robust prediction algorithms and AI design recommendations, Cradle assists biologists in rapidly designing better proteins. Cradle gives you complete ownership of the intellectual property while maintaining the privacy and security of your sequences and data.

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