October, November & December 2020
Vietnam’s startup news
Vietnam’s Q4 2020 startup news summary provides a one-page, at-a-glance listing of Vietnam’s startup news headlines reported in English-language media across October, November & December of 2020.
Technology news headlines featured in the Q4 2020 startup news summary for Vietnam were gathered from our monthly coverage of Vietnam’s startup news, which itself is drawn from Startup News Asia’s ongoing daily tech news updates.
The Vietnam startup news headlines listed here are, just like Startup News Asia’s monthly collections, hyperlinked to the full, free-to-read online articles behind each Vietnam startup news headline – minus middle-man platforms, and without misappropriating ownership.
This gives Vietnam’s startup ecosystem observers direct access to the news coverage, platforms and journalists responsible for each Vietnamese startup news article, in an easily-used quarterly format.
October 2020 | November 2020 | December 2020
December 2020
- FoodMapAsia wins Startup Hunt 2020 with e-commerce platform to link farmers with hotels and residential areas, beating 300 other participants
- The October/November newsletter from 500 Startups Vietnam, looking at investments closed, Batch 3 of Saola Accelerator and more
- A brief look at the startups from Vietnam, The Philippines, Sri Lanka and Singapore that won at Microsoft’s inaugural Emerge X Regional Pitching Competition
- A brief Q&A intro to FEBE Ventures, Southeast Asia-based VC fund with a focus on the tech ecosystems in Vietnam and Indonesia
- Lozi e-commerce and deliveries startup gains new financing round led by Singapore’s Vulpes Investment Management
- Facebook: “…against 2 separate groups of hackers – APT32 in Vietnam and a group based in Bangladesh – removing their ability to…abuse our platform, distribute malware and hack accounts…”
- Palexy gains $1M with actionable data analytics focused on the performance of brick-and-mortar retailers
- Vietnam’s Homebase gains funding from Singapore’s 1982 Ventures with custom co-investment concept for home buyers
- Biomass Lab takes win at Tech Planter Asia competition, creating material 8-16 times more durable than kevlar or steel from treated paper waste
- Viettel Data Mining Platform unveiled by Viettel, military-run telecoms group
- Kardiachain launches its mainnet 1.0 for interoperable blockchain platform, allowing different networks to connect without technical alterations
- A brief look at the 3 Brunei startups that recently received ASEAN Business Awards in Vietnam
November 2020
- Loship e-commerce firm launches new Lo-supply service, providing raw materials and ingredients for F&B owners at the lowest wholesale prices
- Visa partners NextTech-group to push digital payments among small business owners, focusing on opportunities in social commerce
- Umbalena takes winning place at 8th edition of Startup Wheel competition with reading app for Vietnamese children between 2 and 6
- Ministry of Education planning to implement blockchain technology for issuing diplomas in 2021, partnering with Singapore’s TomoChain
- Vietnam and Facebook: “…get us to increase the volume of content that we’re restricting in Vietnam. We’ve told them no. That request came with some threats about what might happen if we didn’t.”
- Coworking UnConference Asia 2021 set for Da Nang in Vietnam, March 4-5, with Academy and spaces tour from March 1-3
- Loship e-commerce and 1-hour-delivery platform adds Loship Radio podcast service to mobile app, focused on customers waiting for order delivery
- Loship 1-hour e-commerce delivery startup partners ViettelPay and Sacombank Pay to integrate product offerings into the two e-wallet platforms
- 33 local and international investment funds commit to $815M investment into startups in Vietnam from 2021 to 2025
- Vietnam Digital Investor Club launches to provide guidance and consulting to tech startups, alongside investing in protections for intellectual property
- ICYMI: Vietnam’s search for tomorrow – Insights for brands, from Think With Google
- GoStream livestream support platform wins Innovative Technopreneur Contest 2020; moves on to represent Vietnam at Startup World Cup 2021 in the US
October 2020
- Construction begins on Ho Chi Minh City Innovative Start-up Centre, aiming for Q2 2022 opening with 9 floors
- An intro to beGroup, working in delivery, online groceries and financial services while side-stepping the demands of super-app solutions
- Techfest Vietnam 2020 set for November 27-29 in Hanoi
- AppotaPay gains Intermediary Payments License, allowing it to offer electronic payment gateways as well as e-wallet and collection services
- A quick intro to the 2 startups selected for batch 8 of the VIISA accelerator program, working on health-tech and fashion-tech
- Startup World Cup 2021 applications for the Vietnam edition close November 17th
- Saigon Innovation Hub launches Initial Public Offering training program for startups and investors
- VIISA – Vietnam Innovative Startups Accelerator – launches batch 8 program with startups working in medtech and fashion-tech
- Indonesia’s Social Bella expands to Vietnam with launch of beauty e-commerce platform Sociolla
- An intro to beGroup, working in delivery, online groceries and financial services while side-stepping the demands of super-app solutions
- BLOCK71 Saigon Beta Launch set to run October 14-16, livestreaming curated speakers and content spotlighting the Vietnam tech community
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