Vietnam’s Q4 2021 tech news
• October, November & December of 2021
• Technology and startup news headlines
• Quick reference for time-poor readers
• One-click access to each article
The fourth quarter 2021 collection is drawn from
Startup News Asia’s daily updates.
October 2021 | November 2021 | December 2021
October 2021 headlines
Vietnam: Gimo – Earned Wage Access fintech
- Vietnam: AIA Group insurance giant leads $240M round in Tiki e-commerce platform, adding to competitive standing with Shopee and Lazada
- Fintech in Vietnam online launch event set for October 27th, focusing on how Australian companies can be part of the emerging fintech sector in the country
- Vietnam: South Korea’s LOTTE Card launches buy-now-pay-later service
- Vietnam: ASOCIO Smart City Summit 2021 set for November 2-6 via video conference, from Vietnam Software Association and Asian-Oceanian Computing Industry Organisation
- Vietnam: Sipher raises $6.8M with PC-based blockchain game, looking to add NFTs and decentralized finance components
Digital Societies in Asia Pacific / GSMA
November 2021 headlines
- Vietnam: A brief intro to Meta Spatial, portal-based metaverse developer
- Vietnam: Southeast Asia’s Next Digital Powerhouse
- Nat’l Startup Support Centre of Vietnam and others ink MOU with Assoc’n of SMEs and Crafts of the Czech Republic to develop start-up ecosystem and entrepreneurship connections
- Vietnam: Kilo gains $5M pre-Series A funding with B2B e-commerce platform focusing on MSMEs
- Vietnam: Homebase proptech firm raises $30M in part from Y Combinator, acting as a real estate co-investor, buying property with clients who lodge a 20% deposit
- “Vietnam’s draft Decree on Personal Data Protection will force businesses to receive state approval if they want to process sensitive data or transfer data overseas…”
- Vietnam: GIMO fintech firm raises $1.9M with focus on early access to earned wages
Cool Points Club / Blockchain & climate change
December 2021 headlines
McKinsey: The new faces of the Vietnamese consumer
- Vietnam: Bizzi takes Digital Transformation Award 2021 from Swiss Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Singapore and Deloitte with accounts-payable automation systems
- Vietnam: A brief intro to the winners of the National Innovative Technopreneur Contest, set to represent Vietnam at next year’s Startup World Cup
- Vietnam: OnMic voice-chat and streaming platform backed by Touchstone Partners with no-frills community focus
- Vietnam: Japan’s Netstars and local fintech Momo partner to push QR-driven non-cash payment services and digital merchant tools for grocery stores in Vietnam
- Vietnam: Kilo gains $5M pre-Series A funding with B2B e-commerce platform focusing on MSMEs
- Vietnam: Homebase proptech firm raises $30M in part from Y Combinator, acting as a real estate co-investor, buying property with clients who lodge a 20% deposit
- Vietnam: CoderSchool secures $2.6M pre-Series A with online coding course platform, seeing opportunity in Vietnam’s IT talent demand increasing by 47% a year
- Vietnam: Medigo e-pharmacy startup gains $1M Touchstone Partners VC firm with network of over 200 medical institutions across 3 major cities
- Vietnam: Sipher raises $6.8M with PC-based blockchain game, looking to add NFTs and decentralized finance components
The Block Research: 2022 Digital Asset Outlook (pdf)
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