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THE GAME-CHANGING POWER OF BLOCKCHAIN?

DO YOU BELIEVE IN

ELEVATING THE BLOCKCHAIN COMMUNITY IN VIETNAM

In recent years, many Vietnamese startups have jumped on the global blockchain bandwagon. From cryptocurrency to gamification, decentralized finance, Web3, and the metaverse, the ecosystem is booming with robust activities.

  • A place to connect with other rising entrepreneurs in blockchain
  • An opportunity to gain attention to your business
  • And most of all, an EXCLUSIVE CHANCE to meet investors from KK Fund - a venture capital investing in early-stage tech startups in diverse industry sectors including Blockchain, Internet of Things, and FinTech, among others

GUESTS OF HONOR

Mr. Taizo Son

Founder of GungHo Online Entertainment
CEO of Mistletoe

  • Mr. Taizo Son founded Gungho Online Entertainment in 2002 and went public on JASDAQ in 2005. In 2013, its market value was $10.4 billion, making him one of Japan’s 50 Richest Net worth in 2014.
  • Taizo Son is the youngest brother of SoftBank magnate Masayoshi Son. He founded MOVIDA JAPAN in 2009 and supported 47 startups.
  • In 2013, he founded Mistletoe, a hub for startups and the overall entrepreneurial ecosystem. The firm seeks to invest in the education, software, and support sectors. 

Mr. Koichi Saito

Co-Founder & General Partner, KKFund

  • Koichi is the Founder and General Partner of KK Fund. With more than 15 years of experience in venture capital, private equity, and investment banking, he founded KK Fund in 2015. KK Fund targets early-stage investments across Southeast Asia. The firm invested in several Vietnamese startups, such as JobHopin, Med247, Clavis Aurea, and AceStarter.
  • Koichi holds an MBA from IE Business School in Spain and is pursuing a Master’s degree and a diploma in Global Strategy at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. 

Mr. Kuan Hsu

Co-Founder & General Partner, KK Fund

  • Kuan started his career in management consulting with McKinsey & Co. in the US, then focused on supply chain management in the US and China while at Solectron, an Electronics Manufacturing Services provider.
  • Kuan obtained an MBA/MA joint degree from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School and became an investment banker in the US with Goldman Sachs executing M&A deals in the Technology, Media, and Telecommunications sectors.
  • He subsequently moved to Singapore, executing PE deals at Temasek throughout the region prior to becoming a Venture Capitalist responsible for GREE Ventures’ Southeast Asian operations. 

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  • We are looking for Blockchain startups with innovative ideas and smart business models.
  • This is a by-invitation-only event. Applicants will be interviewed to get the invitation. Only 15 qualified startup entrepreneurs will be selected to join and only 5 will present their ideas in front of a high-profile audience.

May 4, 2022

Blockchain gathering – Meet the Investors

May 3, 2022

Invitation roll-out

April 28 - May 2, 2022

Application and presentation submission

TIMELINE

EVENT DAY

HO CHI MINH CITY
May 4th, 2022

17:00 - 19:00

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JobHopin is an AI-powered platform for job and talent intelligence. Founded in 2016, JobHopin has analyzed and connected over 2.4 million talent profiles for local & international employers. The company is also exploring frontier technology territories, being an active member in the AI and blockchain ecosystems.

KK Fund is a venture capital investing in early-stage tech startups operating in the mobile and internet technology space in diverse industry sectors including Blockchain, Internet of Things, EntertainmentTech, FinTech, EdTech, HRTech, Mobility and HealthcareTech, and PropTech and primarily based in Southeast Asia, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.

Mr. Shigeki Kanemoto

Director
Daiwa Corporate Investment Co., Ltd. - Tokyo

Daiwa Corporate Investment (DCI) is an investment arm of Daiwa Securities Group and specializes in VC investment. DCI has provided growth capital to many startups that develop unique technologies and business models in Japan, Vietnam, China, and Taiwan. In Vietnam, DCI has co-managed the funds (incorporating 3rd funds now) with SSI Asset Management since 2009 and is committed to the growth of Vietnam's economy.

Mr. Shigeki Kanemoto (Shige) is the Director of Daiwa Corporate Investment – International Investment. He has over 7 years of investment banking / VC experience; he also engaged in IT consulting for large enterprises in the past.

Ms. Hoai Phuong Tran

Vice President - Head of Vietnam
Wavemakers Partners

Phuong Tran is Wavemaker’s Vice President and Head of Vietnam. She has 6 years of experience in the VC world having led 11 investments sized $500k-$7M. Phuong currently manages 15 portfolio companies across Southeast Asia, India, and the United States.

Wavemaker Partners is an early-stage VC based in Singapore, founded in 2012 with an AUM of $612M. Wavemaker focuses on seed, pre-A, and A stages investments with a deep emphasis on B2B and deep tech – with 96 out of 161 portfolio companies in these two categories. Wavemaker is the 3rd most active fund in Southeast Asia after 2 accelerators (Antler & Entrepreneur First, ranked by TechinAsia). Wavemaker also has 4 out of 10 top exits M&A in the region.

We enable practical and visionary teams to actualize their world-changing ideas.
Satom Ventures champions bold entrepreneurs beyond capital to realize the potential of blockchain technology. Led by a small but mighty team of partners, we provide an ecosystem of support, from advocacy and education to network and technology. This aims to pave the way for startups to overcome obstacles blocking the teams to reach crucial growth milestones.

Currently based in Vietnam but we are set on the global stage. Wherever you are, Satom Ventures can support to turn your bold ideas into brilliant use cases.

Mr. Hung Pham Le

General Partner
Satom Ventures

Mr. Hung Park joined Mynavi Corporation in 2015 to develop their global businesses, and now he is the Country Manager of Mynavi in Vietnam. He was involved in most M&A deals and startup investment deals of Mynavi including JobHopin, TopCV, and Homedy.

Mynavi Corporation is well known as one of the leading HR companies in Japan, providing a diverse range of human resource services and other professional services. Mynavi has more than 30 group companies and 8 local branches around the world. In Vietnam, Mynavi focuses on Pre-A to B stages investment in HR tech, IT BPO, prop-tech, and other potential segments. They are also active in M&A with 2 acquisition deals of ITViec – the No.1 job board for IT engineers in Vietnam and NAL Solutions – the IT-BPO company with more than 250 engineers in Da Nang, Hue, and HCMC.

Mr. Hung Park Tran

Vietnam Country Manager
Mynavi Corporation

Tra Hoang has 7 years of experience in business development and general operations management in various environments, from global corporations and local conglomerates to running her own businesses.

Despite having a diversified background in professionalism, Tra has been deeply involved in the Vietnam startup ecosystem as a hobby for almost 10 years and has gradually built up her own insights and network of the market since then with more than 100 top-notch local entrepreneurs, experts, and regional investors. She started investing 5 years ago with a current portfolio of more than 20 companies. After joining VSV Capital full-time, she has raised and managed the fourth Accelerator fund, screened nearly 500 startups to make 10 pre-seed/seed investments, and accelerated them through a 4-month intensive program.

Other than running her own businesses, she has more than 3 years of strategic management positions in business development and branding in Procter & Gamble and VinGroup, where she was both the youngest ever to take such positions and lead new projects from scratch.

VSV Capital is the first Vietnam Accelerator and local early-stage VC firm founded in 2014, which has been ranked by Techinasia as the most active investor in Vietnam. Over the last 8 years, VSV Capital has made over 80 investment deals from Pre-Seed to Series B into 70 startups with founders from 9 countries. Their notable portfolio includes Loship, Base.vn, Modmo, Ship60, Loop, Vibeji, Nerman… with a total valuation of over $300 million.

Ms. Tra Hoang

Managing Director
VSV Capital

Truc Tran is an Investment Manager at Do Ventures. He is responsible for deal sourcing, due diligence, and portfolio management. Prior to joining Do Ventures, Truc was an Investment Associate at ESP Capital, one of the first homegrown VCs in Vietnam. Earlier in his career, he worked at Techcombank, a leading commercial bank in Vietnam. Truc is fascinated about working with tech startups and helping to grow their businesses to the next levels.

Do Ventures is a $50M early-stage venture capital fund that serves as a strategic partner for both startups and investors. The fund seeks investment opportunities in technology startups that can develop meaningful products and services to improve consumers' lives in Vietnam and Southeast Asia. With the philosophy “Grow by Doing”, Do Ventures believes that for a startup to grow rapidly, its founders must have outstanding execution capabilities and be willing to do more to make more right decisions and outpace the competition.

Do Ventures’ notable investments include F99, Palexy, Manabie, MFast, VUIHOC, Bizzi, Validus, Selly, and ShopBase.

Mr. Truc Tran

Investment Manager
Do Ventures

Mr. Koichi Saito

 Founder & General Partner
KKFund

Koichi is the Founder and General Partner of KK Fund. With more than 15 years of experience in venture capital, private equity, and investment banking, he founded KK Fund in 2015. KK Fund targets early-stage investments across Southeast Asia. The firm invested in several Vietnamese startups, such as JobHopin, Med247, Clavis Aurea, and AceStarter.

Koichi holds an MBA from IE Business School in Spain and is pursuing a Master’s degree and a diploma in Global Strategy at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.