Ten startups attracts investments in Demo Day 2018

Ten excellent startups introduced their business model to call for capital from 100 investors at the Demo Day 2018 organised in Hanoi on February 1.

VNA Thursday, February 01, 2018 20:31

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A startup introduces business model to attract investment. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Ten excellent startups introduced their businessmodel to call for capital from 100 investors at the Demo Day 2018 organised inHanoi on February 1.

The annual event, jointly held by the Lotte Accelerator and the Vietnam SiliconValley (VSV) Accelerator, drew the attendance of leaders from the Ministry ofScience and Technology and many policy makers.

It offered opportunities for startups to receive investors and experts’response to complete their business models, said Deputy Minister of Science andTechnology Tran Van Tung.

The ten startups include Canets, Fresh Deli, Hue Packaging, True Juice,689Cloud, Turiple by Cores, Roborzoid, Handfree, Winme and Peko Peko. Theydefeat 100 competitors to join the Demo Day 2018. Earlier, they joined the VSVAccelerator’s four-month special training course to fine-tune their businessmodels and identify markets.

“Demo Day 2018” received supports from the project 844 on Supporting NationalInnovative Start-up Eco-system towards 2025. -VNA

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