Ho Chi Minh City · Pre-Seed–Series A · 8 people tracked
Investment thesis
AVV is a seed-stage venture capital firm focused on Vietnam, investing since 2015. The firm has backed more than 100 companies, whose founders have raised $1.8B collectively, producing three unicorns from seed and 13 exits. AVV emphasizes hands-on founder support, including its SHINE initiatives that back female entrepreneurs. Its partners bring operating and investing experience across Silicon Valley and Asia, having previously built 500 Startups Vietnam and backed companies such as Turing, ELSA, ApplyBoard, Trusting Social, Axie Infinity, and Base. The firm advises founders on cross-border growth, AI-driven execution, and capital strategy.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 18, 2026.
Team · 8 people
from the firm's website & public directories
Founder mafia
2 people who came through AVV went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 18 of 32 portfolio companiesMedia & Entertainment ×11AI & Machine Learning ×4AgTech ×2Crypto & Web3 ×2Fintech ×2SaaS ×2B2B Marketplaces ×1Climate Tech ×1
HQs:Vietnam×6United States×3Indonesia×1Singapore×1
Investments · 32 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathTIME is a news organization publishing national and world news, opinion, and coverage of politics, entertainment, science, and climate.
Media & Entertainment
Co-investorsAdvance Venture PartnersAsia Africa Investment & Consulting (AAIC)At One VenturesBURNT ISLAND VENTURESCommunity Development Venture Capital AllianceDay One Ventures+11 more
Vietnam.vn is a Vietnamese-language digital platform that publishes official information about Vietnam, including news, culture, tourism, history, and foreign-affairs content, integrating social media and information databases.
Media & Entertainment
Co-investorsGranite AsiaIndonesia Investment AuthorityValidusWavemaker Impact
Climate Hero Club maintains a directory that features people and companies working on climate and sustainability, and builds a community around them.
Climate TechImpact & Social GoodMedia & Entertainment
Cointelegraph is a news media outlet covering Bitcoin, Ethereum, blockchain, and cryptocurrency markets, publishing articles on crypto industry developments, regulation, and price movements.
Crypto & Web3Media & Entertainment
Co-investorsBlock by Block CapitalDigital StrategiesRed Beard VenturesSamos Investments
DealStreetAsia is a news and media publication covering private equity, venture capital, and dealmaking activity across the Asia Pacific region.
AgTechFoodTechMedia & Entertainment
Co-investorsKWAPSoftBank GroupTemasekK2 GlobalLatin LeapSCB 10X+2 more
Co-investors33NICCP Venture PartnersMayfield FundStorm VenturesVintage Investment PartnersWindspeed Ventures+2 more
KPMG is a multinational professional services firm providing audit, tax, and advisory services to businesses and organizations across various industries.
Enterprise Software
Co-investorsMoonfire VenturesSpinLab
Co-investorsAngel Bridge Co.,Ltd.Silicon VenturesTaurus VenturesValidusWaseda University Ventures
Obello is an AI-powered creative platform that converts AI-generated outputs into fully editable, on-brand ads, images, and videos that design and marketing teams can refine, animate, resize, and customize.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS
Co-investorsBaukunstCapria Ventures
An AI-powered answer engine providing accurate, trusted, and real-time answers to questions.
San Francisco, US
Andrew D. Konwinski(Executive Officer, Director)Dzianis Yarats(Director)Aravind Srinivas Lakshminarayanan(Director, Executive Officer)
BoardPeter Sonsini(Director)Pieter Abbeel(Director)in
Co-investors359 Capital7BC Venture CapitalAccelAdvaita CapitalAIX VenturesArrington Capital+48 more
Co-investorsAGE CryptoCapria VenturesPantera Capital
Sky Mavis builds blockchain games and related infrastructure, with Axie Infinity as its flagship product.
Crypto & Web3Gaming
Trung Nguyen(Founder & CEO)inAleksander Larsen(Founder)
Co-investorsa16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzBackedCollab+CurrencyConsenSys MeshFabric Ventures+7 more
Co-investorsAfterWork VenturesArray Ventures Management LlcBonfire VenturesItalian Founders Fund
Informa Connect organizes live and on-demand industry events, training courses, and digital content across a range of professional sectors.
EdTechMedia & Entertainment
Co-investorsDragonX
Tech in Asia operates a digital technology news and media platform covering the Asian startup and tech sector, serving entrepreneurs, investors, and industry professionals in the region.
ConsumerMedia & EntertainmentSingapore, SG
Willis Wee(Founder/CEO)in
Co-investorsAVA AngelsFootPrint CoalitionFoundamentalMonk's Hill VenturesNorth Base MediaPan-Lin Capital+3 more
TechCoop operates a validated supplier network for agricultural sourcing across Southeast Asia (ASEAN+), vetting producers on financial, physical, and delivery criteria and managing order execution, quality checks, and payments for buyers.
AgTechB2B MarketplacesLogistics & Supply Chain
Co-investorsAppWorks VenturesCapria VenturesTNBAura
Co-investorsApe TerminalMaC Venture CapitalTrajectory Ventures
Trusting Social provides AI-powered credit risk scoring, identity verification, and customer acquisition products for lenders, using big data and alternative credit and fraud scoring to reach underbanked consumers.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureFintech
Dr. Nguyen Nguyen(Founder)in
Co-investorsCapria VenturesTanglin Venture PartnersSequoia Capital
Tuoi Tre is a Vietnamese online news publication covering topics such as business, finance, and current affairs.
Media & Entertainment
AI & Machine LearningSilicon Valley, US
Jonathan Siddharth(Founder)inVijay Krishnan(Founder)in
Co-investorsAltaIR CapitalAmino CapitalAngel Collective Opportunity FundBrainstorm VenturesChapter OneFlucas Ventures+11 more
AI-powered tech outsourcing company connecting global software engineers with companies (unicorn).
Vaudit provides AI agents that continuously audit business spend across AI providers, ad platforms, and operational vendors, verifying charges, detecting billing violations, enforcing spend guardrails, and recovering overcharges.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Co-investorsMucker Capital
Việt Nam News is an English-language news outlet publishing reporting and interviews on topics including public health and international affairs.
Media & Entertainment
VietnamPlus is the online news publication of the Vietnam News Agency, publishing Vietnamese-language articles on politics, diplomacy, health, economy, environment, and current affairs.
Media & Entertainment
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesPerplexity · cryptonews.com · Aug 20, 2026
Trusting Social · fintechnews.sg · Jul 1, 2026
Sky Mavis · thenextweb.com · Apr 15, 2026
Tech in Asia · thailand-business-news.com · Jan 12, 2026
Vaudit · mucker.com · Aug 6, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has AVV made?
- AVV has 32 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO.
- What stage does AVV invest at?
- AVV invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is AVV's typical check size?
- AVV typically writes checks of $250K – $2M.
- What sectors does AVV focus on?
- AVV focuses on AgTech, AI & Machine Learning, Crypto & Web3, E-commerce, EdTech, Enterprise Software, Fintech, FoodTech, Gaming, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is AVV located?
- AVV is headquartered in Ho Chi Minh City, VN.
- Does AVV lead rounds?
- AVV typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does AVV co-invest with?
- AVV most often shares deals with Capria Ventures, Taurus Ventures, FootPrint Coalition, among 134 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamBinh Tran, AVV (Ascend Vietnam Ventures): Building Boldly Across Borders
EUVC · Binh Tran
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Co-investors · 42
Foundation Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm that commits to founders at the idea stage and maintains long-term relationships with portfolio companies through their growth journey.
Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with founders to build technology companies.
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B Capital is a global investment firm backing early to late-stage technology innovators across technology, healthcare, and energy & resilience sectors.
Plug and Play is an innovation platform that connects corporations, governments, startups, investors, and universities to drive innovation.
AIX Ventures is an AI-focused venture fund that backs founders building companies in artificial intelligence.
Mucker Capital is a venture capital firm that provides Seed and Series A capital and hands-on guidance to startups located outside Silicon Valley, across the United States, Canada, and beyond. It also runs MuckerLab, a pre-seed accelerator working with 20-25 companies per year.
Mindset Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in and actively supports technology startups, providing capital as well as business development, strategy, and mentorship, with a notable focus on helping companies expand into markets such as Brazil.
Peak State Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in the future of work, PropTech, and digital healthcare.
Brainstorm Ventures is a small generalist venture capital firm that invests at the earliest stages in category-defining startups across North America.
Alumni Ventures (AV) is a venture firm that gives accredited individual investors access to professionally managed, diversified venture portfolios by co-investing alongside leading lead VC firms. It offers annual funds, syndicate deal-by-deal investing, and various investor clubs.
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Long Journey VenturesFJ LabsDST GlobalGoat CapitalUpHonest CapitalPioneerSignalFireLookout VenturesCanvas VenturesPICUS CAPITALGaingelsDnx VenturesBrand Foundry VenturesClimate CapitalBasis Set VenturesThink+ Ventures Management, LlcLCXFrontier Venture CapitalPrimitive VenturesArriveDarling VenturesFocalf7 VenturesLigature VCProof GroupUnchained Capital, Inc.GroWrkIdeas y CapitalKonvoy VenturesYamaha Motor Ventures
Firms observed investing alongside AVV, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with AVV's recorded portfolio.
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