Ho Chi Minh City · Pre-Seed–Series A · 8 people tracked
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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 Sep 1, 2026.
Team · 8 people
from the firm's website & curated & public directories
Founder mafia
2 people who came through AVV went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 15 of 27 portfolio companiesMedia & Entertainment ×8AI & Machine Learning ×4SaaS ×3Enterprise Software ×2Fintech ×2Marketing Tech ×2AgTech ×1B2B Marketplaces ×1
HQs:Vietnam×6United States×4Singapore×2United Kingdom×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 6 portfolio companiesWhere their founders studiedfrom 12 founders with education data
Stanford University ×2Yale University ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 12 founders with career history
Foundation Capital ×2Revcontent ×2Turing Enterprises ×2
Investments · 27 tracked
founders shown can be your intro path
Wireless LAN chipsets (ATHR); acquired by Qualcomm in 2011.
San Diego, US
Co-investors33NICCP Venture PartnersMayfield FundNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Qualcomm VenturesStorm Ventures+4 more
Channel NewsAsia is an English-language Asian news network founded by Mediacorp that reports on global developments from Asian perspectives.
Media & EntertainmentSingapore, SG
Co-investorsAVPN
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
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 builds software that helps design and marketing teams produce creative output that stays consistent and on-brand across multiple channels and platforms.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS
Ben Pham(Co-founder)inOllie Ralph(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsBaukunstCapria VenturesObvious 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)Aravind Srinivas(Co-founder & CEO)inDenis Yarats(Co-founder & CTO)
BoardPeter Sonsini(Director)
Co-investors359 Capital7BC Venture CapitalAccelAdvaita CapitalAIX VenturesArrington Capital+49 more
Sky Mavis builds blockchain games and related infrastructure, with Axie Infinity as its flagship product.
Crypto & Web3Gaming
Trung Nguyen(Founder & CEO)inAleksander Larsen(Founder)inJeffrey Zirlin(Founder)in
Co-investorsa16z cryptoAccelAndreessen HorowitzBackedCollab+CurrencyConsenSys Mesh+10 more
Co-investorsAfterWork VenturesArray Ventures Management LlcBonfire VenturesFocal VenturesItalian Founders Fund
Informa Connect is a division of Informa that organizes conferences, training events, and professional services across specialist markets in over 30 countries.
EdTechEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSaaS
Matt Johnsonin
Co-investorsDragonX
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 builds Big Data credit scoring and risk-profiling technology for banks and financial institutions to reach unbanked and underbanked consumers.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureFintech
Dr. Nguyen Nguyen(Founder)inNguyen Nguyen(Chief Executive Officer, Founder)inTuyen Huynh(Chief Scientist & Chief Technology Officer, Co-Founder)inBharath Vasudevan(Chief Revenue Officer)inSaat Prihartono(Country Director Indonesia)inJohnny Escaler(Country Director Philippines)in
Co-investors500 GlobalCapria VenturesTanglin Venture PartnersSequoia Capital
Tuoi Tre is a Vietnamese online news publication covering topics such as business, finance, and current affairs.
Media & Entertainment
AGI infrastructure company solving the human intelligence bottleneck and empowering enterprises to harness generative AI.
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 a major English-language daily newspaper published in Vietnam, providing coverage of domestic and international news across politics, economics, business, and social affairs.
Media & EntertainmentHanoi, VN
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
Exits · 1
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioAtheros Communicationsacq. by Qualcomm
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
SuperReturn Emerging Markets · cfunds.io · Feb 27, 2026
Vaudit · mucker.com · Aug 6, 2025
Techcoop · agfundernews.com · Apr 22, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has AVV made?
- AVV has 27 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?
- Yes, AVV leads investment rounds.
- Who does AVV co-invest with?
- AVV most often shares deals with Capria Ventures, Accel, New Enterprise Associates (NEA), among 107 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 · 43
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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 capital firm that co-invests alongside lead VCs in startups, backing founders with capital and access to a large investor and operator community.
▶31 more co-investors
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.GroWrkParcel BIdeas y CapitalKonvoy VenturesYamaha Motor Ventures
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